Finance Watch: Dementia Discovery Fund’s Behr Sees Early Investments Reviving Neuroscience Interest

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Private Company Edition: Scrip spoke with DDF US partner Jonathan Behr about the convergence of emerging science, venture capital investment and rising big pharma interest in neurodegeneration. Also, in recent VC financings HotSpot raised $100m, while Curie and Ablaze debuted with $75m each. 

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Jonathan Behr, a US partner at the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), sees the increase during the past few years in early-stage investments in neurodegeneration-focused biopharmaceutical companies having the impact that investors like the DDF hoped for – big pharma and others are boosting their commitments to the field and jumping back into neuroscience if they previously opted out.

Scrip recently spoke with Behr about progress in neurodegeneration drug development and in the DDF’s portfolio since the fund completed...

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