23andMe IPO

23andMe, founded in April 2006 by Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza, and Anne Wojcicki. The company has not officially endorsed a plan to participate in an IPO.

23andMe provides at-home, consumer genetic testing and was the first FDA-approved direct-to-consumer genetic sequencing supplier. More recently, 23andMe has leveraged its genetic database in pursuit of pharmaceutical drug development. The company has raised nearly $800 million in Venture Capital funding from investors including GlaxoSmithKline, Pegasus Tech Ventures, MicroVentures, G Squared, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, SharesPost, Fidelity, GV, and Genetech. It has been widely reported that 23andMe last raised $300 million in July 2018 at a post-money valuation of $2.5 billion.