Cascade Biocatalysts
Industrial Biotechnology · Chemical Manufacturing
1open role
$5.4Mlatest round · Venture round · Aug 2025 · 15 mo ago
1backers · Amplify LA
$1.5Mgrants · 2 grants · CORDIS
Overview
Cascade Biocatalysts is an industrial biotechnology company that develops cell-free biocatalysts and enzymes for customer-driven projects. It is hiring a research associate for biocatalysis and a process engineer to work with its enzyme team. The company is headquartered in Denver, United States.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$5.4M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$5.4M
Venture round · Aug 2025 · 15 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Grants
$1.5M
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
1
Amplify LA
The money's age
Due for its next round
15 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Sep 2025 | $1.3M | — | CORDIS |
| Venture round | Aug 2025 | $5.4M | — | SEC Form D |
| Grant | Dec 2023 | $275k | — | CORDIS |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Cascade Biocatalysts, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alexander RosayExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
James WeltzExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Jobs
≈ $70k – $128k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Master's Degree · Denver
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
24/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
51 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 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.
Science & Research
50% ▼
Industrial Engineering
50% ▼
People
Alexander Rosay
Executive Officer, Director
James Weltz
Executive Officer, Director
Jared Campbell
Director
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Denver
Denver
United States
HQ
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering