Start-up fundraising for Q3 2013 totaled $559.4 million, down from last quarter’s big rally ($907.2 million) but still up from the sluggish first quarter ($398.7 million). More than half of that money went to biopharma companies, a group which also received investments through alliances with equity provisions.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Recent Financings Of Private Companies column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors. This month’s column covers deals announced September through October 2013.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Medical Device Deals Update column is a survey of recent medtech M&A, alliance, and financing activity. This month’s column covers deals announced August-October 2013.

Brief profiles of these recently formed companies: Abionic, Alcresta, Avenir Medical and Milo Biotechnology.