Forensic Genomics Firm Othram Raises $4M

Mar 12, 2019

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — Forensic genomics startup Othram said today that it has raised $4 million in Series A financing. Nimble Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm, led the round.

Othram said it has also been awarded a $10,000 research sequencing grant from Illumina Accelerator, Illumina's business incubator.

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