Biotechnology / Life Sciences: 117 Venture Capital Deals in the first half year of 2006 - In the first half of 2006 VC-facts, the expert in research of the venture capital and private equity market in europe, registered 424 vc-deals with a total amount of 2,394 Mio. Euro. This is the hightest volume for the last 3 years.
You can see above the different categories:
IT/Software/Communications: 245 deals/1,243 Mio. Euro
Life Sciences: 117 deals/825 Mio.