Acquisition2021-10-12confirmed

Bionano Genomics, Inc. × BioDiscovery, Inc.

Bionano Genomics acquired BioDiscovery, a genomics software company, for up to $100 million in cash and equity. [46, 55] The primary asset was BioDiscovery's NxClinical software, a platform-agnostic solution for analyzing and visualizing genomic data from microarrays and next-generation sequencing (NGS). [46] Bionano plans to integrate its own optical genome mapping (OGM) data into the platform to create a more comprehensive genome analysis workflow. [48]

Price paid
$100M
asset price, paid once
Losing bid
Per unit
no meaningful ratio

The asset

Acquisition of BioDiscovery, a software company specializing in genomics data analysis, interpretation, and reporting, primarily for its NxClinical software platform.

The record

Seller status
Going concern
Sector
Genomics software
Modalities
genomic data, software
Jurisdiction
US
Personal data
The acquired asset is a software platform for analyzing genomic data, not a dataset of PII itself. The platform is designed to handle various genomic data types like NGS and microarrays. [46]

What it means if you hold data

This deal represents the vertical integration of data generation (Bionano's OGM systems) and data interpretation (BioDiscovery's software). For labs and researchers, this promises a more unified workflow, potentially making complex, multi-source genomic data more accessible and easier to analyze.

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