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This report from Silicon Valley Bank looks at the trends in healthcare investments and exits in 2014 and offers key forecasts for 2015.
The overall boom in healthcare propelled fundraising, investing and exits in 2014 to the highest level in several years, eclipsing our bullish outlook from a year ago. The number of IPOs more than doubled over 2013, and hit a 10-year high. Robust returns have accelerated the cycle; limited partners are enthusiastic and fundraising increased 56 percent in a single year, the most tangible sign in a decade that confidence in healthcare innovation is extremely high.
While we predict the strong fundraising will help fuel the investment cycle for another few years, IPO activity in 2015 likely will dip slightly. Other trends we examine in this report include the new role of non-VC investors in helping
healthcare companies generate successful IPOs, the growing focus on early-stage biopharma companies and the emerging promise of medical device and diagnostic/tools companies.