Sector updates in January

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Investment firms 

  • Eli Lilly partners with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) to create the Biotech Ecosystem Venture Fund with $500M dedicated to investing in early-stage biotechs 
  • Vensana Capital has raised $425M for its third-medtech-focused fund to support growing medical device and data science startups 
  • Curie.Bio has raised $342.1M for its Curie Bio Seed Fund II targeting platform and asset-centric biotech startups 
  • Lenny Van Steenhuyse joined Ackermans & van Haaren as Investment Manager Life Sciences 
  • Diana H W Na joined UBS Wealth Management as a Healthcare Sector Equity Analyst 

 

Analysts/Banking 

  • Charlotte Davison has left her role as UK Life Science Investor at the British Business Bank and has joined Verdiva Bio as Chief of Staff 

 

Media    

  • Gabrielle Masson appointed Senior Editor at Fierce Biotech 
  • Alexis Kramer appointed Pharma Editor at Endpoints News 
  • Nicholas St. Fleur left his role as Science Reporter at STAT  
  • Janelle Hart left her role as Managing Editor at Citeline and has been appointed Senior Editor at FCB Health New York 
  • Martin Coulter appointed News Editor at Sifted 
  • Julia Hornstein appointed VC & Startups Reporter at Business Insider 
  • Emma Court promoted from Health Reporter to Editor and Reporter at Bloomberg  
  • Charlie Conchie will be leaving his role as City Editor at City A.M. in February 
  • Jack Simpson appointed Money Reporter at The Times 
  • Karl Matchett appointed Business and Money Editor at The Independent 
  • Helen McArdle has left her role as Health Correspondent at The Herald Scotland 
  • Maria Nicholls appointed Features Editor at Investment Week 
  • Katie Adams appointed Associate Editor at MedCity News 
  • Lillian Gissen appointed US Deputy Femail Editor at MailOnline