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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

One big factor that is helping to push the VC markets is that frankly many other asset classes don’t have the return profiles asset managers desire given the perpetually low interest rates and 77% of LPs & VCs we surveyed felt this was a significant contributor to the booming VC markets. This chart surprised me the most.

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Biotech Roundup: Moonshots, Pink Slips, Gilead, Brexit & More

Xconomy

The technology was funded by the Department of Defense and comes from MIT’s Lincoln Lab. —Buzzfeed ran a lengthy report Wednesday on the sexual harassment charges against University of Washington vaccine researcher Michael Katze. . Buzzfeed reports that Katze is still drawing his UW salary, but his lab has been shut down.