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Who is behind 23andMe?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
2006 –
Who is behind 23andMe?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
2006
Founded by. 2006: Anne Wojcicki founded 23andMe. Co-founder.
2010 – Mar 2025
Led by. 2010 – Mar 2025: Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe.
She resigned as an officer effective 23 March 2025, the day 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, and stayed on its board.
May 2007
Money in. May 2007: Google invested in 23andMe. Series A round, $3.9M.
Google disclosed it as a related-party deal: 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki was married to Sergey Brin. Genentech, whose CEO Arthur Levinson sat on Google’s board, also invested. In November 2007 Google bought more Series A shares for about $500,000.
Jun 2009: Google invested in 23andMe. Series B round, $2.6M.
Google also signed a lease agreement with 23andMe that month.
Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe. Series B round, as convertible debt converted into stock, $10M.
Nov 2010: Google invested in 23andMe. Series C round, through Google Ventures, $3.2M.
Google Inc. was the sole limited partner of Google Ventures.
Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe. Series C round, $3.4M.
Dec 2012: Google invested in 23andMe. Series D round, through Google Ventures, $1.5M. Sergey Brin invested in 23andMe. Series D round, $20M.
Sergey Brin funded 23andMe. Interim loan before Google’s May 2007 investment, repaid in that round, $2.6M.
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners. Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
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