Be (not too) still my heart: Kestra Medical Technologies Ltd., maker of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator for patients at high risk of cardiac arrest, filed an S-1 with the U.S. SEC on Feb. 9 to raise $100 million in an IPO. Kestra will be the fourth med-tech company to file for an IPO in 2025, setting a pace well ahead of the last three years. U.s.car

Med-tech companies secured $2.76 billion across financings 56 transactions in January 2025, up from $1.72 billion in December and $919.99 million in November.

Med-tech companies raised a total of $25.37 billion in financings in 2024, up from $17.68 billion in 2023, though still significantly lower than previous years. The highest year for med-tech financings on record remains 2020, when $59.7 billion was raised.

The Comma Collective Inc. raised $2 million in a seed round to support the launch of its secure period tracker and disease detection app, Sara, and further development of its products.

Reev SAS raised $9.2 million in a financing round that will fund further development of its lightweight exoskeleton Dreeven.