Grail has added $390m in series D funding to its coffers thanks to a consortium featuring Illumina, significantly shooting past its $250m target size.

US-based cancer diagnostics technology developer Grail received $390m in a series D round yesterday backed by genomics company Illumina.

Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board also took part in the round, as did several unnamed new and existing backers.

Grail had secured an initial $125m in December 2019, when a regulatory filing showed a $250m target size for the round.

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Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is the former editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and was the producer and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast until December 2024.