In the first six months of 2024, the med-tech industry raised $13.84 billion, a 29% increase from the $10.75 billion collected during the first half of 2023. While May saw a significant $5.05 billion raised, the monthly total decreased to $1.14 billion in June.
In May, the value of med-tech deals dropped to $85.78 million, marking a 50% decrease from April's $172.37 million but exceeding March's $27 million. The monthly average for deal value in 2024 now stands at $129.7 million, an 84% decline compared to the 2023 monthly average of $886.13 million.
The med-tech industry has maintained its financing momentum into May, with the first five months of 2024 raising $12.7 billion, marking a 42% increase from $8.95 billion during the same period in 2023. Notably, May alone saw $5.05 billion in total med-tech financings, a 307% rise from $1.24 billion in April, and the highest monthly total reported by BioWorld MedTech since November 2022.
Med-tech deal value increased in April, reaching $172.37 million, a 538% bump from March’s $27 million. However, the monthly average for deal value in 2024 stands at $140.68 million, reflecting an 84% decline from the 2023 monthly average of $886.13 million.
In March, med-tech deal value plummeted to $27 million, a decline of 89% from February’s $255.61 million and a 75% decline from January's $107.75 million, and also falling short of the 2023 monthly average of $886.13 million.
Med-tech financings exceeded $1 billion for the third consecutive month, reaching a total of $1.07 billion in transactions in December. In November, med-techs raised $1.02 billion, with $1.23 billion raised in October. The overall average for financings in 2023 stands at $1.47 billion per month, down from a monthly average of $3.19 billion the previous year.
Total med-tech deal value through November is up 34.42% over the same period last year and is also higher than every comparable period from 2019-2022. Conversely, med-tech M&A value experienced a decline of 64.07% compared to the first 11 months of 2022.
Med-tech financings surpassed $1 billion again in November, with transactions totalling $1.02 billion for the month. Though a decline from the $1.23 billion raised in October, the value is up from September’s $645.75 million.
Med-tech saw some good news in October, with total financings value reaching $1.22 billion, an increase of 89.23% from the $645.75 million in September. However, the increase didn’t make up for the broader year-over-year decline in med-tech investments.