ZURICH & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biopharm is gearing up for BIO-Europe Spring®, EBD Group’s springtime life science partnering conference in Amsterdam March 19–21, 2012 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Center. BIO-Europe Spring attracts some of the best and brightest biotech companies in the sector, and the venture capital community has realized this opportunity by increasing their presence with more representatives this year. Venture capital firms including Aescap Venture, FORBION Capital Partners, Forward Ventures, Merck Serono Ventures, MPM Capital, and Novartis Venture Fund are eager to meet with biotech companies to explore business opportunities and to be a part of the action.