ILLIMIS THERAPEUTICS
A company that constantly takes on challenges to translate cutting-edge science into medicines for incurable disease based on fusion protein platform technologies.
- NO. OF EMPLOYEE
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40
14 Ph.D. 
- LOCATIONS
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SEOUL, KOREA
BOSTON, USA 
- ACHIEVEMENTS
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PUBLICATION & PATENT
Published in Nature Medicine GAIA platform technology
Total of 7 patent families filed
GAIA Platform patent granted across 3 countries (US·KR·RU) - 
										
GRANT
2020 Korea Dementia Research Center (KDRC) Total of 0.8M USD/ 3 years
TIPS (Tech Incubator Program For Startup Korea) Total of 0.4M USD/ 2 years
Industry-Research Institute Collaboration Platform Total of 0.2M USD/ 2 years
2022 Baby Unicorn Company of Korea by Ministry of SMEs and Startups
2023 Scale Up TIPS Total of 0.8M USD/ 3 years
2025 Korea Dementia Research Center(KDRC) Total of 1.14M USD/ 3 years
2025 Deeptech Incubator Project for Startup(DIPS) 1000+ Total of 0.4M USD/ 3 years
2025 Global Collaborative R&D Total of 1.1M USD/ 3 years
Pre-Unicorn Startup for 2025 of Korea by Ministry of SMEs and Startups
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CONFERENCE
Oral Presentation at 2022 AD/PD (Spain)
Oral Presentation at 2022 Keystone Symposia (US)
Oral Presentation at 2025 AAIC (Canada) 
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- FOUNDATION
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2021
 
- FUND RAISING
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66.4 Million USD
 
Last updated : September 2025
CO-FOUNDERS
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- Sanghoon Park, 
President & CEO - Co-founder
 
 - Sanghoon Park, 
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- Wonsuk Chung, 
Professor - 
									Scientific Co-founder 
Department of Biological Sciences
KAIST 
 - Wonsuk Chung, 
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- Chanhyuk Kim, 
Professor - 
									Scientific Co-founder 
School of Transdisciplinary Innovations
Seoul National University 
 - Chanhyuk Kim, 
 
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