In the third quarter of 2021, European life sciences companies raised a total of EUR 2.2bn in venture capital funding. Although the performance is almost the same as in the same quarter last year, the accumulated funding volume in 2021 increased by 65% compared to the first three quarters of 2020. In addition, the accumulated volume of 2021 already exceeds the total funding volume of 2020 by 23%.
In 2021 to date, the largest transaction has been the Series D venture funding of UK-based CMR Surgical in the amount of EUR 497m.
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