Grail IPO

Grail was founded in 2015 by Richard (Rick) Klausner, MD and Jeff Huber. The company filed its S-1 registration document with the SEC in September 2020 in advance of a planned Initial Public Offering. Subsequently in the same month, Illumia announced in a press release it had reached a definitive agreement to acquire Grail for $8 billion.

Grail is the developer of a pan-cancer screening test designed to detect cancer early. The company has raised approximately $2 billion in Venture Capital funding from investors including ARCH Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions, Biomatics Capital, GV, Illumina, Foresite Capital Management, McKesson Ventures, Tencent, Amino Capital, Baillie Gifford, Decheng Capital, Dentsu Ventures, 6 Dimensions Capital, and Blue Pool Capital. Per company press releases, Grail last raised $390 million in May 2020 at a post-money valuation of $3.85 billion.

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Is Grail a publicly traded company?

Grail became a public company following its M&A on 08/18/2021 and is now a publicly traded company.

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Will Grail go IPO?

Grail became a public company following its M&A on 08/18/2021.

What is Grail’s IPO price?

The IPO price of Grail is not currently available.

When was Grail founded?

Grail was founded in 2016.

What is Grail funding to date?

Grail has raised $2.02B to date.

Who are Grail’s major investors?

Sequoia Capital China

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Illumina

SV Angel

PSP Investments

Hillhouse Capital Group

HuangPu River Capital

Grail Funding Rounds and Valuation

Funding History Chart

Funding Round Details

	Funding Date	Share Class	Amount Raised	Price per Share	Post-Money Valuation	Key Investors
	05/06/2020	Series D	$392.01MM	$xx.xx	$426.41B	Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Illumina, Public Sector Pension Investment Board
Price per Share $xx.xx Shares Outstanding 76,743,836 Liquidation Pref Order 1 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 0.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Illumina, Public Sector Pension Investment Board
	05/21/2018	Series C	$300MM	$xx.xx	$320B	6 Dimensions Capital, Ally Bridge Group, Blue Pool Capital, China Merchant Securities International, Crf Investment, Hillhouse Capital Group, Huangpu River Capital, Icbc International, Sequoia Capital China, Wuxi Nextcode
Price per Share $xx.xx Shares Outstanding 63,144,600 Liquidation Pref Order 1 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 0.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors 6 Dimensions Capital, Ally Bridge Group, Blue Pool Capital, China Merchant Securities International, Crf Investment, Hillhouse Capital Group, Huangpu River Capital, Icbc International, Sequoia Capital China, Wuxi Nextcode
	11/22/2017	Series B	$1.24B	$xx.xx	$235.35B	Amazon, Arch Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Mckesson Ventures
Price per Share $xx.xx Shares Outstanding 309,256,591 Liquidation Pref Order 1 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 0.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Amazon, Arch Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Mckesson Ventures
	01/08/2016	Series A	$85MM	$xx.xx	$21.25B	Amino Capital, Arch Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions
Price per Share $xx.xx Shares Outstanding 85,000,000 Liquidation Pref Order 1 Liquidation Pref As Multiplier 1.0x Conversion Ratio 1.0x Dividend Rate 0.0% Cumulative Non-cumulative Participating Non-participating Participation Cap -- Key Investors Amino Capital, Arch Venture Partners, Bezos Expeditions

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