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NantHealth Raises $320M

By TechTaffy Desk

NantHealth, the health care technology division of billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Culver City holding company NantWorks, has closed $250 million in funding from the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA).

KIA had previously invested $100 million in NantHealth this April.

Previous investors in the company also include Verizon, which invested an undisclosed sum in NantHealth in 2012.

[Image courtesy: NantHealth]

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