A round up of deal activity in IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Biotech Venture Capital Investment over the past week. Overall Weekly Totals Total No. Deals NA EU Total Raised $ Total Raised € 73 60 13 910.3 673.5 North America No. Deals Total $ Total € Average $ Average € 60 839.3 [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s VC Investment Company news. Arboretum Closes Third Fund with $140 Million Ann Arbor, MI-based Arboretum Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage healthcare investments, today announced the final closing of its third investment fund with capital commitments totaling $140 million, well above the $125 million target for the fund. http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2011/09/08/arboretum-closes-third-fund-with-140-million/ [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s life science venture capital investment news. Opera Solutions Secures $84M in Growth Capital Opera Solutions said Wednesday that it has received an $84 million investment led by Silver Lake Sumeru. Other investors include Accel-KKR, Invus Financial Advisors, JGE Capital Management, and Tola Capital. New York-based Opera Solutions is a Big [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s life science venture capital investment news. 12.09.2011 North America Tensha Therapeutics Emerges with $15M Funding No longer operating in stealth mode, Cambridge biotech startup Tensha Therapeutics Inc. has emerged with a $15 million Series A funding round, backed by HealthCare Ventures LLC, a life sciences-focused venture capital firm in Cambridge.http://www.tenshatherapeutics.com/pdf/tensha_press_release_9_12_11.pdf [...]
Read more →A round up of deal activity in IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Biotech Venture Capital Investment over the past week. Period: 05/09/2011 – 11/09/2011 Note figures include Truecar deal for $200m Overall Weekly Totals Total No. Deals NA EU Total Raised $ Total Raised € 55 41 14 611.9 435.4 North America No. Deals [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s IT venture capital investment activity. 07.09.2011 TrueCar, Inc. Raises $200MM TrueCar, Inc., the only transparent publisher of real-time new (TrueCar.com) and used (ClearBook.com) vehicle transaction data, announced today that it has secured up to $200 million in debt and equity financing. A portion of the proceeds from this round of [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s life science venture capital investment news. 06.09.2011 BreatheAmerica Raises $22M Essex Woodlands has led a $22 million Series B round for BreatheAmerica, which develops and manages centers for patients suffering from allergies, sinusitis and asthma. The money will help BreatheAmerica open new centers across the United States. http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={33bc160d-a2c7-4613-9a66-fe5f130a1885 08.09.2011 Theraclone Snaps [...]
Read more →VM Index has provided this summary of the latest UK venture capital investments tracked in its database. Each row represents a company’s funding round with location and amount raised. Detailed company and investment information and analysis including full funding history, and investor profiles with lead, co-lead and follower activity is available for subscribers at VMIndex.com VM [...]
Read more →A round up of deal activity in IT, Life Science, Med Tech & Biotech Venture Capital Investment over the past week. Overall Weekly Totals Total No. Deals NA EU Total Raised $ Total Raised € 44 32 12 381.8 264.3 North America No. Deals Total $ Total € Average $ Average € 32 311.8 215.7 [...]
Read more →Highlights from the past week’s VC Investment Company news. OrbiMed Advisors Closes $600m Healthcare Fund Healthcare-focused investment management firm OrbiMed Advisors has closed its latest fund on $600m. The fund, Royalty Opportunities, will acquire healthcare royalty streams and provide structured debt capital to healthcare companies. ”Life sciences companies are typically dependent on equity markets to raise new [...]
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