Grail
1525 O'Brien Drive, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, United States
Overview
Grail develops a pan-cancer screening test designed to detect cancers at an early stage. Its pan-cancer screening test measures circulating nucleic acids in blood using high-intensity sequencing, population-scale clinical trials, enabling doctors to develop blood tests for early-stage cancer detection. The company was founded in 2016 by Alex Aravanis and Jeff Huber in Menlo Park, California.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 8
Sector focus
- Biotechnology
- Health Care
- Health Diagnostics
- Medical
- Medical Device
Investment portfolio
- Pixelverse
Participated · Equity · Jun 2024
Pixelverse develops entertainment content and a game ecosystem focused on bringing mainstream users into Web3 through low-barrier games. The company’s product strategy centers on granting players true ownership of in-game assets and rewarding loyalty. It aims to create immersive experiences designed for large-scale adoption and appeal to traditional Web2 gamers. Pixelverse completed a new financing round that raised $5.5 million. That round was described as a strategic investment led by notable venture funds and founders from the games and Web3 sectors. Investors named in the round include Delphi Ventures, Merit Circle, Mechanism Capital, Bitscale Capital, Ghaf Capital, Big Brain Holdings, LiquidX, Foresight Ventures, Sébastien Borget, Luca Netz, Dingaling, DCF GOD, Grail and James Kwon.
- Today
Participated · Seed · Apr 2024
Today is a Web3 social simulation game that builds social experiences in Web3 environments. The company develops generative-AI–based intelligent NPCs to populate its simulations. It also builds no-code creator tools to enable creators to design content and NPC behaviors without coding. The core product combines AI-driven NPCs with creator tooling for social simulation experiences. Today completed a $5 million seed financing, which represents its current disclosed funding status. The article does not provide additional operating metrics or financial details.