Finance Watch: Dementia Discovery Fund’s Behr Sees Early Investments Reviving Neuroscience Interest
Apollo Health Closed A $180m Aging-Related Diseases Fund
Executive Summary
Private Company Edition: Scrip spoke with DDF US partner Jonathan Behr about the convergence of emerging science, venture capital investment and rising big pharma interest in neurodegeneration. Also, in recent VC financings HotSpot raised $100m, while Curie and Ablaze debuted with $75m each.
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