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Start-Up Quarterly Statistics: Anthos, Gossamer Lead Q1 Financings; Codiak/Jazz Deal Tops Alliances

 
• By Deanna Kamienski

In a review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing activity from January through March, based on data from Strategic Transactions, Anthos completed the largest venture capital round in the first quarter, raising $250m.

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The largest start-up venture capital financing in the first quarter was completed by Anthos Therapeutics Inc. with a $250m Series A round, but Series B rounds made up the largest segment of the $3.44bn raised by biopharmaceutical companies launched four years ago or less in the January-to-March period.

Biopharma start-ups raised a total of $3.44bn during the first quarter of 2019, a 26% increase from the previous quarter’s $2.73bn. Q1’s $3.44bn represents the third-highest quarterly total to date behind the second quarter of 2018’s record-breaking $4.19bn and Q2 2017’s $3.87bn

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