Midwest Healthcare Startups Raise $777 Million in First Half of
2014
Midwest
healthcare startups reported $777 million in total investments
across 139 companies in the first half of 2014, according to the
BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Venture Investment
Report.
The totals are the highest recorded for the region both in
dollars of financing and number of companies funded since
BioEnterprise began compiling the report in 2005. Minnesota
led the way in total financings ($184 million), followed by
Ohio ($155 million) and Michigan ($114 million). Among regions,
Minneapolis, Detroit-Ann Arbor and Cleveland were the leading
areas for healthcare investment in the Midwest.