Repairon
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersGöttingen, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
Repairon firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Repairon
- Legal name
- Repairon GmbH
- Website
- https://repairon.de
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Repairon industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Regenerative Medicine
- NAICS
- Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing (325414), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)
- SIC
- Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Tissue-Engineered Constructs & Scaffolds (natural/synthetic biomaterials) (HLAAAGAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Stem Cell–Based Regenerative Therapies (HLAAAGAA), Stem Cell Therapies (MSC/iPSC/HSC-derived) (HLAAABAE), Cardiac Assist & Heart Failure Therapies (Implantables, Neuromodulation) (HLAHAFAL), Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology (HLAKABAD)
Keywords
Where Repairon is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Göttingen
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Repairon business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- EHM Patch Therapy (Future Commercial): Repairon is a clinical-stage biotech company developing regenerative heart failure therapy. No commercial revenue currently; all products are in clinical development. The company aims to commercialize EHM patches as off-the-shelf allogeneic products for advanced heart failure patients.
- Licensing and IP: Company commercializes tissue engineered products based on licensed intellectual property from Prof. Zimmermann's research. Core-IP and additional IP licensed to secure freedom to operate for commercial product development.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Repairon product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Repairon develops, manufactures, and plans to commercialize induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based Engineered Heart Muscle (EHM) — also branded as BioVAT (Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue) — for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. The core product is delivered as EHM Patches (40x40x1 mm collagen-based tissue patches with 40 million cardiomyocytes and stromal cells, scalable up to 20 EHM = 800 million cells) for locally targeted heart repair, or as EHM Pouches for support of enlarged, functionally impaired hearts such as in dilated cardiomyopathy.
Product overview
Repairon is a German biotech company developing iPSC-based tissue engineering products for organ repair. Its core product is Engineered Heart Muscle (EHM), also referred to as BioVAT (Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue), which consists of self-contracting heart tissue patches derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. The first-generation product is delivered as EHM Patches for locally targeted heart repair in ischemic heart failure or as EHM Pouches for dilated cardiomyopathy. Second-generation products include hypo-immune EHM to eliminate immunosuppression needs and EHM with co-delivery capability for local delivery of pharmacologically active proteins or nucleotides.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Engineered Heart Muscle (EHM)
Quantifiable outcome
- Left ventricular ejection fraction increased 6.9% at 12 months in patients at maximum safe dose
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Repairon
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Repairon technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Repairon partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG)coreStrong strategic partnership established in 2017 for clinical development. Prof. Zimmermann serves as Director of Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UMG. UMG is sponsor of BioVAT-HF clinical trial. Collaboration enables preclinical characterization through clinical development.
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK)corePublic/private partnership with German Center for Cardiovascular Research supporting BioVAT-HF clinical trial. DZHK provides research infrastructure and funding support for cardiovascular research initiatives.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Repairon competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Heartseed Inc. Japanese clinical-stage biotech developing HS-001, an iPSC-derived ventricular cardiomyocyte cell therapy for advanced heart failure. Most analogous peer: same iPSC-cardiomyocyte mechanism, same advanced HF indication, similar clinical-stage maturity.
- Athersys: Clinical-stage cell therapy company developing MultiStem (multipotent adult progenitor cells) for cardiovascular indications including acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. Competes on the same regenerative mechanism for cardiac indications with a different allogeneic cell platform.
- Help Therapeutics: Chinese clinical-stage biotech developing HiCM-188, an iPSC-derived cardiomyocyte patch for heart failure. Closest technology peer: builds allogeneic iPSC-cardiomyocyte tissue patches for cardiac remuscularization, directly competing for the same patient population.
- Capricor Therapeutics: Clinical-stage biotech developing CAP-1002, an allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy and adult heart failure. Competes directly for advanced HF patients using a non-iPSC cell source.
- BioCardia: Clinical-stage developer of the Helix transendocardial delivery system and cell therapy programs (BCDA-01, BCDA-02) for heart failure. Direct peer on the cardiac cell delivery/monitoring side, addressing the same advanced HF patient with delivery-tech overlap.
- Mesoblast: Commercial-stage cell therapy company whose REVASCOR (rexlemestrocel-L) allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell product targets advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Direct competitor at the indication level with a different cell type but same target patient and remodeling mechanism.
Emerging players
- Tenaya Therapeutics: Clinical-stage biotech developing both gene therapy (TN-201) and iPSC-based regenerative approaches for inherited and adult cardiomyopathies. Comparable on the iPSC platform side and on treating HFrEF patients, though predominantly a gene therapy program today.
- CellProthera: French clinical-stage biotech developing Protheracytes — autologous CD34+ stem cell therapy for post-MI heart failure and critical limb ischemia. Adjacent cell therapy competitor targeting similar ischemic HF patient population with an autologous (rather than allogeneic) manufacturing model.
- Lexeo Therapeutics: Clinical-stage AAV gene therapy company with cardiac programs (LX2001 for Friedreich ataxia cardiomyopathy and LX2020 for HFrEF). Competes for the same advanced HFrEF patient with a non-cell mechanism; reflects alternative approaches Repairon will be benchmarked against.
Broad incumbents
- Bristol-Myers Squibb: Large pharmaceutical incumbent with cardiac and cell therapy ambitions via the Juno/Celgene acquisitions (CEO Germeroth's prior firm). Sets the partnership/M&A benchmark for cardiac cell therapy assets and is a plausible strategic acquirer as a leader in cardiac medicine.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights8 records
Customer concentration
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Repairon leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Repairon funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors3 records
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Repairon M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Repairon
What does Repairon do?
Repairon develops, manufactures, and plans to commercialize induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based Engineered Heart Muscle (EHM) — also branded as BioVAT (Biological Ventricular Assist Tissue) — for the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure. The core product is delivered as EHM Patches (40x40x1 mm collagen-based tissue patches with 40 million cardiomyocytes and stromal cells, scalable up to 20 EHM = 800 million cells) for locally targeted heart repair, or as EHM Pouches for support of enlarged, functionally impaired hearts such as in dilated cardiomyopathy.
Is Repairon a public or private company?
Repairon is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Repairon founded?
Repairon was founded in 2014. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Repairon based?
Repairon is headquartered in Göttingen, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does Repairon make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. EHM Patch Therapy (Future Commercial) is the primary driver. The others are licensing and IP.
Who are Repairon's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Heartseed Inc., Athersys, Help Therapeutics, Capricor Therapeutics, BioCardia and Mesoblast. Emerging players are Tenaya Therapeutics, CellProthera and Lexeo Therapeutics. Bristol-Myers Squibb is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does Repairon have an API?
No public API is recorded for Repairon.
What industry is Repairon in?
Repairon's product category is Regenerative Medicine. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAAAGAB, Tissue-Engineered Constructs & Scaffolds (natural/synthetic biomaterials), with a secondary code of HLAAAGAA, Stem Cell–Based Regenerative Therapies. Its NAICS code is 325414 and its SIC code is 3841.