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InvestmentUpdated on 30 September 2025

Investment opportunity: Neoantigen cancer vaccines to prevent tumor recurrence

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YGION Biomedical is developing neoantigen based vaccines to prevent cancer recurrence post-surgery.  

Our proprietary neoantigen discovery platform YGNITE™ combines next generation sequencing and in house bioinformatics to identify tumor neoantigens.  Neoantigen peptides are combined with our proprietary vaccine technology CARGONAUT™ which breaks tolerance and triggers a fast and superior anti-tumor response compared to other approaches.

Lead program YG-01 is a fully individualized vaccine and will enter Phase 1 clinical testing in Q1 2026.  Follow on program YG-02 targets shared neoantigens and is in discovery.

We are seeking €10M Series A2 financing to:

  • Complete first-in-human testing of YG-01 in Glioblastoma to demonstrate safety, immunogenicity and indicators of clinical indicator of efficacy by 2029

  • Expansion of preclinical proof-of-concept for further cancer indications for YG-01

  • Expand pipeline with preclinical development of follow-up program YG-02 targeitng shared neoantigens

Why YGION?

  • Phase 1 ready asset:  Preclinical proof-of-concept, completed GLP toxicology and GMP manufacture complete for YG-01

  • Lean development plan to indicators of clinical efficacy within 3 years

  • Patent protected proprietary and differentiated neoantigen vaccine technologies 

  • Application across multiple cancer types: with multi $B market opportunity

  • Experienced team:  Management and advisory co-founder team with extensive biotech/Pharma leadership experience