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Atelerix Limited

Atelerix - A ground-breaking solution for cell preservation.

The Atelerix technology provides an innovative solution for storing and transporting cells and tissues at room temperature.

CRN
10803595
Founded
2017
Age
9

Overview

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Legal name
ATELERIX LIMITED
Region
North East England
Registered address
YE OLDE HUNDRED
CHURCH WAY
NORTH SHIELDS
ENGLAND
NE29 0AE
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jul 2023 to 31 Dec 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
10

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

06 Aug
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

23 Jul
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

05 Jun
2017

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

5 entries

Company description

Atelerix develops technology designed to improve the storage and transport of human cells.

Atelerix has a transformative technology for the storage and transport of viable cells at room temperature, overcoming the barriers and limitations presented by the current need for cryo-shipping. We do this using our patented process of encapsulating the cells in a natural hydrogel for safe shipment and storage. The cells can be recovered when needed by the addition of a gentle, cell-friendly buffer. This means: - Predictability and reliability in drug discovery models and for cells used as therapies - Customers can use cells and assays immediately on arrival - No need for cryopreservation, nor need for cytotoxic or animal-derived supplements - Cells retain their natural state and are not damaged nor altered

Project impact

2022 Clinical trial using alginate to store and then clinically use stem cells completed

Currently employing 3 x FTE, two of these are full time scientific posts. Market valuation in excess of 1 million pounds based upon investment raised within first 6 months of operation. MoU agreed between Atelerix and LV Prasad Eye Institute, India for the joint development of simple stem cell therapy.

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2019
Funded years
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
Age at first award
2 years

Projects

2024 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Combining cryostorage of cells and cell models with ambient shipping to advance biologistics for medical research: from cardiovascular disease to cancer

1 May 2024 to 30 Apr 2025

Awarded
£160,396
Total cost £229,137

Current delivery of cells for drug discovery has severe drawbacks that prevent efficiency and market availability. Typically, cells are shipped cryopreserved within the UK and internationally. Maintaining the cells in a frozen state is one of the biggest challenges in cell transportation and requires the use of heavy, non-environmentally friendly dry ice ...

2022 Investment Accelerator Lead participant

Extending the shelf life of fresh human biopsies to enable improved diagnostics and pre-clinical development.

1 Jan 2022 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£159,714
Total cost £319,429

As the UK shifts towards an ageing population the rates of disease associated with ageing, including cancers, will rise and the UK healthcare system will be placed under additional stress. To improve disease diagnostics and treatment, the healthcare sector is moving towards a more personalised, individually focussed approach. However, research and develop...

2021 Feasibility Studies

SemenRate Canada/UK: Transforming Germplasm and Genetic Quality to Drive Livestock Productivity

1 Mar 2021 to 31 Jul 2023

Awarded
£10,616
Total cost £15,166

Good fertility performance is the cornerstone of a profitable and sustainable livestock enterprise. In the international dairy and beef herd, optimum performance is achieved by maintaining a calving interval (CI) of 365 days. Every day CI increases \>365 days is estimated to directly cost the farmer ~GBP2.07/CAN$3.54/cow, or more for high yielding dairy c...

2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

BloodReady": Cell preservation formats for use in human clinical settings

1 Nov 2020 to 31 Dec 2021

Awarded
£139,980
Total cost £199,971
2020 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Extending the shelf life of viral swab samples for storage and shipment at room temperature

1 Jun 2020 to 28 Feb 2021

Awarded
£72,082
Total cost £72,082

More than 380,000 people have been tested for COVID-19 in the UK, with less than 20,000 samples being collected daily. The government plans to escalate testing more than five-fold to 100,000 daily samples. However, a severe limitation of swab samples which collect infected cells from the upper respiratory tract is their short shelf-life of only 48-72 hour...

2019 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Extension of shelf-life for cell therapies at room temperature

1 Sep 2019 to 31 May 2021

Awarded
£91,936
Total cost £135,339

"Therapies using live cells offer the possibility of treatments for diseases and conditions that cannot be approached by conventional drugs. Cells are being investigated for their abilities to reverse blindness, re-grow bone and nerves, restore the immune system and treat cancers for which there are no effective drugs. Living cells, however, are fragile a...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies Investment Accelerator