Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 2, 2026
International Stem Cell CORP
International Stem Cell CORP looks under-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Businessfiled
International Stem Cell CORP operates in Biotechnology, based in Carlsbad.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
International Stem Cell CORP has raised $7.5M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series A (a $4.0M–$15M round).
Largest single filing: $5.0M on 2012-03-09.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2014-10-14.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models International Stem Cell CORP at approximately $90M (range $2.7M–$491M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Read: Under-valued. Modeled value is 0.57× the median modeled value of Series A Biotechnology companies in 2013–2015 (111 peers) — value vs value, same stage and era.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 31 months.
Last raise 11.7 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
The last round was 2.0× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 51% of Biotechnology peers (4293 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 57% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Dnanexus, Inc., Foresight Biotherapeutics, Inc., AuraSense Therapeutics, LLC, Zyomyx Inc, Champions Oncology, Inc..
Peoplefiled
13 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
Financing has been silent well beyond sector cadence — possibly defunct, acquired, or paused.
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.