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LSP to deploy $600M fund to retain larger stakes in early-stage European biotechs

New fund to target €25-€30M per company, with focus on European therapeutics and med-tech companies

March 10, 2020 10:57 PM UTC

LSP has formally closed its sixth fund at $600 million, the largest ever for a European life sciences fund. The firm joins a growing number of European VCs that have announced record fund-raisings in recent years, signaling increased funding opportunities for innovation coming out of European labs.

Last year LSP had a first close of the fund at €465 million ($519 million), already surpassing its final target of $450 million. The firm said it has a total of $1.1 billion to invest across LSP 6, LSP's Health Economics fund and its public fund. ...