Basel-based BioMedPartners has launched a new CHF75m venture capital fund, BioMedInvest III, boosting financing opportunities for startups and mid-sized biotechs in the sparse European market.
Swiss venture capital firm BioMedPartners has launched its third healthcare investment fund with CHF75m ($75.1m) to pour into a dozen or more European firms – and the VC has its eye on emerging businesses in the orphan drug space.
Thomas Moeller, general partner at BioMedPartners, said the new BioMedInvest fund – which has a final target size of CHF120m...
LTZ Therapeutics and Beijing Sungen Biomedical are among the Chinese biotechs raising new funding, of around $40m each, based on their clinical assets with novel mechanisms of action. While fundings have risen, they remain moderate however.
Public Company Edition: Public company funding in 2025 is down from 2024, but after recent positive data readouts Vera accessed up to $450m in new debt, while Taysha and Trevi grossed $200m and $100m, respectively, in stock offerings. Meanwhile, Keros, Stealth and others cut jobs.
Private Company Edition: Six biopharma companies raised venture capital rounds totaling $100m or more in May, matching the number of mega-rounds in April and March. Among other recent financings, Syndeio launched with $90m and SpyGlass raised a $75m series D round.
The Italian drugmaker gets rights to Phase III-ready asset radiprodil.
The French company will start shipping its blockbuster shortly to meet expected strong demand in the 2025–26 RSV season.
In this week's episode: Sanofi’s Blueprint buy; AstraZeneca’s breast cancer resistance results at ASCO; BMS and BioNTech’s big bispecific deal; Kymera’s Dupixent in a pill; and Degron’s CEO on pipeline and strategy.
LTZ Therapeutics and Beijing Sungen Biomedical are among the Chinese biotechs raising new funding, of around $40m each, based on their clinical assets with novel mechanisms of action. While fundings have risen, they remain moderate however.
