US-based 23andMe, a genetics company backed by Google, raises $50m in Series D funding
23andMe, a personal genetics company, has raised $50m in Series D funding. Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner was joined by return backers Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, 23andMe Chief Executive Anne Wojcicki, venture capital firms New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures,the corporate venturing division of search company Google, and private equity firm MPM Capital.
A start-up founded in 2006 by Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, the wife Sergey Brin, 23andMe raised its series A round in May 2007 from Google, biotech group…
