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- Google-backed personal genetics firm raises USD11m – Rumour
- California-based 23andMe has raised USD11m of a USD24.3m Series B funding round from undisclosed investors, according to peHUB. The firm received Series A funding from investors including Google. The company uses DNA analysis technologies and web-based tools to enable individuals to understand their genetic information. Founded in 2006, 23andMe...
- Articles 2009-05-04
- Google puts USD2.6m into biotech startup
- Google is investing a further USD2.6m in 23andMe, the privately-held biotech startup launched by the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The deal raises Google’s total investment in the firm to USD7m. Google continues to hold a minority interest in...
- Articles 2009-06-21
- 23andMe's Price Cut: The End of Commerical Personal Genomics?
- A huge price cut by personal-genomics pioneer 23andMe may well herald the demise of the commercial personal-genomics business before it even really got started -- and for much the same reason that startups such as Celera Genomics saw their genome-based information businesses crash and burn almost a decade ago. by...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- More on 23andMe and the Future of Personal Genomics
- I've been remiss in addressing a particularly thoughtful response to my earlier post on 23andMe's price-cutting and its potential consequences for the future of personal genomics. So let me remedy that. To recap briefly: 23andMe, the spit-to-read-your-genome company, dropped its subscription price to $399 from $999, a...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- 23andMe raises prices, splits its health and ancestry analyses
- Personal genomics company 23andMe announced yesterday on its blog and in an email to customers of impending changes to its product line. Until now 23andMe has offered only two products: its $399 full scan, and a $99 Research Revolution product that offers limited functionality and a focus...
- News items 2009-11-15
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- 23andMe gets scooped on hair curl genes
- Medland et al . (2009). Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans. The American Journal of Human Genetics DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.009 A couple of weeks ago I reported on a presentation by 23andMe 's Nick Eriksson at the American Society...
- News items 2009-11-11
- 23andMe and The Parkinson's Institute Announce Initiative to Advance Parkinson's Disease Research
- Partnership Seeks to Develop and Validate Web-Based Assessment Tools to Revolutionize the Way Parkinson's Disease Clinical Studies are Conducted MOUNTAIN VIEW & SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- 23andMe, a privately-held personal genetics company, and The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center ("Parkinson's Institute") today announced a research initiative under which Parkinson's Institute...
- Research articles 2008-05-14
- Layoffs Confirmed At 23andMe
- Personal genomics startup 23andMe has just gone through a round of layoffs, we've confirmed. The company declined to comment on how many people were laid off, but offered this statement: We have reduced our staffing levels in a restructuring of our workforce. This was a very difficult...
- News items 2009-10-30
- At Google, Investing is a Family Affair
- [Update: For more detail and perspective on this story, please check out Erik Sherman's take.] [Note: This blog has been updated to correct an error in the original version. Google is investing 2.6 million in 23andMe, not 2.6 billion.] One thing I like about...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Don't Worry About the Government (and Genomics)
- For the past week or so, the wonkosphere has been ablaze over the fact that the California Department of Public Health issued "cease and desist" orders to 13 companies that offer genetic testing in the state unless they comply with regulations that require such tests to be ordered and overseen...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Family affair: Google invests in founder's wife's firm.
- May 23, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission has revealed Google's investment of $A4.7 million in genetics start-up, 23andMe. The 23 May 2007 filing also revealed, for t May 23, 2007 (The Australian...
- Research articles 2007-05-23
- 23andMe™ to Hold Press Meeting at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
- Complimentary Personal Genome ServiceTM to be Offered to 50 Press Attendees
- Research articles 2008-01-18
- Google backs biotech firm started by founder Sergey Brin's wife
- SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Google is backing a fledgling biotech firm started by the bride of the world-renowned Internet search engine's co-founder Sergey Brin. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Google revealed it invested approximately 3.9 million dollars in 23andMe, a company co-founded...
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- EMBARGOED: Jobvite Raises $8.2 Million Second Round For 'Social' Recruitment Software
- Hiring and recruitment tech firm Jobvite has raised $8.25 million in a second round of funding. ATA Ventures led the round, with participation from previous backer CMEA Capital; the S.F.-based startup has raised over $15 million in funding since 2007. CEO Dan Finnigan said it will use the new...
- External links 2009-09-09
- Congrats To 2008 Crunchies Winners!
- From TechCrunch: The second annual Crunchies are over, and 900 people are across the street at the after-party toasting the winners. For those of you who didn't attend or see it live on Ustream, the nominees, winners and runners up for each category are below. We'll have follow up coverage...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Google co-founder, wife donate $500K to Creative Commons
- Copyright reform advocacy group Creative Commons announced on Thursday that it has received a gift from Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki--to the tune of $500,000."This gift--made in addition to the financial support that Google offers CC annually--will be used to support Creative Commons generally," a blog...
- News items 2009-08-28
- DIY ancestry inference from personal genomic data
- European Genetics and Anthropology has a neat little tutorial that may be of interest for genetic hobbyists: it provides instructions on how to run the program STRUCTURE on your own genetic data generated by a personal genomics company such as 23andMe or deCODEme...
- News items 2009-11-18
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