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No TARP for biotech, but it gets a helping hand (from Corporate Dealmaker)

There's a new government funding program for biotechs, but it's not a bailout. To qualify, startups must bring in matching funds from private investors.The first two recipients of the $3 million small-business awards are on opposite sides of the U.S., in San Diego and North Carolina. The program is...

Posted on June 9, 2009 1:02 PM

Strategic alliances: The new corporate venture capital (from Corporate Dealmaker)

We posted Monday on a new $54.7 million corporate venture capital fund started by Merck Serona, a division of drugmaker Merck KGa. In it we noted that it had been a long time since we'd seen a new corporate fund launched. So it was interesting to see Anne-Marie Roussel, who...

Posted on March 25, 2009 2:55 PM

Merck Serono launches corporate venture fund (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's been a long time since we've seen a corporate venture capital fund launched, what with companies laser focused on their core businesses and balance sheets. So we took notice when Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, launched a $54.7 million fund to invest in biotechnology startups. Merck Serono...

Posted on March 23, 2009 3:54 PM