German CVC as most active corporate investor in the European life sciences sector

With 44 deals, the corporate venture arm of Boehringer Ingelheim was the most active corporate investor in the European life science market in the last five years.

The only other investor having reached the top 5 ranking in all three sectors (MedTech, HealthTech, and BioTech) was GV, with a total of 29 deals.

Compared to the Biotech sector, MedTech and HealthTech seem to be still driven by private institutional investors as CVC investments appear to be low.

Large pharmaceutical companies such as Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, Novartis, and Johnson & Johnson continue to play an important role in VC financing in the BioTech sector.

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