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Illumina Ventures closes fund at $230M

October 16, 2017 10:44 PM UTC

Illumina Ventures closed its first fund at $230 million. Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) launched the firm in 2016 with a $100 million investment. Corporate, institutional, sovereign and individual investors supplied the remainder, the firm said (see BioCentury Extra, April 15, 2016).

Former Illumina SVP of Corporate and Venture Development Nicholas Naclerio is the firm's founder. Illumina Ventures is managed independently from Illumina...