Mercy Bioanalytics Inc. stepped into the increasingly competitive early cancer detection field with a $41 million series A financing round to support its Halo liquid biopsy platform. Novalis Lifesciences led the oversubscribed round with participation from Sozo Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners, Iselect Fund, American Cancer Society BrightEdge and Broadway Angels, an all-women venture capital group. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Bruker Corp. and existing investors also contributed to the round.
Shoulder Innovations Inc. (SI) reported closing of an oversubscribed $42 million series D financing to further advance commercialization and distribution of its integrated Inset system. In addition to functions performed by SI’s humeral short stem, reverse and stemless components the new implant has proven its ability to overcome loosening of the glenoid, one the most challenging procedures to perform during arthroplasty.
Beijing Vas Medical Co. Ltd. raised ¥100 million (US$15M) in an angel financing round as well as obtaining marketing approval from China’s NMPA for its vascular interventional surgery robot. The company plans to use the funds to develop technology, update products, expand its team and make promotions.
Yongrenxin Medical Instrument Co. Ltd. raised nearly $100 million in a series A funding round to build a health platform to treat heart failures. Sinovac Biotech Ltd. led the round.
Mvision AI Oy raised €5.4 million (US$5.8 million) in a post seed funding round to help accelerate the development of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automatic segmentation software, which automates and standardizes radiotherapy treatment for patients. Mvision aims to make same day cancer treatment a standard globally. The funding was led by J12 Ventures and Voima Ventures.
Vitestro Holding BV reported raising $12.7 million in series A financing round to develop the world’s first autonomous blood drawing device. This round was led by Sonder Capital Inc., alongside existing investors and new angel investors with experience in the clinical laboratory and med-tech industry. “Thanks to this fundraising, we are going to accelerate the product development, prepare EU marketing authorization, and initiate production,” Toon Overbeeke, CEO and co-founder of Vitestro, explains to BioWorld.
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.
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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