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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Source: Wall Street Journal
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