Financings Of The Fortnight: VCs Not Wowed By Single-Asset Company Model
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Venture capitalists tell START-UP’s annual survey that seeing will be believing when it comes to the potential of single-asset models. Plus news on recent financings by iPierian, Evotec, ObsEva and Acacia.
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