Venture capitalists are investing some 70% more per fundraising round in healthcare startups compared with what they did a year ago, according to an analysis conducted by Pitchbook for Forbes.
In September, startups in healthcare raised $2.8 billion in venture capital funding spread across 135 deals. That's up about 70% compared with the $1.64 billion that was raised in September 2017. But in fact there were the same number of deals—135. On average that's $20.7 million per deal compared with $12.1 million per deal a year ago.
