| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.06.2025 | Why Claims Data Alone Leave Gaps in Understanding the Patient Journey | Noah Nasser, CEO at datma
In today’s precision medicine landscape, pharmaceutical companies and access teams face a critical challenge: understanding not just whether therapies work, but how they are accessed, adopted, and experienced by re... |
| 17.05.2025 | The Rise of AI Leadership and Accessibility in Tech | In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, two significant events recently emerged, highlighting the dual themes of leadership and accessibility. WellSaid, a prominent player in AI voice technology, appointed Benjamin Dorr as its new CEO... |
| 14.05.2025 | WellSaid Appoints CFO Benjamin Dorr as Chief Executive Officer | WellSaid, the industry’s most trusted AI voice platform for businesses, today announced the appointment of Benjamin Dorr as Chief Executive Officer. Dorr, previously WellSaid’s Chief Financial Officer, is taking on the leadership role to he... |
| 30.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 30 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
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“I am a big believer in disruptive innovation, but it’s been incredibly disappointing to watch how few women-led busin... |
| 29.05.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, May 29 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, May 29.
Investors are betting $4 billion on a cryptocurrency startup, Block.One. Back in January of this year, we covered the hottest blockchain startups ... |
| 28.05.2018 | Myriad Genetics acquires genetic testing startup Counsyl for $375 million | The demands for genetic testing continue to rise. The global genetic testing market is anticipated to grow from $5.05 billion in 2017 to $11.86 billion by 2026. As of 2018, there are at least 120 genetic startups, according to publicly avai... |
| 28.09.2017 | Charting the growth in the reproductive health genetic testing market | But now there has been progress in different methods of reproductive genetic testing. For instance, a recent explosion of the utilization of additional non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), and the continuous expansion of upstream preconcep... |
| 12.09.2017 | 23andMe raises $250M led by Sequoia Capital | Others in the genomics space that have raised funding include Counsyl, Veritas and Sophia
It's been 17 years since the Human Genome Project, led by Dr. Craig Venter, announced the mapping of the human genome, a breakthrough in science that ... |
| 26.07.2017 | The second coming of consumer genomics with 3 predictions for 2018 | A brief history of human genomics
Genomics is defined by the WHO as the study of all parts of an organism’s genes and their functions whereas genetics is the study of heredity or how single genes are passed between generations. The Human Ge... |
| 06.01.2017 | Exclusive: Counsyl’s oncology unit falters; 24 lose jobs | Counsyl cofounder and CEO Ramji Srinivasan confirmed the news on Friday in a statement forwarded by a company representative. The company’s rationale is to double-down its focus on women’s health and preventive carrier screening.
“Having a ... |
| 08.04.2016 | Peter Thiel-backed carrier screening upstart Counsyl lays off 27 employees | Promoted
Covid-19’s terrible toll on diabetes patients. What can be done?
The public health crisis has undermined the economy and made people with chronic conditions more vulnerable and stressed. Learn more with a new report from Omada Heal... |
| 24.02.2016 | Vijay Pande: The best healthtech has a software center | Bio 2.0: The new generation of healthcare startups really look like tech startups
Vijay Pande (general partner, Andreessen Horowitz) took the stage at Vator Splash Health 2016 yesterday to share a talk called “When software eats bio,” in wh... |
| 20.01.2016 | These are the key players in the home health testing market | Source: Kalorama Information
Direct-to-consumer laboratory testing is on the rise, as consumers become more educated and proactive about their own health. The market’s expected to grow past $350 million by 2020 – a significant increase over... |
| 10.08.2015 | Planning to get pregnant? Counsyl bringing carrier screening to the mainstream | Counsyl is taking aim at this market — bringing carrier screening to the mainstream, to offset the stress of finding out about genetic risks mid-pregnancy, or after a baby’s born.
Currently, the practice of screening a couple for genetic di... |
| 10.06.2015 | Counsyl Automates Genetic Testing To Give Potential Parents Peace Of Mind | It wasn’t long ago that most people’s understanding of genetic testing came from dystopian fiction, not real work happening in labs and clinics.
But in the last few years, companies like Counsyl and 23andme have made DNA testing a reality f... |
| 27.03.2015 | Genomics Needs A Killer App | Mark Kaganovich Contributor
Mark Kaganovich is the CEO and cofounder of SolveBio . Follow him on twitter at @markkaganovich.
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Is enterprise genomics good enough yet?
