
Mytos builds robots that grow human cells. Our machines take stem cells as input, and grow them into specific cells like neurons or heart cells. Customers use our platform to scale stem-cell derived therapies to more patients sooner. We're also used to produce cells for testing new drugs on during R&D in Drug Discovery. Mytos is backed by leading investors, including YCombinator, Buckley Ventures and IQ Capital - as well as founders and execs from companies like Kite, Sana, Dropbox, and Revolut. Our team is made up of brilliant engineers from companies like Dyson and Autodesk - working hand-in-hand with Nature-published scientists. We're hiring now - visit our website to see open positions

Mytos builds robots that grow human cells. Our machines take stem cells as input, and grow them into specific cells like neurons or heart cells. Customers use our platform to scale stem-cell derived therapies to more patients sooner. We're also used to produce cells for testing new drugs on during R&D in Drug Discovery. Mytos is backed by leading investors, including YCombinator, Buckley Ventures and IQ Capital - as well as founders and execs from companies like Kite, Sana, Dropbox, and Revolut. Our team is made up of brilliant engineers from companies like Dyson and Autodesk - working hand-in-hand with Nature-published scientists. We're hiring now - visit our website to see open positions
What they do: Build automated robots (iDEM) to grow stem-cell derived human cells and operate an automated CDMO for regenerative-medicine production
HQ: London, United Kingdom
Founders: Ali Afshar and Ignacio Willats
Funding: Company states >$24M raised; reports reference a ~$19M Series A
Employee count: 48
Scaling manufacturing of stem-cell derived therapies and producing consistent, high-throughput human cells for therapeutic and drug-discovery use cases.
Biotechnology Research
$19.0M
Reported by dealroom and company newsroom
“Includes investors such as Wing Venture Capital, IQ Capital, and Buckley Ventures; additional angels and founders/executives from technology and biotech companies are listed as backers”
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Mytos is a pioneering company in the biotech industry, focused on automating human cell production, a traditionally manual process. Our innovations aim to accelerate research and expedite the delivery of cures to patients. We are currently operational in multibillion-dollar biotech firms across the US and have raised $19 million to enhance our market presence and development speed.
Our team consists of world-class professionals, including ex-Dyson engineers and Nature-published scientists. Mytos is backed by Y Combinator, the leading startup program responsible for successful companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Ginkgo Bioworks.
Senior Electronics Engineer London Full-Time Hardware
Note: Due to the hardware device aspect of this role, remote-first working is not supported. Candidates must be willing to work from our lab. We seek team members who are passionate about innovation and solving real-world problems.