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How is COVID-19 affecting medtech deals?

July 24, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

Fewer medical device companies are securing their first big venture capital investments — or engaging in large mergers — amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently released reports from Silicon Valley Bank and PwC. The medical device industry saw 38 Series A investments worth $279 million during the first half of 2020, down from 45 […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Silicon Valley Bank, venture capital

DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast: Ep.5 — How can startups move forward during a pandemic?

April 13, 2020 By Tom Salemi

Raising capital for startup is never easy. Try doing it during a pandemic. In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll try to help entrepreneurs by talking with two guests who are committed to helping startups find the funding they need. Paul Grand, founder and CEO of MedTech Innovator, explains how he’s working to keep startups connected […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Device Talks Podcasts, Featured, Funding Roundup, Research & Development Tagged With: Boston Scientific, coronavirus, COVID-19, DeviceTalks Weekly, innovations, Johnson and Johnson, Philips, startups, venture capital, Venture Capital/Private Equity

These medtech companies raised the most VC in 2018

February 15, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

Venture capital firms invested more than $2.9 billion in medical device companies in 2018 — a slight increase from the $2.8 billion raised in 2017, according to the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and CB Insights. Both the first and second quarters of 2018 saw an increase in investments, totaling nearly $778 million and $786 million respectively. The third […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: venture capital

Medtech companies raised more than $738 million in Q2

July 20, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

Venture capital firms invested more than $738 million during the second quarter of 2018, $1 million less than the first quarter of this year, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and CB Insights. There was a total of 61 deals during Q2, an increase from the 48 that the industry saw during Q1. […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: Acutus Medical, Avedro, Axonics Modulation Technologies, Cardiac Dimensions, Cardiofocus, Cytrellis Biosystems, Eargo, Mevion Medical Systems, RefleXion Medical, Relievant Medsystems, venture capital

Medtech venture investing trends: Here’s what you need to know

June 21, 2018 By Chris Newmarker

Ask any early-stage medtech or digital health entrepreneur, and they’ll tell you how tough it is. There’s tremendous competition for venture investing, coupled with a pullback by previously traditional investors in this space. Bill Evans While venture investment in medtech and digital health has recovered since the financial crisis of a decade ago — setting […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Funding Roundup Tagged With: billevans, Medtech Innovator, Silicon Valley Bank, startups, venture capital

These medtech companies raised the most VC last year

January 19, 2018 By Danielle Kirsh

Perhaps there’s a ray of hope that venture capital funding is recovering a bit for the medical device industry. VC firms invested more than $2.8 billion in 2017, an increase of more than $647 million from 2016, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and CB Insights. There were a total 229 deals involving […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Funding Roundup, Hospital Care, Implants Tagged With: Auris Surgical Robotics, Cereve, EarLens, Ebb Therapeutics, EBR Systems Inc., Epix Therapeutics (formerly Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics), Fractyl Laboratories, immusant, MedTech, Moximed, NeuroPace, Outset Medical, Pulmonx, Respicardia, rxsight, Silk Road Medical Inc., venture capital, VertiFlex Inc., Xenex

5 medtech funding insights you need to know

July 7, 2017 By Heather Thompson

Venture capital funding isn’t what it used to be for medical device startups, but there are actually reasons to feel optimistic about medtech funding. That was the big takeaway from a four-expert panel at DeviceTalks Minnesota last month. (The next DeviceTalks is Oct. 2 in Boston.) Charlie Whelan, director of transformational health consulting at Frost & Sullivan, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Funding Roundup Tagged With: Baxter, baxterventures, DeviceTalks, FDA, Frost & Sullivan, funding, nuvaira, thomasmcnerneypartners, venture capital

Is health IT going to drink medtech’s funding milkshake?

February 21, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Healthcare companies in the U.S. midwest last year brought in $1.7 billion in investments—an amount that came within $60 million of the all-time record set in 2014, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report. Medical device companies took in the largest chunk of money, raising $696 million, or 40.3% of the total. But […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, News Well Tagged With: BioEnterprise, BioEnterprise Midwest Healthcare Growth Capital Report, MedTech, venture capital

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