Recent Financings of Private Companies (12/10)

Start-Up's monthly comprehensive review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding during the month, including companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic and research instrumentation and reagent sectors.

Nov.—New investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corp. has joined current shareholders New Enterprise Associates and Google Ventures, plus five undisclosed backers in 23andMe Inc.'s (personalized genetics) $22.2mm Series C venture round. According to the Form D filing, the company could bring in another $7.8mm before closing the financing.

Oct.—Eight-year-old Aureon Biosciences Inc. (sells a prognostic test for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer) has raised almost $5mm through...

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