gritstone oncology is a cancer immunotherapy company developing next-generation personalized cancer therapeutics. gritstone brings together distinguished scientific founders, an experienced and diverse management team, a seasoned and successful board of directors, and very deep financial backing to tackle fundamental challenges at the intersection of cancer biology, immunology, and immunotherapy design. the company’s initial goal is to identify and deploy therapeutic neo-antigens from individual patients’ tumors to develop novel treatments for lung cancer. gritstone oncology is headquartered in the san francisco bay area with certain key functions located in cambridge, ma. gritstone oncology launched in october 2015 with a series a financing of $102 million.