Institut Mérieux SA is offering equity to a preferred partner via a restricted capital increase. Exor NV has consequently acquired 10% of Institut Mérieux’s capital by investing $850 million. A third of this new funding, some $285 million, will be injected immediately this summer, with the balance following over the coming 12 months.
Cleerly Inc. sees a bright future ahead after boosting its fundraising to date nearly five-fold with a $192 million series C. The new infusion brought the total invested in the company to $248 million, a solid endorsement of a company that hopes to transform cardiology with precision-based diagnostics that move away from indirect indicators to accurate measurements.
Forsight Robotics Ltd. amassed up to $55 million in series A financing led by Adani Group, with participation by existing investors Eclipse Ventures and Mithril Capital. The new funds will be used to further development of Forsight’s Oryom system, a surgical platform for fully robotic cataract surgery.
Oxford Science Enterprises, an independent investor specializing in building companies through its relationship with the U.K.’s University of Oxford, has raised a further £250 million (US$300 million) to translate academic research into commercial products and businesses.
Even without an oracle, it is clear that Delfi Diagnostics Inc.’s $225 million series B fundraising round positions the company well to further develop its liquid biopsy tests for early cancer detection and monitoring. Delfi’s liquid biopsy platform uses a whole genome fragmentation analysis approach for both individual cancer and multicancer detection.
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