Monthly Archives: January 2019

Predicting The Next Dominoes to Fall in 2019
January 31, 2019

This post was written by Michael Gladstone, Principal at Atlas Venture, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Today I will continue my time-honored January tradition of an optimistic blog post providing some bold predictions for the

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Leadership At All Levels In Biotech
January 23, 2019

This blog was written by Deanna Petersen, CBO of AVROBIO, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Biotech is an industry that calls for leaders. It requires people who are willing to take risks, conquer new science,

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Venture Volatility: 2018’s Banner Year Closed Cautiously
January 16, 2019

2018 was a gangbuster year for VC-funding into startups, reaching levels not seen since the height of the dot-com and genomics era. According to recent data from the NVCA/Pitchbook, VC across all sectors topped $130B invested across nearly 9000 deals

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The Game Isn’t Worth The Candle: Reflections On The JPM Healthcare Conference
January 14, 2019

Another year, another JPM week. With a weekend to recuperate and reflect, I come away more concerned than ever about JPM and our industry. For context, by JPM I don’t mean the actual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference at the Westin

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Biotech IPO Market: Closing The Books On 2018’s Crazy Year
January 3, 2019

2018 was a incredible boom year in the number of new biotech offerings, with 60 IPOs on US exchanges. But as we’re all painfully aware, after the overall biotech market ($XBI) touched its all-time high in August, the last third

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