Finance Watch: ARCH Raises $1.85bn Venture Fund To Back Early-Stage Companies
Design Therapeutics Raises $125m, TScan Brings In $100m
Executive Summary
Private Company Edition: The venture capital firm said it will back biopharma, diagnostics and other opportunities in health care. In addition to the Design and TScan mega-rounds, Verve raised $94m, Vera garnered $80m and Ixaka (formerly Rexgenero) closed a £40m ($54.7m) financing.
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