Private Company Edition: Westlake Village BioPartners-founded Neuron23 will take the LRRK2 inhibitor NEU-723 for Parkinson’s disease into human testing before the end of 2022. Also, Celsius raised $83m in fresh VC cash and ITM added another €33m to its recent €25m equity financing.

Jiangsu Yahong and 11 Chinese biotechs raised a combined $1.1bn via public listings and VC/PE deals in the run-up to and first week of the new year.

Private Company Edition: Venture capital for emerging therapeutics companies in the US and in ex-US regions reached all-time highs in 2018. Also, Alphamab raises $60m Series B, three new VC funds launch and FLX changes its name to RAPT.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Venture Funding Deals column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging biopharmaceutical companies that have received venture funding. This month’s column covers deals announced January and February 2019.