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VC group offers to help axed Merck KGaA staffers launch spinoffs

Index, a high-profile venture player in Europe, says it will try to match workers with jobs at its network of biotech companies on the Continent.

U.K. officials ready $286M fund to fuel a biotech revival

U.K. officials are preparing for the imminent launch of a $286 million fund designed to revive the country's biotech industry.

GSK, J&J back Index's new $200M fund for early-stage deals

GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up with Index Ventures to launch a $200 million fund devoted exclusively to backing early-stage biotechs

Virtual is beautiful in biotech

I had the chance to moderate a panel at the BIO-Europe Spring meeting yesterday on new business models in biotech, with Torbjorn Bjerke, David Collier, Kevin Johnson, and Thomas Zioncheck joining the conversation.

Index eyes biotech plays with $438M fund

Index Ventures has just closed a $438.8 million fund, with a big chunk of that slated for biotech companies with a lot to offer in the pipeline. Index is best known for its big score backing Skype.

Index Ventures launches new $440M biotech fund

Index Ventures has launched yet another venture fund. The firm says its newest fund, Index Ventures V, will be equipped with €350 million ($440 million) for early stage and seed investments in