Human Longevity Raises over $220M in Series B Funding
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Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI), a San Diego, CA-based genomics-based, technology-driven company, raised in excess of $220m in Series B funding.Backers included Illumina, Celgene, GE Ventures, and Series A investors, which represent a diverse geographic pool of investors based in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Mexico, Australia, Kuwait, Hong Kong, and China, in addition to the US.The company, which previously raised $80m in a Series A round closed in Summer 2014, is using the proceeds to fund the growth and expansion of its line of products, including Health Nucleus, its genomic-enhanced, research-based health center; ongoing development of the HLI Knowledgebase which currently has more than 20,000 complete genomes coupled with phenotype data; the Comprehensive Cancer Program and other sequencing programs.Led by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Co-founder and CEO, HLI is a genomics-based, technology-driven company creating a large database of whole genome, phenotype and clinical data.The company is developing and applying large scale computing and machine learning to make novel discoveries in the field of medicine.
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