2 VCs explain why now's a better time than ever to invest in biotech (via KauffmanFellows)
This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article,Rodrigo Mallo Leiva and Eleonora Mantovani are Partner and Associate of SOSV's Life Sciences investment team.
They reason that this new wave of biotech is worth paying attention to because AI and automation have made it cheaper and easier for companies to build products that solve radically different problems than traditional biotech companies. Over the last two years, we analyzed 1,227 early-stage biotech startups, and we came across something interesting: Biotech is no longer limited to just therapeutics and diagnostics — it's being used to create products that solve problems in radically different industries.
10 years ago, investing in early-stage bio-startups with less than $5 million per check was fairly risky. Back then, building these types of companies required a lot of capital, time, and a unique mix of talent: scientists, investors who take a big chunk of the company, and one or more non-founder operators that would eventually ride the company to the finish line .
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