Lefkofsky takes on the big C
Eric Lefkofsky is bringing his genomics startup, Tempus, out of stealth mode, announcing today its first partnership, with Northwestern University's cancer center.
Several other hospital collaborations are expected to be announced soon as the chairman and former CEO of Groupon embarks on his most-ambitious venture ever—utilizing Big Data to help physicians tailor cancer treatment based on a patient's own genetic profile.
Lefkofsky, who co-founded Groupon and such other e-commerce companies as InnerWorkings and Echo Global Logistics with long-time business partner Brad Keywell, launched the health care software startup late last year. Since then, he quietly has built a company with a
headcount approaching 100, heavy on Ph.D.s and data scientists, and a 20,000-square-foot genomics lab in the River North building that houses Groupon and Lightbank, the partners' venture fund.
Lefkofsky scored a coup earlier this year when he hired Kevin White, a top genetics researcher at University of Chicago, as Tempus' president.
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