LinkedIn · May 2026
Announces EditABLE, an open-source CRISPR experiment-design tool, and says the work supports Nephrogen’s kidney-disease therapeutic pipeline.
Curative gene therapies for kidney diseases
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Stanford-origin biotech spinout developing NeFIND, an AI and high-throughput in vivo screening platform for kidney- and pancreas-targeted gene delivery; the company’s lead focus is curative genetic medicines for PKD and other hard-to-deliver renal/pancreatic diseases.
Primary product
NeFIND AI screening platform for kidney/pancreas-targeted AAV and gene-delivery vehicle discovery
Founded
2022
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Gene therapy / genetic medicine
Offices
0 jobs at Nephrogen
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Business model
Stage
seed-stage
Total raised
$2.3M
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Nov 2025
Latest amount
$2M
Nov 2025 · ZAKA VC
Sep 2023 · HHS/NIH
Leadership
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Advisor
Chang Hong, JD
Chief Business Officer
Miriam Rivera Moreno
Research Associate
Andrea An
Research Associate
Co-Founder
Avnesh Thakor, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Mark Kay, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Terry Watnick, MD
Scientific Advisor
Vishal Patel, MD
Scientific Advisor
Jan Liphardt, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Mission-driven, research-heavy, translational startup culture; public signals emphasize publications, conference presentations, and advancing kidney gene-therapy science rather than perks.
Compensation
A public Research Associate posting listed $55,000-$70,000/year, onsite in New York, with no stock options mentioned.
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
LinkedIn · May 2026
Announces EditABLE, an open-source CRISPR experiment-design tool, and says the work supports Nephrogen’s kidney-disease therapeutic pipeline.
ITKeyMedia · Nov 2025
Reports a closed $2M pre-seed led by ZAKA VC, describes NeFIND, and says the company expects clinical trials in 2027.
TechCrunch · Oct 2025
Profiles Nephrogen’s 2022 founding, kidney-focused gene-delivery platform, 100x efficiency claim, and plans to begin clinical studies in 2027 while raising a $4M seed round.
LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Demetri Maxim shared a new pre-print on AAV vectors for kidney gene therapy, with collaborators from Stanford, Harvard Medical School, and Revalia Bio.
LinkedIn · May 2025
Company announced its first public data presentation at ASGCT 2025 and highlighted preclinical kidney gene-delivery data and its PKD lead program.