The med-tech industry has seen a significant boost in fundraising, amassing $16.13 billion in the first seven months of this year, a nearly 38% increase from the $11.73 billion raised during the same period last year.

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.

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.

Top of FormMed-tech financings in March totaled $1.79 billion. Although a decline from February’s total, the cumulative value for the first three months of the year reached $6.02 billion, an increase from $4.69 billion during the same period the previous year.

The med-tech financing landscape in 2024 has shown remarkable improvement over last year, with $4.62 billion raised in the initial two months, an increase of 176.62% from the $1.67 billion raised during the same period in 2023.

In the first month of 2024, med-tech financings passed the $1 billion mark once more, raising a total of $1.06 billion through 46 transactions recorded by BioWorld. It was the fourth consecutive month where med-tech financings exceeded the $1 billion threshold, just slightly down from the $1.07 billion raised in December.

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.