Start-Up Quarterly Statistics, Q3 2013
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
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.
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