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Finance Watch: $2.2bn In New Funding Sources In February, So Far

Five Pots Of Money On 18 Feb. Alone Total $1.7bn

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Private Company Edition: New capital for health care and life science innovations include a fund for royalty deals, additional anti-infective funding, early-stage money and public health-focused cash. Also, Day One reveals a $130m series B venture round and Notch closes an $85m series A round.

Finance Watch

Halfway through February, seven different sources of funding for health care and life science innovations have announced newly raised pools of cash totaling $2.2bn for a wide array of technologies, including biopharmaceutical products.

On 18 February alone, five different funders revealed $1.7bn available for new investments. This is in addition to Abingworth’s $465m...

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