Oxford Nanopore Completes $140 Million Funding Led by Asian Investors

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a UK company that offers several portable real-time DNA/RNA sequencers, completed a $140 million funding led by Asian investors. The investors were GIC (the Singapore sovereign wealth fund), China Construction Bank and Hostplus of Australia. Existing investors also participated. Oxford Nanopore will apply the funds to its continuing commercial expansion, including a manufacturing facility in Oxford . It is also expanding into larger lab-based sequencers. The company, which is already marketing in China , is opening a Shanghai office. More details.... Share this with colleagues: // //