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ARTICLE | Finance

Cross-border pollination

Vivo Ventures closes $375M fund, with almost half earmarked for China

January 2, 2012 8:00 AM UTC

Vivo Ventures will invest more in China than ever before with its newly closed, oversubscribed $375 million fund.

The firm's seventh fund was raised in about nine months and had an original target of $350 million. About 40-50% of the money will be invested in therapeutics and medical device companies in China, Managing Partner Edgar Engleman told BioCentury. The remainder will be invested in U.S. companies...