Here are five key notes:
1. Chicago healthcare companies contributed $260 million in more than two deals, and Minneapolis healthcare companies accounted for $226 million in more than 57 deals.
2. Of that $1 billion, St. Louis healthcare companies accounted for $143 million.
3. In St. Louis, this number reflects the “best first half for healthcare startups” for the last five years when looking at investment dollars and deal flow, according to St. Louis Business Journal.
4. Twenty-two percent of the invested venture capital in the Midwest landed in medical device companies.
5. Also in the Midwest, more than half of the venture capital invested was in the healthcare IT and software segments.
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