Finance Watch: 2019 Ended With Near-Record VC Financings, But Some Slowing Expected In 2020

Private Company Edition: VC deals fell short of the record-breaking level seen in 2018 and financings may slow a bit more in 2020. Also, UPMC and Frazier close new VC funds, and Emendo raises $61m for gene-editing platform.

Finance Watch

Venture capital investment in biopharmaceutical companies during 2019 fell from the records set in 2018, but still came in second place by a wide margin, according to recent year-end wrap-ups – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)’s annual Healthcare Investments & Exits report and the Venture Monitor report from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).

SVB said drug developers in the US and Europe raised $15.64bn in 2019 versus $17.1bn in 2018, while Pitchbook and...

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