Shares of Sema4 Holdings Corp, a genetic-testing and health-data analytics business spun out of the Mount Sinai Health System, are set to start trading Friday after the business combined with a blank-check company backed by Casdin Capital and Corvex Management.

Investors in the special-purpose acquisition company, CM Life Sciences Inc., agreed to a deal that values the company at about $3bn, a spokeswoman said. Backers of the Stamford, Conn.-based business include Blackstone Group Inc. and Deerfield Management.

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Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment firms seeking to create positive economic impact and long-term value for investors. The firm has $649bn in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets, and secondary funds, all on a global basis.

Source: Wall Street Journal

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