Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Raises $25 Million in Series A Funding

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. (RBM), the leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, announced today that it has raised $25 million in private financing. Equity Group Investments LLC (EGI), an investment fund founded by Sam Zell, led the Series A investment round. EGI is joined by Cross Creek Capital, the private equity affiliate of Wasatch Advisors, Inc. and Stephens Capital Partners. The financing will provide growth capital, debt repayment, and funding for acquisitions and investments to discover and validate biomarkers for medical diagnostics. In conjunction with the funding, RBM also announced that Matt Zell, managing director of EGI, has joined its Board of Directors.