Strategic Financing Advisory in Life Sciences
R&D-focused companies are in the DNA of FCF. Life Sciences is therefore a natural fit as one of our focus areas. Companies in this sector have unique financing requirements, which need to be addressed individually. For this reason, we have formed a team of highly specialized industry and finance experts to develop and execute the best individualized financing strategies for our Healthcare clients. The combined experience and skill set allows us to tackle every angle in the translation of a great technology into a sound financing story.
We work with innovative European Life Sciences companies with cutting-edge technologies from sectors such as:
- Biotechnoloy
- Medical Technology
- Health Technology (IT)
We thrive to address all aspects of the financing challenges, that companies face from the seed to the commercialisation phase. We consider the long-term financing strategy as an important success factor, rather than focusing only on the next financing round. Part of this approach is to explore financing options on a regional and international scale and the combination of all available financing instruments:
- Venture Capital
- Equity-Linked Structures
- Growth / Venture Debt
- Off-Balance Financing
- Licensing
FACTS & FIGURES
European Life Sciences team specialised in pre-IPO financing
WHAT WE DO
At FCF Life Sciences, we develop bespoke financing strategies and support our clients throughout the entire fundraising process and beyond:
Industry Expertise
- Technology Assessment
- Finetuning of Equity Story
- Pre Due-Diligence
- Science-driven Deal Selection
Finance Expertise
- Process Management
- Investor Relations
- Intelligent Market Monitoring
- Efficient Investor Communications
- Technology Assessment
- Finetuning of Equity Story
- Pre Due-Diligence
- Science-driven Deal Selection
- Process Management
- Investor Relations
- Intelligent Market Monitoring
- Efficient Investor Communications
FOCUS AREAS
Equity
- Actively managed global investor network to >1,500 investor
- Highly customized investor approach based on a proprietary investor data base
- Focus on seed to crossover rounds
Debt
- Most successful advisor in Europe
- Direct access to the European Investment Bank with >EUR 200m raised
- Access to more than 70 Growth / Venture Debt Providers (executive level)
China Licensing
- Joint Venture with YAFO Capital (Shanghai) Ltd.
- Specialist in fundraising, licensing and M&A transactions in the Asian market
- Access to >500 financial and strategic investors
TEAM
We have built the largest venture stage dedicated team with industry and finance backgrounds in Europe:
Industry Expertise
Finance Expertise
Dr. Alexandra Goll
Advisor – Venture Capital
Dr. Axel Polack
Advisor – Science & Technology
Enno Spillner
Advisor – Capital Markets
Claus Schalper
Advisor – Corporate Affairs
Dr. Joachim M. Greuel
Advisor – Valuations
Prof. Dr. Horst Domdey
Advisor – Science & Technology
Dr. Mathias Schott
Head of Life Sciences
Arno Fuchs
Chief Executive Officer
Sebastian Sommer
Life Sciences Banking – Europe
Alexander Kuhn
Life Sciences Banking – Europe
Sean Jiang, CFA
Life Sciences Banking – China
We have built the largest venture stage dedicated team with industry and finance backgrounds in Europe:
GLOBAL NETWORK
We maintain trusted relationships to leading institutional and strategic Healthcare investors as well as family offices in Europe, USA and Asia. Supported by our US and Asian partners, we can approach the right investors depending on our client’s situation. We can rely on a deep network to Life Sciences specialists (e.g. legal, valuation, licensing and IPO investment banks in the USA and Europe) to execute a seamless 360-degree long-term financing strategy. Our goal is to create value by implementing the best financing options for our clients.
