Q1 2025 marked another strong quarter for life sciences VC financing, but the industry faces unique headwinds amid ongoing shake-ups in regulatory leadership and US trade relationships. Key takeaways for Q1 2025 include: •...more
Q4 2024 marked the conclusion of a turnaround year for life sciences venture investment. After two consecutive years of declining activity and macroeconomic uncertainty, the dust has settled, and investment is back on the...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2023 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q4 2023 totaled $6.6 billion, representing a 25.0% decrease from the prior...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q3 2023 include:
Life sciences VC deal value in Q3 2023 totaled $7.7 billion, representing an uptick from last quarter...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q1 2023 include:
• Life sciences VC deal value totaled $5.0 billion across 364 deals, representing a 40.9% decline in value...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2022 include:
• Deal value reached $7.1 billion in Q4 across 392 deals, bringing the 2022 annual total to $38.0 billion...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q3 2022 include:
• The industry generated $6.2 billion in deal value across 352 deals in Q3, exhibiting further quarterly...more
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q2 2022 include:
• The industry generated $8.8 billion in deal value across 362 deals in Q2, a material decline from Q1, as...more
This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series breaks down the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry during Q1 2022, which saw some disruptions following a record year in 2021.
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This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series reviews the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is proceeding at a record pace thus far in 2021. Key findings include:
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