Biotech's IPO raise ap­proach­es $5.5B as Nas­daq con­tin­ues to prove fruit­ful with 2 de­buts and three new fil­ings

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It was an­oth­er busy week in the biotech IPO mar­ket as the sec­ond quar­ter con­tin­ues to churn out sig­nif­i­cant in­vest­ment in­to the sec­tor.

Re­cur­sion led the way with a $436 mil­lion raise on Fri­day, pric­ing its IPO at $18, the high end of its range. Our own John Car­roll went in depth on that raise over the week­end. Al­so on Fri­day, pre­clin­i­cal can­cer biotech Bio­mea Fu­sion de­buted with a $153 mil­lion raise priced at its own high end of $17 per share. The two com­pa­nies helped push the com­bined IPO raise for 2021 to near­ly $5.5 bil­lion.

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