Samsung Life Science Fund made its first strategic investment of the year into C2N Diagnostics LLC, underscoring the rising potential of blood-based diagnostics in detecting and monitoring the risk of Alzheimer’s disease for the masses.

After scrapping plans for an IPO in 2022, Hinge Health Inc. is taking a more favorable view of going public given the increased support seen for health care and med-tech stocks in recent months. The San Francisco-based company, a digital provider of physical therapy services, filed a form S-1 with the U.S. SEC stating it plans to offer an unspecified number of shares of class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange this year.

Neuromod Devices Ltd. raised €10 million (US$10.9 million) in financing to expand the reach of Lenire, which treats tinnitus. The fundraise, which was an expansion of its series B financing round, was led by existing investors Fountain Healthcare Partners and Panakès Partners.

Med-tech companies raised $3.52 billion in 65 deals in February 2025, up from $2.76 billion across 56 transactions in January.

With more than three weeks left in the first quarter, the value of med-tech IPOs for 2025 already exceeds the funds raised from all IPOs for med-tech companies in the last two years combined. Kestra Medical Technologies Ltd. provides a clear example of how fast the market is heating up, with a final IPO that raked in more than twice as much as initially expected, while Advanced Biomed Inc. shows the appeal of the U.S. exchanges for non-U.S. companies.