Friday, May 25, 2018

Gates- and Bezos-backed Cancer Startup Grail Finds $300M More

Grail, a startup backed by both Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, which is developing blood testing technology which uses DNA analysis to help in early detection of cancer, said this week that it has raised $300M more in funding. The funding came from Ally Bridge Group, Hillhouse Capital, 6 Dimensions Capital, Blue Pool Capital, China Merchant Securities International, CRF Investment, HuangPu River Capital, ICBC International, Sequoia Capital China and WuXi NextCODE. The startup, led by CEO Jennifer Cook, is based in Silicon Valley. More information »