Nebula Genomics, a blockchain startup focused on DNA data, said on Wednesday it had raised $4.3 million from 10 venture capital firms to fund its plan of “creating a trusted, secure, and decentralized marketplace for genomic data”.
Nebula has also signed a deal with Veritas Genetics, a genome sequencing and interpretation firm, to link the Nebula marketplace to Veritas’ Arvados open-source software platform, a system for storing, sharing and analyzing genomic data. At the moment, the platform holds over 20 petabytes of data, being used worldwide by researchers and pharmaceutical companies.
Both Nebula and Veritas are co-founded by Harvard Medical School ...
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