Biopharma VCs Move to the Middle in 2006
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
While the venture capital community spent roughly the same in biopharma investments in 2006 as they did in 2005, they put considerably more money into mid-stage companies (Series B and C investments), and slightly less into Series A and mezzanine rounds, than they had in 2005.
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