Venture Capital
Funders Invest in Proprietary Molecular Counter Platform to Dramatically Improve Genetic Testing Resolution MENLO PARK, Calif., March 28, 2019-- BillionToOne, inventors of the patent-pending molecular counter platform, today announced it has closed its highly oversubscribed Series A funding round of $15 million with select global investors. Hummingbird Ventures and NeoTribe Ventures led the investment round with participation from Y Combinator, Civilization Ventures, Fifty Years, 500 Startups Istanbul, and HOF Capital. The funding will be used to support its innovation, growth and the launch of BillionToOne's first product—UNITY, a non-invasive prenatal test for recessively inherited single gene disorders.

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