{"id":4642,"date":"2011-04-14T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2020-05-20T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:59:15","slug":"venture-capital-investments-in-life-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/2011\/04\/14\/venture-capital-investments-in-life-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capital investments in life sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Pedergnana-Maurice.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4647\" title=\"Pedergnana Maurice\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Pedergnana-Maurice.JPG\" alt=\"Pedergnana Maurice\" width=\"95\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seca.ch\/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=546#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Dr. Maurice Pedergnana<\/a>, General Secretary SECA<\/p>\n<p>In the past decade this sector has emerged as the dominant investment field among innovative start-up firms both in numbers of transactions and in total amounts of investment. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 life sciences raced ahead of all other sectors in terms of venture capital investment. Its share has risen from about 20 % to over 70 % since 2004. Even in such a well developed entrepreneurial ecosystem as Switzerland\u2019s life sciences have become the most important destination for venture capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Venture_Capital.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4644 aligncenter\" title=\"Venture_Capital\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Venture_Capital.JPG\" alt=\"Venture_Capital\" width=\"505\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Venture_Capital.JPG 505w, https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/Venture_Capital-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the past decade life sciences have emerged as the most important destination for early-stage investments in Switzerland. Since 1999 over CHF 3.1 billion of venture capital have reportedly<\/p>\n<p>been invested in the areas of life sciences (of which 85 % or CHF 2.6 billion for biotechnology alone, i.e. without medtech). This amount by far exceeds the combined earlystage investments in other innovative sectors such as ICT, energy and environment, chemicals and materials, and others during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Download the entire article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hub.hslu.ch\/ifz\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/165\/files\/sites\/6\/2011\/04\/SBR-2011-Investments.pdf\">here<\/a> for\u00a0further Information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Explore the world of venture capial and corporate finance on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seca.ch\">www.seca.ch<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the leading representive body for Switzerland&#8217;s private equity, venture capital and corporate finance industries<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Maurice Pedergnana, General Secretary SECA In the past decade this sector has emerged as the dominant investment field among innovative start-up firms both in numbers of transactions and in total amounts of investment. 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