Tech Company Financing Transactions

Guardant Health Funding Round

Lightspeed Venture Partners, Formation 8 and Khosla Ventures participated in a $50 million Series C capital raise for Guardant Health. The round was announced by the company on 2/3/2015.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/3/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$50,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Christopher Schaepe)

Formation 8

Khosla Ventures (Samir Kaul)

Sequoia Capital (Warren Hogarth)

Proceeds Purpose
The company plans to use the funds to expand the availability of Guardant360, and for continued investment in the acceleration of its product roadmap to more rapidly achieve the company's vision of transforming cancer into a manageable disease.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Medical Devices & Instruments
Mailing Address
505 Penobscot Dr.
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
Email Address
Overview
Guardant360 is the only biopsy-free tumor sequencing test that tracks tumor genomics in real-time.
Profile
Guardant Health LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Guardant Health Company Twitter Account
Company News
Guardant Health News
Facebook
Guardant Health on Facebook
YouTube
Guardant Health on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Helmy Eltoukhy
  Helmy Eltoukhy LinkedIn Profile  Helmy Eltoukhy Twitter Account  Helmy Eltoukhy News  Helmy Eltoukhy on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Derek Bertocci
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President
AmirAli Talasaz
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Vice President
Darya Chudova
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VP - Bus. Development
Daniel Simon
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VP - General Counsel
Michael Wiley
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VP - Operations
Andrew Ament
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Morteza Minaee
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