Aimedbio Inc. raised ₩70.73 billion (US$48.24 million) in its Dec. 4 IPO, marking the largest Kosdaq listing this year.

Saluda Medical Pty Ltd. announced a AU$231 million ($152.7 million) initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange to scale up its U.S. footprint for its Evoke spinal cord simulation system for chronic pain.

Junevity Inc. has raised $10 million in new funding, bringing its seed financing to a total of $20 million. The new funding will enable Junevity to advance JUN-01, its lead siRNA program for type 2 diabetes and obesity, through IND-enabling and initial clinical studies.

Triana Biomedicines Inc. has closed an oversubscribed $120 million series B financing round to advance its molecular glue degrader pipeline.

After raising more than twice as much as expected in its March IPO, Kestra Medical Technologies Inc. appears poised to repeat its success with an upsized secondary offering as well. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company initially planned to offer 5.5 million shares in its second pass at the market but increased the number of shares to 6 million two days later when it set the price at $23 per share. The projected gross proceeds of $138 million provide a nice addition to the $232 million raised nine months ago.

Ireland’s life sciences and health tech companies raised a record-breaking €491.3 million ($572.9 million) in venture capital funding across 89 deals in 2024, according to a report from Enterprise Ireland. The investment underscores investor confidence in the country’s ecosystem, which looks set to continue despite global headwinds such as trade tariffs, economic uncertainty and rising operating costs.