Brown: LifeOmic is completely self-funded out of pocket
Don Brown · 1544 1 Day After $1.4B Exit He Launches LifeOmic to Tackle Precision Health Using AI and Machine Learning · Oct 16, 2019 · at 8:29
Dr. Don Brown, founder and CEO of LifeOmic, discusses financing his precision health startup after selling Interactive Intelligence for $1.4 billion.
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“No, I've funded it all out of pocket myself so far.”
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