A company that wants to be the 'global standard network of genomic data' raised $240 million

Reuters/Mike Segar Wuxi NextCODE, a genomic information company, has raised $240 million in oneof the biggest rounds ever raised by a genomics company. The series B round, led by Sequoia Capital,added another $165 million to the $75 millionthe company raised in May. In total, the company has raised $255 million. The field of genomics is getting more crowded, with companies tackling everything from building the hardware that sequence samples of DNA, to companies that are building tests to tell yo...