News and Trends 29 Jan 2018 London Tops Europe for Life Sciences Investment in 2017 Investment in London’s life sciences companies reached almost £1B in 2017, beating the likes of Berlin and Paris to top spot. A new study has found that London’s life sciences industry received the most investment out of any city in Europe in 2017. Over the last 5 years, companies in the capital have raised £2.8Bn (€3.2Bn), with £909M […] January 29, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 10 Jan 2018 New Venture Fund Closes $102M to Boost Biotech and Medical Device Development Truffle Capital has raised $102M (€85M), which will support biotechs, with a focus on medical device companies that have the potential to become market leaders. Truffle Capital, founded in 2001 and based in Paris, is a venture capital firm that focuses on supporting start-ups in life sciences and IT. The company manages assets worth over $1.1B […] January 10, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Jan 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Doubles its Venture Fund for Exciting Biotech Boehringer Ingelheim has committed to continue helping young companies grow by doubling the size of its venture fund to €250M, which will allow it to expand its focus. Boehringer Ingelheim is a big pharma hoping to drive the development of new and effective medicines. Today, the company announced that it has more than doubled the size of […] January 4, 2018 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 28 Dec 2017 Bored Between the Holidays? Watch these Biotech Videos! Christmas might have passed, but we have more videos for you to watch on a dreary winter day! Here are our highlights from 2017. It’s vacation time! If you’ve worn out the holiday movies, catch up on our biotech ones. It was a busy year, and we produced a lot, thanks to our new Hangouts […] December 28, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 20 Dec 2017 Christmas Has Come Early for Nordic Biotechs as a Norwegian Fund Readies €100M Injection Hadean Ventures has closed its first fund, which it will begin to invest in life sciences companies around Europe, particularly in the Nordic region. Hadean Ventures is a VC fund based in Oslo, Norway, with the aim of improving healthcare to help patients that are suffering around the world. The VC has closed Hadean Capital […] December 20, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Dec 2017 The Largest Medtech Fund in Europe is Here Thanks to This Dutch VC LSP has closed a €280M fund, Health Economics Fund 2, that is dedicated to medtech with a focus on containing costs while delivering effective healthcare. There’s a new medtech fund in town, Health Economics Fund 2 (HEF 2), and it’s the largest in Europe. Managed by Partners Anne Portwich, Rudy Dekeyser, Fouad Azzam, Clemens van Blitterswiik, […] December 12, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 20 Nov 2017 Thinking of Leaving Academia? Read this VC Partner’s Story Anne Portwich, Partner at venture capital firm LSP, told me about her career path and how to succeed in the life science industry. Anne Portwich became the first woman partner at LSP in 2011. The fund has raised more than $1B since it was founded more than 25 years ago, and the cash goes mainly to […] November 20, 2017 - 9 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 13 Nov 2017 Where is the Money Going in Biotech? A Peek into European VC Strategy Hubert Birner, Managing Partner at TVM Capital Life Science, discusses his strategy to adapt to the European funding constraints and the areas with most potential for biotech investment. TVM Capital Life Science is a venture capital firm focusing on biotech, pharma and medtech. With over €900M under management and offices in both Munich and Montreal, TVM […] November 13, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 8 Nov 2017 Interviewing Europe’s Most Intense Investor about Trends in Biotech I interviewed Kate Bingham of SV Health Investors about Alzheimer’s, checkpoint inhibitors, gender diversity and more at BIO Europe. BIO Europe 2017 was off to a racing start on Monday morning when I chatted with Kate Bingham, Managing Partner of SV Health Investors, formerly SV Life Sciences. Since she joined the firm in 1991, she […] November 8, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 2 Nov 2017 Meet the Top Biotech Investor Who Picked His Career By Accident Kevin Johnson, Partner at Medicxi, joined us last week for our Meetup in London. He told us how he ended as an investor despite starting in biotech. Fresh from his PhD at Cambridge, Johnson stepped into biotech and led the development of a number of human antibodies at Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT). The company was eventually responsible for […] November 2, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Nov 2017 Update: Dutch VC Raises €82M for a New European Medical Biotech Fund Update (1/11/2017): BioGeneration Ventures has surpassed its third round goal of raising €75M by securing €82M. The VC has received extra support from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Originally published 27/06/2017 BioGeneration Ventures has secured €66M from Dutch and EU investors that will go towards biotechs developing therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. BioGeneration Ventures is a Dutch VC that focuses its investments on […] November 1, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 24 Oct 2017 Where to Find the Money to Get Your Biotech Startup Up with the Big Boys What do you need to kickstart your own biotech company? A great idea, of course. Industry knowledge, a plus. Money… This could be tricky. Breaking into the biotech industry is one of the most expensive decisions that you can make. First, you need ground-breaking science that has what it takes to change its respective field, […] October 24, 2017 - 8 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email