Mount Sinai Health System spinoff Sema4 has achieved a valuation of more than $1bn following a $121m series C round that featured all existing external shareholders.
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Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
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