The A-List: The Trend-Shaping Series A Financings Of 2013
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
It’s the 10th anniversary of START-UP’s A-List, an analysis of the year’s Series A life science funding, and a highlight of the year’s most interesting new companies. Deal flow was up this year, as was the average disclosed amount of financing.
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