Money may have become too tight to mention for many biotechs and the IPO window in Europe is not just shut but boarded up. However, big pharma’s need to replenish the pipeline has become urgent and the major players are looking to tap into the continent’s early-stage companies which are driving innovation and provide them with much-needed cash.

Private Company Edition: The €740m ($806.5m) Gilde Healthcare Venture&Growth VI Fund will back companies in Europe and North America. Among recent financings, VectorY raised a €129m ($138m) series A round, EyeBio expanded its series A to $130m and MBrace raised an $85m series B.

Led by the duo who brought the first anti-VEGF drug to market, EyeBio aims to develop the next breakthrough eye therapy via a novel tri-specific antibody.