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VC Roundup: 2Q Financings Fall As Per-Company Averages Rise

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Second quarter venture capital investment in biotech fell from the same period a year ago, but the total remains near record levels, since some early-stage companies have been able to raise big VC sums.

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US venture capital investment in biotechnology companies fell during the second quarter, but remained near recent record-breaking levels as investors continued to support larger funding rounds for some biotechnology startups – a trend that's ongoing in the third quarter with Series A rounds totaling $57m for Oncorus Inc. and $55m for Fulcrum Therapeutics.

A hundred biotech companies raised $1.7bn during the second quarter of 2016 compared with 127 that raised $2.1bn during the...

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