Medicxi Ventures Launches With €210 Million Fund
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Index Ventures has spun off its life sciences team, portfolio companies and funds into a new venture capital firm called Medicxi Ventures, a validation of its "asset-centric" approach to investing.
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