54Gene
54Gene is a YC Winter 2019 (W19) company. Based in Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria. Team of 47.
About 54Gene
Summary
54Gene builds a genomics research and services platform focused on African genetic data, which is critically underrepresented in global medical databases. The company collects, sequences, and licenses this data to pharmaceutical and research partners developing precision medicines and diagnostics. Its work replaces reliance on datasets drawn almost entirely from European populations, giving drug developers access to genetic diversity that current biobanks lack.
Go-to-market
Pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and academic research institutions are the primary customers, engaging through research partnerships and data services agreements.
From the Y Combinator listing
Precision medicine for Africans and the global population
We are an African genomics research, services and development company addressing the need to include under-represented African genomic data in research which could lead to medical breakthroughs and new healthcare solutions worldwide.
Facts
- Healthcare / Healthcare -> Consumer Health and Wellness
- Lagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria
- 47
- Inactive
- Growth
Founders (3)
- Abasi Ene-Obong
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