Navigenics

https://www.navigenics.com/

Last activity: 26.11.2013

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Location

United States, California, Foster City

Employees

11-50

Phone

+1 650-585-7700

Founded date

2006

Mentions in press and media 27

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Nov 26, 2013	Why the FDA is targeting Google-backed 23andMe: Unnecessary MRIs, mastectomies	Monday morning, federal regulators issued an enforcement action against 23andMe, a popular Silicon Valley-based genetic testing startup. Community forums and news sites across the Web exploded with debate, with most people rallying to 23and...
Oct 7, 2013	Can you trust Facebook with your genetic code?	We share everything on Facebook: our family photos, intimate thoughts, relationship woes. Some of us even post our DNA. Thousands of Americans are sharing results of genealogy tests on social media sites like Facebook, even posting their en...
Jan 5, 2012	Eight technologies for a healthier 2012	Welcome to 2012 and a new list of New Year’s resolutions — a list that likely includes some variation on adopting a healthier lifestyle. Thanks to the acceleration of technology, fulfilling your resolutions this time around may be easier th...
Sep 27, 2011	Unlimited Abilities: A View from the MedtechVision Conference	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision. —Ralph Waldo Emerson In a world thick with healthcare conferences, MedtechVision, held September 15-16 at the Rosewood...
Feb 3, 2010	Navigenics Raises $18M in Series C Financing	Navigenics, a Foster City, CA-based provider of personalized genetic testing, has raised approximately $18m is its Series C financing. Procter and Gamble has joined existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and Mohr Davidow Vent...
Aug 24, 2009	Complete Genomics seals $45M for cheaper gene sequencing	Complete Genomics, provider of supposedly cheaper and faster DNA sequencing services, has raised $45 million in a fourth round of funding — a huge amount for a biotech company in today’s economic environment. Based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
Aug 24, 2009	Complete Genomics seals $45M for cheaper gene sequencing	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! Complete Genomics, provider of supposedly cheaper...
Aug 13, 2009	Pacific Biosciences takes $68M as genome sequencing becomes more competitive	Pacific Biosciences, one of the companies working to advance DNA sequencing technology, just brought in $68 million in new financing — bringing its total raised over the last year to a staggering $188 million. The Menlo Park, Calif., firm s...
Aug 13, 2009	Pacific Biosciences takes $68M as genome sequencing becomes more competitive	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! Pacific Biosciences, one of the companies working...
May 27, 2009	MIT busts genome reader Navigenics on patents	Navigenics, a Foster City, Calif. company that checks consumers’ genomes for indications of disease, is being sued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for allegedly infringing on a patent that the university licensed exclusively to...
May 4, 2009	While 23andMe Raises $11 Million, Mohr Davidow Sells Stake To Invest In Rival	23andme, a company that helps consumers understand and decipher their genomes, has raised a partial $11 million out of a $24.26 million B round of funding, according to regulatory filings. 23andme, which was co-founded by Google co-founder ...
May 4, 2009	23andMe gets $11M boost to decode your DNA	23andMe, the company that deciphers consumers’ genomes for them, has raised $11 million of an anticipated $24.26 million second round of capital. The company was cofounded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The firm di...
Feb 17, 2009	Who owns you(r digital soul)?	Personal information has no underlying legal ownership Another privacy storm is brewing fueled by Facebook's Feb 4th change to their terms of service (TOS). See posts on Consumerist and LA Times for good discussion and summaries. In the fal...
Feb 28, 2008	Google Health is here — or is it?	(UPDATED: See below.) Well, the WSJ says so in this somewhat breathless report that states Google will announce its long-awaited personal health-record service today. My first thought was that the announcement was timed to get Google on the...
Jan 27, 2008	23andMe’s European vacation and other personal-genomics notes	(UPDATED: Added links from Davos. Also, an earlier version of this post originally appeared at the end of this item.) While I’ve been diving into deCODEme’s surprisingly spotty personal-genomics service, 23andMe has been whooping it up in E...
Jan 23, 2008	deCODEme’s underwhelming personal-genomics service	(UPDATED: See below.) Personal-genomics vendors like 23andMe and deCODEme, which promise to give ordinary individuals a peek at their genetic inheritance, have received a ton of press attention since they launched last November (not least o...
Nov 19, 2007	23andMe: Will the personal-genomics company need Big Pharma to make money?	23andMe held its official launch today, as expected, and in the process managed to address a few of the nagging questions that remained after I reviewed its service over the weekend. “Addressed” is definitely the operative word here, though...
Nov 17, 2007	23andMe lets you search and share your genome — today	(UPDATED: See below.) Personal genomics is finally here. 23andMe, the Google-backed startup that promises to let individuals search and share their personal genetic information, just unveiled its service on its Web site. (A formal announcem...
Nov 8, 2007	Navigenics promises a peek at your genome — next year	Navigenics, which plans to offer individuals a personalized genetic analysis so they can better manage their health, “launched” its service — sort of — and announced that it has raised more than $25 million. As we point out at VentureBeat L...
Nov 7, 2007	Navigenics finally offers you a peek at your genome — except not really, and not yet	(UPDATED: See below.) So at long last, one of the personal-genomics companies we’ve been writing about since May has finally launched its service. Navigenics, the Redwood City, Calif., startup that promises users a “personalized genetics an...
Nov 7, 2007	Navigenics raises more than $25M for personal genetics	Silicon Valley company Navigenics has raised more than $25 million to provide people with their genetic profiles, as well as ways to improve their future health based on a reading of those genetics. David Hamilton, of VentureBeat LifeScienc...
Oct 23, 2007	Will 23andMe and Navigenics lock up your genome and charge you for the key?	Over the last few months, startups like 23andMe and Navigenics have attracted a fair bit of attention for promising to let ordinary people search through their own genomes to better understand their disease risk, genealogy and ancestry. (Fo...
Oct 1, 2007	Complete Genomics and BioNanomatrix rev up the fast, cheap and out-of-control genome race	Things are starting to get crowded in the race to sequence entire human genomes quickly and relatively cheaply — usually meaning somewhere in the territory of $1,000 per genome, compared to the $100,000+ it costs with current technology. At...
Sep 13, 2007	Decoding 23andMe — Illumina spills the beans	First, it was self-described 23andMe investor Martin Varsavsky who spilled some early information about the secretive personal-genomics startup founded by Sergey Brin‘s new wife, Anne Wojcicki, and now backed by Google and Genentech. (See o...
Aug 19, 2007	Navigenics provides your genetic information, gets high-profile backing	Navigenics, a new secretive Silicon Valley company, wants to let you access your genetic information, so you can see what sort of diseases or sicknesses you may be prone to. It has backing from high-profile venture capital firms Kleiner Per...
Aug 19, 2007	Personal-genetics startup Navigenics, a competitor to Google-backed 23andMe, unstealths	(UPDATED: See below.) Navigenics, a new personal genetics startup with some serious backing, threw back the curtain over the weekend by unveiling its Web site. The Redwood Shores, Calif., startup says it aims to provide individuals with the...

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FAQ about Navigenics

When was Navigenics founded?

Navigenics was founded in 2006.

What has the press written about Navigenics?

Parsers VC has collected 27 articles mentioning Navigenics, among them “Why the FDA is targeting Google-backed 23andMe: Unnecessary MRIs, mastectomies” (Nov 26, 2013) and “Can you trust Facebook with your genetic code?” (Oct 7, 2013).

Is Navigenics still active?

Navigenics is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 26, 2013.