Mediar Therapeutics Inc. emerged from stealth, unveiling $105 million in investment and bold ambitions to develop new ways of tackling fibrosis. Cambridge, Mass.-based Mediar is challenging what CEO Rahul Ballal called “the fundamental dogma” of fibrosis therapy: “You have to address fibrosis at its initiation, when inflammation is rampant.” Mediar, in contrast, is focused on developing therapies that either disrupt or reverse the fibrotic process, particularly when it progresses from a moderate to a severe state.
Doctorly GmbH raised $10 million in a series A funding round to revamp the German health care sector, giving medical staff new tools to eliminate disk operating systems (DOS).
Vivasure Medical Ltd. received a €30 million (US$32 million) strategic investment from Haemonetics Corp. to help develop its Perqseal closure device system which manages bleeding complications associated with large-bore arterial vessel closure. Haemonetics has an option to buy Vivasure upon the completion of the company achieving certain milestones.
Teitur Trophics ApS, a spinout from Aarhus University seeded by the Bioinnovation Institute in 2020, has completed a €28 million (US$30.1 million) series A financing. Teitur has developed a platform of first-in-class cyclic peptides with a novel mechanism that preserves neuronal function, and these peptides have the potential to treat a broad range of neurodegenerative diseases.
Siyi Intelligence Technology Co. Ltd. raised nearly $15 million in a series A funding round to speed up the development of its smart rehabilitation products and of its neurorehabilitation solutions and build a digital rehabilitation service platform.
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