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SELECTED TRANSACTIONS
Immunic AG
October 2020
€ 25 million
Vasopharm GmbH
July 2019
[amount confidential]
AMW GmbH
November 2017
€ 25 million
numares AG
November 2017
€ 11 million
MagForce AG
August 2017
€ 35 million
Immunic AG
October 2020
€ 25 million
UPCOMING EVENT
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
We dedicate a fair amount of our resources to market monitoring, in order to derive market intelligence on life sciences companies, investors and capital market trends. We share our findings in various ways:
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Venture Capital Sentiment
Based on our market monitoring, we estimate the current monthly venture capital sentiment of the European biotechnology, medical technology and health technology sub-sectors:
August 2021:
Biotechnology
Medical Technology
Health Technology
Biotechnology
Medical Technology
Health Technology
Insights
We closely track the activity in the financial markets and are passionate about capital markets research. Not every idea or research question make it into the final selection for our publications. However, we generate interesting information on financing trends in Life Sciences sector, which we would like to share in our blog.
New record high in VC funding from U.S. investors raised by European life sciences companies
The venture capital funding volume raised by European life sciences companies from U.S. investors has experienced an extraordinary growth so far. As of end of August 2021, the gross volume amounts to EUR 3.1bn, which has already exceeded the volume of the whole year 2020 by 24% (EUR 2.5bn). However,
Acquisition of German diagnostics company EUROIMMUN by PerkinElmer in the top 10 diagnostics M&A deals ranking
The top 10 diagnostics M&A deals of the last five years (by deal size) range from EUR 0.8bn to EUR 20.3bn, with an average deal size of EUR 4.1bn. The largest deal by far was the acquisition of C. R. Bard by Becton, Dickinson and Company in December 2017 for
World’s largest IPO in life sciences since 2016 (by volume) on German stock exchange
With an IPO volume of EUR 3,652m, the IPO of MDax member Siemens Healthineers AG in March 2018 has been the largest offering of the last five years in Life Sciences. The second largest IPO volume amounted to EUR 2,885m at JD Health International Inc. in December 2020. The IPO of
Capital Markets Research
We constantly engage in capital markets research to identify financing trends early in the Life Sciences sector. Our research focuses on the most relevant equity markets: Venture Capital, Public Equity, Initial Public Offerings (IPO). The findings are currently published in the following publications:
Venture Capital
Licensing
Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor – Europe
Monthly Venture capital activities in the European Life Sciences sector
Biotech Venture Capital Monitor – USAMonthly Venture capital activities in the US Life Sciences sector
Life Sciences Venture Capital ReportRecent Venture capital trends in the European Life Sciences sector
Other Research
Life Sciences IPO ReportRecent IPO trends in the Life Sciences sector
Biotech Public Equity MonitorRecent valuations of listed European Life Sciences companies
MedTech & Diagnostics Public Equity MonitorRecent valuations of listed MedTech companies
Life Sciences SPAC MonitorPerformance overview of merged Life Sciences SPACs
NEWS
FCF Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor – Europe 08/2021 published
FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH is delighted to publish the new “FCF Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor – Europe 08/2021”. The Monitor is a monthly published overview of venture capital trends in the European Life
New record high in VC funding from U.S. investors raised by European life sciences companies
The venture capital funding volume raised by European life sciences companies from U.S. investors has experienced an extraordinary growth so far. As of end of August 2021, the gross volume amounts to EUR 3.1bn, which
Venture capital financing of European life sciences companies could exceed the EUR 10 billion mark in 2021 for the first time
Venture capital financing of European life sciences companies could exceed the EUR 10 billion mark in 2021 for the first time FCF Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor: Venture capital deal volume in Europe increases to
Acquisition of German diagnostics company EUROIMMUN by PerkinElmer in the top 10 diagnostics M&A deals ranking
The top 10 diagnostics M&A deals of the last five years (by deal size) range from EUR 0.8bn to EUR 20.3bn, with an average deal size of EUR 4.1bn. The largest deal by far was
FCF Biotech Venture Capital Monitor – USA 07/2021 published
FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH is delighted to publish the new “FCF Biotech Venture Capital Monitor – USA 07/2021”. The Monitor is a monthly published overview of venture capital trends in the US-Biotech sector. As
