Miniature heart pump developer Magenta Medical said today that New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has led a financing round for an undisclosed sum. The NEA group includes existing investors such as Pitango Venture Capital and JVC Investment Partners as well as a group of private investors led by Dr. Jacques Seguin, co-founder of ReCor Medical and […]
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Intrinsic Therapeutics raises $50m for Barricaid annular closure device
Intrinsic Therapeutics said today that it raised a $49 million debt-and-equity round for the Barricaid annular closure device for discectomies that it’s developing. The Boston-based company said the round consisted of a $28 million equity financing led by New Enterprise Assoc. and Delos Capital, plus a $21 million debt facility with CRG. Other backers included Greenspring Associates, Quadrille […]
Advanced Cardiac Therapies lands $45m round led by new PE shop Ajax Health
Ajax Health, the medical device portfolio management company newly formed by KKR and Aisling Capital, led a $45 million round for Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics and the next-generation ablation catheter it’s developing. Earlier today the private equity giants launched tapped Spirox chairman & CEO Duke Rohlen to lead Ajax Health. Rohlen, the former president of FoxHollow Technologies and the founder & former chief executive of […]
HeartWare taps ex-Medtronic exec Oesterle for board | Personnel Moves
HeartWare International (NSDQ:HTWR) is looking to get in on Dr. Stephen Oesterle, an Ex-Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) exec who moved to the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates last Sept., saying this week that it expanded its board to accommodate Oesterle. Oesterle will officially come aboard on Jan. 18, and his appointment included an expansion to HeartWare’s board […]
Ex-Medtronic strategy veep Oesterle joins VC shop New Enterprise Associates | Personnel Moves
Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates said today it picked up ex-Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) executive veep Dr. Stephen Oesterle as a venture partner for the firm. Prior to being an executive veep for the medical giant, Oesterle served as senior veep of medicine and technology, and served as a member of the executive committee for 14 years, […]
Moximed springs to $33m Series B round
Moximed said today that it pulled in a $33 million Series B round for its KineSpring knee implant, which is designed to reduce the load on the joint while sparing its anatomy.
Covidien puts some skin in Irish medtech startup Fire1
Sunshine Heart soars on C-Pulse CE Mark | Wall Street Beat
Sunshine Heart (ASX:SHC) is shining on Wall Street today after announcing European regulatory approval for its C-Pulse heart assist system, with SHC shares closing up nearly 14% on the news.
Carticept closes $10M round from SonoSite, others | Funding Roundup
Carticept Medical closed a $10 million financing led by existing investors Domain Associates, New Enterprise Associates and SonoSite Inc.
The Alpharetta, Ga.-based company said it will use the proceeds to fund the commercial launch of its Navigator computer-controlled drug delivery system. The device uses ultrasound guidance to deliver medications for joint pain.
