ARTICLE | Finance
Blue skies for bluebird
Hedge funds, public funds join $60M D round for gene therapy play bluebird
July 30, 2012 7:00 AM UTC
Deerfield Partners made a rare investment in a private company last week when the hedge fund participated in gene therapy company bluebird bio Inc.'s $60 million series D round.
Deerfield only makes about two investments in private companies a year. The firm's Howard Furst told BioCentury it "tends to invest privately when we know management and know the disease space well."...