CellPath

Name

CellPath

Legal name

CellPath Ltd.

Website

https://cellpath.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pathology Archive Management Services

NAICS

Blood and Organ Banks (621991)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Wholesale-Medical, Dental & Hospital Equipment & Supplies (5047), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cell & Gene Therapy Chain-of-Identity/Chain-of-Custody Logistics (HLAGAMAE), Pathology & Histopathology Services (HLAGAFAI)

Keywords

• Cellular pathology products
• Pathology archive services
• Tissue storage solutions
• Histology lab consumables
• Medical record archiving

Headquarters

HQ city

Newtown

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Off-site Archiving Services: CellNass provides complete archive management solutions for hospitals and laboratories, including initial uplift and ongoing archival storage. Revenue is generated through recurring service fees for storage and retrieval operations. The model includes both initial setup/uplift fees and ongoing storage charges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CellPath, through its CellNass brand, provides a complete off-site archive management solution for hospitals and laboratories in the cellular pathology industry. The service covers collection/uplift of materials, secure transport, cataloguing, and long-term storage in a climate-controlled facility in Mid Wales, with on-demand retrieval via the CellTrak web-based Archive Management System offering next-day delivery. The company also manufactures and distributes pathology consumables and exclusively distributes the Dreampath FINA and CRYSTAL on-site archiving systems.

Product overview

CellPath operates through its CellNass brand, offering a dual archiving solution portfolio. The core offering is CellNass - a complete off-site archive management service for hospitals and laboratories dealing with pathology storage challenges. CellNass provides collection, secure transport, cataloguing, and long-term storage in a temperature-controlled facility in Mid Wales. CellTrak serves as the companion web-based archive management system enabling customers to request recalls, track shipments, and manage their archived materials. Additionally, CellPath distributes the Dreampath FINA and CRYSTAL on-site archiving systems, providing customers with both on-site and off-site archiving options for cellular pathology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CellTrak: Archive Management System for hospitals and laboratories to request and manage archived materials retrieval

Products and services

• CellNass Off-Site Archive Management Service Complete off-site archive management solution for hospitals and laboratories. The service collects, securely transports, catalogues, and stores cellular pathology materials (slides, blocks, and samples) in a temperature- and humidity-controlled facility in Mid Wales, with same-day recall capability and next-day delivery for orders placed before noon.
• CellTrak Archive Management System Web-based Archive Management System enabling hospitals and laboratories to request item recalls, track orders, and manage their archived cellular pathology materials online. Provides cataloguing, ordering, and complete activity audit trail functionality, accessible via celltrak.co.uk.
• Dreampath FINA On-Site Archiving System On-site archiving system for cellular pathology materials, exclusively distributed by CellNass/CellPath to complement its off-site archiving solution.
• Dreampath CRYSTAL On-Site Archiving System On-site archiving system for cellular pathology, exclusively distributed by CellNass/CellPath to complement its off-site archiving solution.

Quantifiable outcome

• Order before noon and receive delivery next day
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DreampathcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2024Exclusive distribution partnership for Dreampath FINA and CRYSTAL on-site archiving systems. These products complement the CellNass off-site archiving solution, providing customers with a complete archiving service (both on-site and off-site options).
• CellPathcoreOthersCellNass is a registered company and brand of CellPath Ltd. CellPath is the parent company providing the organizational structure for the CellNass archiving service brand.
• StatLabminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as part of CellNass's team network in social media branding, indicating a channel or distribution partnership for laboratory products and services.
• Pyramid InnovationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as part of CellNass's team network in social media branding, indicating a channel or distribution partnership for laboratory products and services.
• Knittel GlassminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as part of CellNass's team network in social media branding, indicating a channel or distribution partnership for laboratory products and services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Marken (UPS Healthcare): UPS-owned specialty logistics provider serving biopharma with temperature-controlled clinical supply chain services. Comparable to CellNass in handling time-sensitive biological materials with traceability, though focused on clinical trials rather than long-term pathology archiving.
• Azenta Life Sciences: Azenta (formerly Brooks Life Sciences) operates a global biorepository and sample management business serving biopharma, clinical, and academic customers. Highly comparable to CellNass's core archival storage service but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Leica Biosystems (Danaher): Danaher-owned provider of histology, pathology, and tissue processing equipment and consumables. Comparable because it serves the same cellular pathology customer base with adjacent products, though focused on instrumentation rather than archival storage.
• Fisher BioServices (Thermo Fisher Scientific): Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Fisher BioServices provides biorepository and cold-chain sample management for clinical trials and research. Comparable to CellNass's sample custody and chain-of-identity capabilities, though focused on trial samples rather than routine pathology archives.

Emerging players

• Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult: UK-based innovation center supporting cell and gene therapy development, including manufacturing and logistics infrastructure. Comparable to CellNass in providing specialized biological sample handling capabilities within the UK life sciences ecosystem.
• Vineti: Provider of chain-of-custody and chain-of-identity software for cell and gene therapy manufacturing and delivery. Comparable to CellTrak's chain-of-custody capabilities for biological materials, with an emerging therapy focus rather than routine pathology.
• TrakCel: UK-based software provider specializing in chain-of-custody and chain-of-identity platforms for cell and gene therapy. Comparable to CellNass's CellTrak system in providing tracking and audit-trail functionality for biological samples, with an adjacent cell therapy focus.

Direct peers

• Source BioScience: UK-based provider of pathology, genomics, and laboratory services. Comparable because it serves the same NHS and UK private pathology customer base with overlapping sample storage, slide preparation, and pathology support services.
• World Courier (Cencora): Cencora-owned specialty courier focused on time-sensitive and temperature-controlled transport of pharmaceuticals and biological samples. Comparable to CellNass's uplift collection service for pathology materials requiring secure transport.
• StatLab: US-based manufacturer and distributor of histology and pathology consumables and equipment. Comparable to CellPath's broader distribution business (CellPath distributes StatLab products), serving the same cellular pathology customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cellpathltd
• Facebookfacebook.com/CellPathLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cellpath-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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