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VC Deals Analysis: LabCorp Puts Money On January's Biggest Round

 
• By Tina Tan

2017 has not got off to a bullish start, with January’s total venture financing deal value barely making it half way past last year’s level. The biggest round, at $40m, went to preterm birth risk specialist Sera Prognostics, catching the eye of the largest lab services provider in the US, LabCorp.

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Medtech Insight's VC Deals Analysis • Source: shutterstock.com

[Editors' note: For more details about VC deals in 2016 and previous years, go to Medtech Insight's VC deal tracker: https://medtech.pharmamedtechbi.com/datasets/vc-funding]

January chocked-up 26 venture financing deals of $1m or more. That may only have been five deals fewer than a...

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