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European Life Sciences Start-Ups Maintain Early Investor Allure

 
• By John Hodgson and Mike Ward

Venture capital investment in life sciences companies continues to rise. In 2017, biopharma and medtech start-ups raised $19.7 billion worldwide. European businesses retained a robust share of that global take and investors expect that trend to continue.

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It has never been a better time for life sciences start-ups to raise money from venture sources. In 2017, according to data compiled by Informa Pharma Intelligence, venture capitalists invested a total of $19.7 billion in the sector across the globe – some $15.1 billion allocated to 512 biopharma-focused opportunities while $4.6 billion was invested in 107 medtech businesses. Europe’s share of the global take was nearly $4 billion, more than double what it was in 2013.

With new funds being raised and non-European investors looking for bargains, the prospects for European biopharma, medtech and digital health companies going forward looks fairly robust. (See Exhibit 1.) However, there are some clouds on the horizon

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