2022 is witnessing a sharp drop in global biotech investments by venture capital funds. Data compiled by Wisdomsmith shows venture capital funds invested $15.8B in biotech and healthcare sector over Jan-Apr’22, as compared to $27B over the same period in 2021. That’s a drop of 41%. While the drop…
Read MoreWe recorded 79 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for September 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 3.3B, as against 96 transactions and USD5.6B in Sep’20. The USA recorded 49 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 2.2B. China reported a totally out of character…
Read MoreWe recorded 114 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for June 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.47B. The USA recorded 69 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 3.26B. China reported investment of USD 886m from 11 VC/PE transactions. Rest of the world accounted…
Read MoreWe recorded 94 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for May 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.56B. The USA recorded 60 transactions aggregating to a total investment of USD 3.3B. China reported investment of USD 1.8B from 12 VC/PE transactions. Rest of the world accounted…
Read MoreWe recorded 131 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for April 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.5B. The USA recorded 88 transactions with total investment of USD 3.8B. China reported investment of USD 585m from 12 VC/PE transactions. Rest of world accounted for 31 transactions…
Read MoreWe recorded 130 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for March 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 9.2B. This is an all-time high deal count as well as amount. The USA recorded 86 transactions with total investment of USD 6.3B. China reported investment of USD 1.7B…
Read MoreWe recorded 114 venture capital / private equity (VC/PE) transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for January 2021, aggregating to a sum of USD 6.275B. USA recorded 64 transactions for with total investment of USD 4B. China reported investment of USD 1B over 15 VC/PE transactions. India saw…
Read MoreWe recorded 78 VC/PE transactions pertaining to the global life sciences sector for Dec 2020, aggregating to a sum of USD 4.5B. USA recorded 46 transactions for with total investment of USD 2.1B. China reported investment of USD 1.9B over 14 VC/PE transactions. China also reported 3 IPOs aggregating a…
Read MoreAug’20 saw China’s lifescience sector receive more VC/PE investment than the USA for the second time ever in terms of monthly recorded amounts, with the first instance being in Apr’20. For Aug’20, China reported USD 2024m of venture capital investments, as compared to USD 1531m recorded by the USA. China…
Read MoreFor the second month in a row, China’s biotech companies attracted more than USD1B of venture capital investment. Biotech investments crossed USD1B for the first time in April’20. Hence, May is the second consecutive month where VC/PE investments in biotech have crossed USD1B. In terms of amout invested, China inching…
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