NanoString Technologies Prices IPO; VC firms Clarus, DFJ and OVP Poised for Payout

Venture-backed NanoString Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said that it is pricing its initial public offering of 5.4 million shares at $10 per share. The company, which makes life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, has raised a total of $82 million in venture capital since its founding in 2003. Clarus Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and OVP Venture Partners as a group own 7.4 million pre-IPO shares, or 79% of the company, according to its S-1 filing.

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