MapmyGenome CEO Anu Acharya Wins Women Ahead Honour: ET Startup Awards 2015
Anu Acharya, CEO of MapmyGenome, won the Women Ahead honour at the Jio Economic Times Startup Awards 2015, announced on 14 August 2015. She was also shortlisted as a top contender in the “Top Innovator” category.
ET Startup Awards 2015: Anu Acharya Has Made Her Mark with DNA Testing
ET Bureau, August 14, 2015
An entrepreneur who started her journey in the telecom and IT sectors, Anu Acharya is well-regarded for her contribution to genomics research, mainly through her molecular diagnostics company MapmyGenome. An alumna of IIT Kharagpur, she founded Ocimum Biosolutions in 2000 — a genomics outsourcing platform that raised $17 million in equity investment and acquired three companies globally.
In 2011, Acharya turned her attention to a new venture: MapmyGenome — a rare enterprise engaged in developing genomics solutions for predictive diagnosis and prognosis using DNA testing. The company raised $1.1 million in a Pre-Series A round from Rajan Anandan (Google India), Satveer Singh Thakral (Singapore Angel Network), and others.
“At MapmyGenome, we hope to impact more than 100 million lives by 2030 and to create a unique database for the Indian population to understand the amazing genetic diversity within it.” — Anu Acharya, Founder & CEO, MapmyGenome
MapmyGenome was also recognised as the Emerging Company of the Year-2015 in the Devices and Diagnostics category at Bangalore Bio 2015, presented by the Karnataka government’s Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology.
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