FCF Healthcare & Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor – Europe – 02/2025 published

FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH is delighted to publish the new “FCF Healthcare & Life Sciences Venture Capital Monitor – Europe 02/2024”.

The Monitor is a monthly published overview of venture capital trends in the European Healthcare & Life Sciences sector.

As of the end of February 2025 we identified the following current VC trends in Europe:

  • Total Healthcare & Life Sciences funding reached EUR 2,537m (+43% vs. 2024)
  • Biotech/Pharma received 42% of the total investment volume (EUR 1,059m) with metabolic disorders (including Diabetes, Obesity) being the leading indication (37%)
  • In February, Augustine Therapeutics (Belgium) secured the highest transaction volume with EUR 37m, followed by Avelios Medical (Germany) with EUR 30m and Germitec (France) with EUR 29m
  • Addendum from January 2025: In January, there was a Series A financing round of EUR 395m for Verdiva Bio (United Kingdom) – the biggest early-stage financing round Europe has ever seen within BioTech
  • Forbion (Netherlands) is the most active investor (by deal volume in 2025), followed by OrbiMed (United States) and BDT & MSD Partners (United States)

To access the full report, please click here.

By Mathias Klozenbücher and Johannes Link