My guest today is Amanda Cashin, the Co-Founder and Global Head of Illumina Accelerator, which focuses on building genomics-driven startups. We talk about:

• Accelerator program, sequencing support, seed funding, training and the selection process.
• Partnering with leading angel and venture capital investors to help the startups
• Latest partnership with Sequoia Capital to support an incubator in China.
• Role of storytelling
• Future vision and how next generation sequencing is going to advance healthcare.
• Upcoming application deadline to the accelerator due October 1, 2021
• Application form: https://miseqmyfocus.wufoo.com/forms/qgby2411drpybc/