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Funding and backers

Total raised
$116M
1 round on record
Latest round
$116M
Series A · Sep 2026 · this month
Team
40
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +18% in a year
Hiring now
6
+1 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Fresh money
0 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
42/100
hiring for its size, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Series A Sep 2026 $116M — Chemical & Engineering News
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Overview

BrainChild Bio is a kids-first, clinical-stage biotechnology company harnessing the power of CAR-T cell technology for tumors in the central nervous system (CNS), prioritizing pediatrics with plans to expand our technology platform to adult indications.

News

News GeekWire 18 days ago
Seattle biotech BrainChild Bio raises $116M to advance CAR T therapy for childhood brain cancer
Seattle biotech BrainChild Bio has raised $116 million to advance an experimental CAR T cell therapy for DIPG, a rare and deadly brain tumor that primarily affects young children. The company is building on technology developed at Seattle Children's and i
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News Pulse 2.0 20 days ago
BrainChild Bio Raises $116 Million Series A And Launches Pivotal Phase 2 CAR T Cell Trial For Pediatric Brain Cancer
BrainChild Bio has raised $116 million in Series A funding to advance its CAR T cell therapies for central nervous system tumors, including a pivotal Phase 2 clinical trial of its lead candidate BCB-276 in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. The financing w
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News markets.businessinsider.com 20 days ago
BrainChild Bio Initiates Pivotal Phase 2 Trial for BCB-276 CAR T cell Therapy for DIPG, a Deadly Pediatric Brain Cancer
ILLUMINATE Phase 2 pivotal study will enroll patients at six leading pediatric oncology centers across the U.S.B7-H3-targeted autologous CAR T cel...
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News BioSpace 20 days ago
BrainChild Bio targets deadly brain cancer in children with $116M series A
BrainChild Bio's lead asset BCB-276 is in pivotal development for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a rare and fatal brain tumor that affects around 300 children in the U.S. every year.
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News Chemical & Engineering News 20 days ago
BrainChild Bio raises over $100 million to treat kids' cancers with CAR-Ts
Cash will be used for a Phase 2 trial of the company's treatment for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at BrainChild Bio over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
64/100
Cloud & platforms
GCP
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$168k
Typical range
$115k – $210k
Open positions
4
4 Jobs
Middle 25%
Senior 50%
Architect 25%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $115k $115k
Senior 2 $168k $155k – $180k
Architect 1 $210k $210k
Highest paying role Director, CMC Quality $210k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~16 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
33% ▲
Public Policy
17% ▼
Science & Research
17% ▼
Industrial Engineering
17% ▼
Early Careers
17% ▲

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Seattle
Seattle United States
Support & operations
Contact Us
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Industrial Engineering
1150 Eastlake Ave, Ste 900, Seattle, WA 98109
opened 2023 seen since Aug 2026 company site, job postings

Financials

Total raised
$116M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Series A 2026 $116M Details