Claremont Creek Ventures’ portfolio company Gene Security Network in race for prenatal test

Photo: Spencer Brown The winner “is the company that’s going to help families,” says GSN CEO Rabinowitz.

September 9, 2011  source: originally published in the San Francisco Business Times

Photo: Spencer Brown The winner “is the company that’s going to help families,” says GSN CEO Rabinowitz.

Gene Security Network’s race to develop safer, more accurate prenatal test is all business for Matt Rabinowitz — and it’s personal.

A relative of Rabinowitz, Gene Security Network’s CEO, took a blood test for the likelihood of Down’s syndrome in her unborn baby and . . .
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Why Dear Abby loves this company (and you should, too)

Gene Security Network

Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company Gene Security Network (GSN) achieved a technical breakthrough that even Dear Abby can crow about. Never before, have scientists and clinicians been about to measure fetal DNA in a pregnant woman’s blood with enough accuracy to determine paternity or relevant information about the baby in utero — until now. If you are curious why this service might be helpful, see Dear Abby’s recent column below.

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Claremont Creek Ventures portfolio company GSN’s testing technology helps couple achieve their dream of a healthy child

April 5, 2011    source: Gene Security Network press release

Gene Security Network (GSN) welcomes the birth of the first baby to be born following the use of GSN’s novel Parental SupportTM technology for single gene preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and concurrent 24-chromosome screening. This test allows couples who are at risk to have children with genetic disease to undergo embryo testing during an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle in order to . . .
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Gene Security Network Completes Funding to Expand Into New DNA Testing Markets

November 1, 2010  source: Gene Security Network (download the pdf press release)

REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 1, 2010 – Gene Security Network, Inc. (GSN) today announced the closing of its $12M Series C financing. The financing round was led by Sequoia Capital and included Claremont Creek Ventures, Founders Fund, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

GSN is a molecular diagnostics company using data informatics to enhance genetic testing of DNA. . . .
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Fertility Patients Can Now Use One Screening for Multiple Types of Genetic Diseases Before Pregnancy

August 10, 2010 source: Send2Press Newswire DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 10 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — California IVF: Davis Fertility Center, Inc. (californiaivf.com), working in conjunction with Gene Security Network (genesecurity.net) leads the field in bringing a new test to patients that combines the detection of single-gene genetic disorders with a 24 chromosome screening. Using Gene Security Network’s Parental Support™ technology, at-risk couples undergoing in vitro fertilization can now test developing embryos for a larger number . . .
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