British investment firm SV Health Investors has secured US$269m for its second fund, Dementia Discovery Fund, or DDF-2. The capital will be used to invest in companies developing or enabling novel therapeutics for dementia.
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Dutch Forbion has announced its largest fundraising to date, with Forbion’s Growth Opportunities Fund III raising €1.2bn and Forbion Ventures Fund VII raising €890m.
Biotechnology was dramatically rewarded in the financial markets through much of 2020 and the first half of 2021, widely credited for providing the COVID-19 vaccines. This followed four already exceptional years in the financial markets, with the Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) hitting its all-time high of 5449.32 on 30 August 2021.