Sonothera Inc. reeled in $60.75 million in a series A financing led by Arch Venture Partners. The funds are earmarked for the continued development of Sonothera’s ultrasound-guided, nonviral, gene therapy platform and treatments.
Structural heart startup Nyra Medical Inc. scooped up $20 million in a series A round co-led by Vensana Capital and a large, unnamed global medical device company. The funds will be used to advance Nyra’s transcatheter heart valve repair technology through early feasibility clinical studies.
When the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down travel and conferences starting in the first part of 2020, the general lament was that the lack of face-to-face interaction would hamper biopharma companies’ ability to secure deals and investments. Instead, the opposite happened. Now, coming off two years of record-breaking financing, the biopharma sector is facing an inevitable correction, though a handful of venture capital panelists suggested there’s room for optimism.
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: 5th Century Partners, Aziyo, Lumen, Minze Health, Pictorlabs, Radon Medical Imaging, Theralink.
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