Start-Up Quarterly Statistics, Q2 2014
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Start-ups raised $893.9 million in Q2 2014, a 25% drop from last quarter’s record-setting $1.18 billion. Metabolic disease was the most prevalent therapeutic category involved in alliances; seven acquisitions were signed, five in the biopharma sector.
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