This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q1 2024 include: • Life sciences VC deal value in Q1 totaled $7.8 billion, which represents a 22.1% increase in value from Q4...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 Q2 2023 include:
• Life sciences VC deal value in Q2 2023 totaled $6.7 billion across 384 deals, representing a slight...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 breaks down the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is on track to set all-time records this year. Key findings include: • With...more
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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This edition of Orrick’s series of life sciences publications breaks down the record venture investment into US-based life sciences companies in 2020 and strong showing in Q1 2021. Key findings include: • US-based life...more
This edition of Orrick’s series of life sciences publications reviews fullyear 2020 data in depth to identify and summarize the key trends that shaped venture investment across the sector. 2020 was a banner period for many...more
In this edition of Orrick’s series of life sciences publications, the traditional update on broader venture market financing data is included, depicting the macro-level trends of interest. In addition, given their surge in...more
On August 31, 2020, the California State Assembly Banking and Finance Committee voted to give final legislative approval to Assembly Bill 979 (AB 979), allowing it to move forward to Governor Newsom for signature or veto on...more
In this edition of Orrick’s series of life sciences publications, we offer a market update drawing on a variety of PitchBook datasets depicting macro trends in financing across the market, as well as a spotlight on any trends...more
In this edition of Orrick’s series of life sciences publications, we offer a market update drawing on a variety of PitchBook datasets depicting macro trends in financing across the market, as well as a spotlight on any trends...more
The Massachusetts Securities Division (the Division) warns that the average investor is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Division points to several COVID-19-related items such as physical isolation, job uncertainty...more
This first installment in a series of Orrick publications is dedicated to the exploration of trends in venture investment across life sciences. For this issue, we offer historical context to inform our trend analysis and...more