List of recently funded biotech startups

by Richard Murphey

2018 was a record year for venture investments in biotech startups, with $17B invested globally. Venture funding in 2019 is a bit behind 2018, but still on pace to be the second-highest year on record.

Where is this money going? This post will examine the kinds of biotech startups that venture capitalists are investing in. The post includes:

A tool for searching for biotech startups and investors by disease area, development stage and location

A list of biopharma startups that raised venture capital in the last 30 days

A qualitative and quantitative description of the characteristics of companies that receive venture funding

You can check out our full database of biotech startups that have raised over $47B since 2018 here.

A quick note on terminology: in this post (as in all my other posts), I define "biotech" as companies developing FDA-regulated prescription medicines. So no diagnostics, tools, devices or service companies. I use "biotech" and "biopharma" interchangeably.

Biotech startup and investor search

Search for biotech startups and investors that have raised money or made investments since January 2018. Most VC-backed startups these days are oncology or rare disease companies at preclinical stage or earlier, and most are located in the San Francisco Bay Area or Boston. If you're searching for companies that don't meet any of those criteria, you'll get more search results if you leave at least one search field blank.