Finance Watch: Two New VC Funds Raise $500m; One New US IPO; And Galena's 'Strategic Review'
Executive Summary
Pivotal and Biomatics launch new VC funds totaling $300m and $200m, respectively; Spero raises a $51.7m Series C round; BeyondSpring is March's only US IPO, so far; Aurinia and TG Therapeutics capitalize on positive data with secondary offerings; and Galena hires a "strategic review" advisor.
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