Sector updates in September
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Investment funds
- Sofinnova secured €82 million for its MD Start IV fund to create and support medtech companies across the EU and US at all stages of development
- Frazier Life Sciences secured more than $1.1 billion for its FLS Public Fund to support small- and mid-cap public and later-stage private biotech companies
- Luma Group secured $410 million for its inaugural LumaBio Fund I to support companies across all stages that are developing breakthrough platforms at the convergence of biology, chemistry, physics and AI
- The British Business Bank committed £135 million across two Advent Life Sciences funds to support life sciences companies from early-stage development through to commercialisation.
Investors
- Bonnie van Wilgenburg appointed Venture Partner at Bioqube Ventures
- Evan Castiglia appointed Managing Partner at Thuja Capital Management B.V.
- Bob Soh promoted to Partner at Brandon Capital
- Julien Elric appointed Senior Investment Director at Servier Ventures
- Frances P. Rodriguez-Rivera appointed Senior Associate at SV Health Investors
Media
- Maggie Fick appointed Pharma Reporter at Endpoints News (UK)
- Will Maddox left his role as Staff Writer at Fierce Biotech
- Dean Rudge appointed Senior Reporter at Pink Sheet (Citeline)
- Patrick Wingrove appointed European Pharmaceutical Correspondent at Reuters (EMEA)
- Tom Howarth appointed AI Reporter at Science (US)
- Roisin McGuigan left her role as Senior Manager Editorial at BioInsights
- Sean Whooley left his role as Senior Editor at MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing
- Conor Hale appointed Senior Editor at Arrowfly covering MassDevice, Medical Design & Outsourcing and Drug Delivery Business News
- Stephen Levin appointed Editor-in-Chief at MedTech Strategist
- Emily Bader promoted to Managing Editor at Oncology News Central (US)
- Katie Adams left her role as Associate Editor at MedCity News
- Bradley Olson appointed Managing Editor, AI and Technology at Axios (US)
- Katherine Davis returns to her role as Biotech Deals Reporter at Axios
- David Lim left his role as Health Reporter at POLITICO
- Lisa Pham left her role as Reporter at Bloomberg
- Christopher Rowland appointed Business Correspondent, Health Care at The New York Times (US)
- Alex Janin appointed Pharmaceuticals Reporter The Wall Street Journal (US)
- Rebecca Szkutak left her role as Senior Writer at TechCrunch
- Ben Bergman promoted to Chief Correspondent and Co-Author of the VC Insider newsletter at Business Insider (US)
- Katie Roof appointed Co-Author of VC Insider newsletter at Business Insider (US)
- Gabby Landsverk appointed Health Correspondent at Business Insider (US)
- Business Insider launches VC Insider newsletter
