Health Care & Insurance  June 22, 2020

ArcherDX agrees to acquisition by genetics tester Invitae for up to $1.4B

BOULDER and SAN FRANCISCO — Just weeks after it filed for a $100 million initial public offering, Boulder genomics testing company ArcherDX Inc. is being acquired by Invitae Inc. (NYSE: NVTA).

Invitae will pay $325 million in cash and 30 million shares of its stock to ArcherDX’s investors upon the transaction’s closure, and may issue an additional 27 million shares upon reaching certain milestones. The companies value the deal at up to $1.4 billion.

Invitae stock spiked in early trading Monday, gaining 40.51% to reach $26.29 as of 9:15 a.m. Mountain Time.

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