$4m series A for gene testing co:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Gene Security Network (GSN), a Portola Valley, California company that is developing molecular diagnostic tests using data informatics, has closed a series A financing led by Claremont Creek Ventures. Other investors include Sequoia Capital; Huntington Reproductive Centre; and Marissa Mayer, Google's vice-president of search products and user experience. GSN will use the funds to commercialise its Parental Support technology, which the company claims can test for multiple genetic diseases from a single cell. The technology is designed for use in pre-implantation genetic diagnosis during in vitro fertilisation.