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Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an influential technology, driving notable investments across various industries in recent years. In 2024, venture capital (VC) funding for AI companies reached record levels,...more
Various biotech companies have completed or launched their IPOs so far in 2025. As of early February, five sizeable life sciences companies have priced their IPOs and one has filed to go public soon. ...more
Many biopharmaceutical companies are facing challenges raising cash through traditional equity markets. While venture investment activity saw a slight increase in the first half of 2024 as compared to the equivalent period in...more
In an encouraging sign that the equity capital markets may be improving for biotechnology companies, Bicara Therapeutics Inc. and Zenas Biopharma, Inc. filed S-1 registration statements yesterday, signaling their intention to...more
Wilson Sonsini’s inaugural Biotech Summit will address topics of critical importance to Biotech and Biopharmaceutical companies, including early and late-stage venture financing, partnering strategies, current and future AI...more
Heading into 2024, expectations for biotech venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investments were low following two lackluster years, but as we wrap up Q1, those expectations have been turned on their head after a...more
Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, and San Diego are once again the top markets for life sciences commercial real estate in the U.S., with plenty of opportunities for growth as biotech readies for a comeback, according to a...more
In this issue of the 2022 Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report, we present analysis related to 10 initial public offerings (IPOs), valued at over $75 million, completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies...more
点击此处阅读调查报告全文 Our third annual report on Hong Kong-listed biotech companies examines how the sector performed during the challenging conditions for capital markets globally over the past 12 months. Although aggregate listing...more
After a market flush with cash and deal flow from 2020 through the first half of 2022, in the last six to twelve months the markets have been particularly tight. Particularly impacted in this turbulent market have been small...more
As biotech markets begin to show signs of life, how should company leaders and investors prepare for what’s next? Biotech executives, investment bankers and partners from Deloitte’s life sciences practice and Fenwick’s...more
Key takeaways - In 2022, markets have exhibited volatility and general weakness across the board, in part due to inflation and corresponding interest rate hikes. As a result, equity capital markets have had their slowest...more
Our second annual report on Hong Kong-listed biotech companies demonstrates the continued health of the sector. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the market in its current state, examining key data points for...more
Recent reporting by the Financial Times shows that valuations and funding for biotech companies has fallen significantly, as “just nine biotech companies have listed in the U.S. this year, raising a total of $1bn … almost 60...more
As we predicted in the previous edition of this report, 2021 turned out to be a very strong year indeed for US life sciences dealmaking, marked by high transaction values and volumes as the industry continued on its...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 2021 Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report presents analysis related to 179 initial public offerings and 6 direct listings completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies...more
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s 2021 Mid-Year Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report presents analyses related to the pricing of 123 initial public offerings completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies...more
Caribou Biosciences, Inc., a Berkeley, California-based CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company, raised $304M in an initial public offering, one of the most lucrative IPOs in gene-editing. In June 2021, Gene editing...more
Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Copyright Dispute with Oracle Over Android Software - After the Supreme Court's April 6 decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), the computer software...more
On February 23, 2018, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) published its consultation conclusions regarding a new chapter of its listing rules to facilitate the listings of pre-revenue biotech companies in Hong...more
Wilson Sonsini’s 2020 Technology and Life Sciences IPO Report presents analysis and data related to the pricing of 123 initial public offerings completed by U.S.-based technology and life sciences companies between January 1...more
Despite the impact of COVID-19 and other recent developments in Hong Kong, the city’s role as a center for China-based companies to raise capital became even more important in 2020. The momentum of several trends that began...more
Version 3.0 of the PPP kicked off yesterday, with community lenders leading the way by focusing on “underserved borrowers—including women-led businesses and those run by Black, Latino and Asian owners and other minorities” in...more
1. Greater China’s Stock Markets Power Ahead - With governments looking to boost the growth of domestic equity markets, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has been trumpeting the benefits of its new regimes for emerging...more
More detail is emerging on the DOJ’s ongoing antitrust probe into Google, with recent attention to the company’s online ad tools suggesting the topic has become “a major focus of the investigation,” with special focus on “how...more