Start-Up Quarterly Statistics: Private And Public Firms Were Prolific Fundraisers
Executive Summary
A review of biopharma start-up dealmaking and financing activity from April through June 2017, based on data from Strategic Transactions, showed that fundraising activity more than doubled compared with the first quarter.
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