Sector updates in March

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Investment firms 

  • Sofinnova Partners raises $1.3B (€1.2B) to support next generation of life science and healthcare companies, spanning across the firm’s seven investment strategies. 
  • From the recent raise, Sofinnova Partners invested €165M into its Biovelocita strategy fund dedicated entirely to the creation and acceleration of biotech startups in Europe 
  • Informed Ventures launched (a GSR Ventures spin out) to invest in early-stage digital health, software as a service, and consumer products focused on leveraging vertically-integrated AI.   
  • SV Health Investors secures $250M to accelerate the development of first-in-class therapeutics for dementia which includes a $32.4M commitment to the fund from British Business Bank 
  • Daphni closes its third fund, securing €200M to invest in companies at the intersection of AI and life sciences across Europe 
  • VC firm 2150 launches its second fund to back startups from Seed to Series B throughout Europe and beyond to invest in solutions which make urban environments more sustainable and resilient. 2150 Fund II has already raised €200M 
  • OpenOcean launches its fourth main venture fund to invest in early-stage AI startups. The flagship fund has already raised €100M of its €130M goal.  
  • Arāya Ventures raises £20M first fund to back startups across Health, FinTech, Commerce and Future of Work  

Media    

  • Ben Johnson left his role as Magazine Editor at Nature Medicine and has been appointed Chief Editor at Nature Health (US) – Nature Health (US) is a new journal launching in January 2026 
  • Diana Samuel confirmed as Deputy Editor at the Lancet Digital Health 
  • Liza Laws left her role as Senior Editor working across BioPharma-Reporter and Outsourcing Pharma  
  • Oliver Barnes changes beat from US Pharmaceutical & Biotech Correspondent to US Deals & Activism Correspondent at Financial Times 
  • Tom Howarth left his role as Science Reporter at Newsweek and has been appointed as Trends Editor at BBC Science Focus 
  • Virginia Hughes changes beat from Health & Science Editor to Deputy Editor, Investigations at The New York Times  
  • Melia Russell changes beat from startups and venture capital to AI at Business Insider 
  • Charlie Conchie has left his role as City Editor at City A.M. and has been appointed as M&A Correspondent at Reuters (Europe) 
  • Rebecca Whittaker left her role as Health Features Writer at the Mail Online and has been appointed General Reporter at The i Paper 
  • Olivia Salamone appointed US Femail Reporter at Daily Mail 
  • Victoria Allen left her role as Science Editor at The Daily Mail