Siyi Intelligence Technology Co. Ltd. raised nearly $15 million in a series A funding round to speed up the development of its smart rehabilitation products and of its neurorehabilitation solutions and build a digital rehabilitation service platform.
In an ideal world, when a patient takes a medicine, it acts only at the specific site of disease in the human body whilst sparing healthy tissues. But it almost goes without saying that with many drug regimens, side effects or complications are part of the package. Working behind the scenes to address this limitation over the past couple of years, Cambridge, Mass.-based venture capital company Flagship Pioneering is now publicizing its platform of “programmable medicines” that directly and precisely target diseased tissue, funnelling $50 million of investment in the technology and recognising its achievements formally through the launch of Ampersand Biomedicines.
Precision oncology startup Prana Thoracic Inc. closed a $3 million series A financing round aimed at advancing its minimally invasive lung tissue excision device for early treatment of lung cancer. The series A funds and a prior $3 million award from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas are earmarked for product development and to support first-in-human clinical studies.
Feops NV hopes to raise €10 million (US$10.67 million) in a series C fundraising round that will allow the company to scale up its operations worldwide. This follows the release of a study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions which revealed that its cloud-based platform, Feops Heartguide, significantly improved efficiency and outcomes of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) procedures.
Current Surgical Inc. secured $3.2 million in a seed funding round to support development of its surgical needle platform to precisely destroy unresectable tumors. True Ventures led the round with participation from 1517 Fund and Scifounders.
Visionhealth GmbH will use the €3 million (US$3.2 million) it recently raised in a pre-series A financing to conduct a clinical trial on its digital health app designed to provide more accurate dosing of treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
Affluent Medical SA reported the imminent raising of nearly $14 million to fund development throughout 2023 of its implantable medical devices for treating urinary incontinence and heart valve pathology. Affluent, quoted on the Paris Euronext stock exchange since 2021, issued new shares accompanied by redeemable share warrants with shareholder preferential subscription rights being preserved.
Creo Medical Group plc is on its way to being cash flow breakeven and profitable following a successful fundraise, which will accelerate the rollout of its suite of electrosurgical products, CEO Craig Gulliford told BioWorld.
Previa Medical SA will begin clinical trials later this year of its artificial intelligence software designed for early detection of sepsis after it raised €2.1 million (US $2.2 million) in seed funds.
Hygea Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has completed a series D funding round to develop an integrated platform for interventional oncology procedures and expand globally.