Genomics is an incredible technology for new... |
| 08.08.2014 | PicnicHealth Stores Your Medical Records In One Place And Delivers It To Your Doctor | Noga Leviner, who is diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, searched for a way to manage her records but she said most software tools for records management have been built for hospitals and doctors, and anything built for patients has to be done ... |
| 11.05.2014 | Counsyl Raises $28M in Series D Financing | Counsyl, a South San Francisco, Calif.-based provider of a platform that gives people access to information about their bodies, raised $28m in Series D financing.
The round was led by Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners and Goldman Sachs As... |
| 08.05.2014 | Counsyl Raises $28M |
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Technology company that gives people access to vital information about their bodies has raised $28 million in Series D financing.
>> Click here for more funding data on Counsyl
>> To export Counsyl f... |
| 06.03.2014 | Founders Fund has a fresh $1B to spend. Here’s a look at its healthcare picks | As of late, it’s been doing quite a bit in the digital health and genetics space. Here’s a look at the health-focused companies it’s invested in through its angel and venture funds
This list was compiled based on the fund’s website and news... |
| 25.02.2014 | The 5 coolest startup jobs of the week | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
So you want to join a startup? You’re ready for t... |
| 05.11.2013 | How Sama Group’s donations model connects and aids the world’s poor | Dr. Darius Maggi, a retired obstetrician, is a regular visitor to Sierra Leone, a country where 1 in 14 women die of complications from pregnancy. He’s using his retirement money to fund operations for over 100 women each year, who suffer f... |
| 03.06.2013 | 100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013: How Many Are New To You? | AngelList. It’s the place for startups to connect with funding and talent. Just this month, the site has helped raise $12 million in venture funding for a wide collection of startups. It may be the one site that best represents all players ... |
| 16.05.2013 | Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening | Carrier screening has been around for a while, and many women undergo screening before or during pregnancy for certain hereditary disorders associated with their ethnic background. The Associated Press in 2010 found that many inherited dise... |
| 23.04.2013 | Through Dirt-Cheap Genetic Testing, Counsyl Is Pioneering A New Bioinformatics Wave | Jen Baumgartel opted for in-vitro fertilization after learning from a Counsyl test that she and her husband were carriers for the severest form of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.
For cynics who say that Silicon Valley has become too mired in ph... |
| - | Charting the growth in the reproductive health genetic testing market | The reproductive genetic testing market is poised for substantial investment and growth as demand continues, reimbursement improves, and the technology expands to additional, novel applications.
The market has historically been dominated by... |
| - | Cambridge firm uses next-generation DNA sequencing to detect more mutations in carrier screening | When a company sets out to enter a market inhabited by heavyweights like LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics, it better have something good. Good Start Genetics has applied next-generation DNA sequencing to existing knowledge and testing methods ... |
| - | Planning to get pregnant? Counsyl bringing carrier screening to the mainstream | When a couple finds out they’re at risk of having a child with a serious, debilitating genetic disease, it’s usually when a woman is already several months pregnant.
“It’s a difficult position for a woman to be in,” said Shivani Nazareth, a... |
| - | The second coming of consumer genomics with 3 predictions for 2018 | As healthcare venture investors, my colleagues Adam Seabrook, Hailey Hu, and I identify disruptive trends at the intersection of healthcare and technology and back companies that are pursuing those trends. Occasionally, albeit rarely, we co... |
| - | These are the key players in the home health testing market | Source: Kalorama Information
Direct-to-consumer laboratory testing is on the rise, as consumers become more educated and proactive about their own health. The market’s expected to grow past $350 million by 2020 – a significant increase over... |
| - | Exclusive: Counsyl’s oncology unit falters; 24 lose jobs | Counsyl’s foray into oncology didn’t last long.
The company is effectively shutting down its cancer business unit and axing 24 jobs — around 5 percent of its workforce — after announcing in May that it had launched that effort.
Counsyl cofo... |
| - | Liveblogging: TC Disrupt em San Francisco – Dia 2 | Confira aqui o Dia 01 & Dia 03! Não deixe de conferir a nossa página especial, com todos os conteúdos da nossa Valley Mission 2013!
(inicia o painel ‘The Investor Perspective’: Aileen Lee – fundadora Cowboy Ventures, John Lilly – partne... |
| - | Founders Fund has a fresh $1B to spend. Here’s a look at its healthcare picks | The rumors were true – kind of: The Founders Fund has been out raising a massive amount of cash for a fifth fund, but it’s not $750 million as originally thought. It’s $1 billion, the fund said today.
Most known for backing Facebook, Spotif... |
| - | Peter Thiel-backed carrier screening upstart Counsyl lays off 27 employees | San Francisco molecular diagnostics startup Counsyl, known best perhaps for its efforts in promoting carrier screening, said it has laid of 27 employees.
The Peter Thiel-backed upstart has raised more than $100 million, and employs more tha... |
