Moreover, the lineup of funded companies is mesmerizingly diverse, touching on spaces from virtual reality to mimic hallucinogenic mind trips to portable nuclear microreactors. To say that a single sector or handful of sectors dominate would be misleading indeed. That said, even amid all this abundant variety, a number of themes stood out. We looked at sectors including biotech, financial services, and real estate and picked out a few investment themes around which a lot of Series A deals seem to cluster. Here are five: Biotech is typically the sector where we see many of the biggest Series A rounds. In large part, this represents an acknowledgement by investors that developing groundbreaking therapies isn't something one can do cheaply. Among the largest 2022 Series A rounds, we saw a high number of companies working on treatments to stimulate the body's immune response. We put together a list of 17, which have collectively raised over $530 million in Series A funding this year:...
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