Transcend Medical Inc. closed a second tranche of its series B financing round, bringing its total take to $51 million.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company develops ophthalmic devices for minimally invasive glaucoma therapies, and plans to use the newly raised funds for development of additional infrastructure and resources for a U.S. study of its CyPass micro-stent technology, as well as for development of next-generation glaucoma therapies.
The Cypass micro-stent is a tiny implant inserted into the eye through a minimally invasive surgical procedure for the treatment of glaucoma that may eliminate the need for medication, according to the press release.
New interest Investor Growth Capital put some skin in the company during this tranche, joining existing investors Canaan Partners, Finistere Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Latterell Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Split Rock Partners and Technology Partners.
Transcend Medical CMO Sean Ianchuleve was recently named to the witness list for this week’s House Energy & Commerce Committee’s oversight subcommittee meeting to examine the FDA’s performance in clearing medical devices for the U.S. market.
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Read more - Intervention Insights raises $7.2 million
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Read more - NeuroWave stalks $5 million investment
Anesthesia monitoring device company NeuroWave Systems is looking out for $5 million dollars to fund the European commercialization of its anesthesia/sedation monitoring products, MedCity News reported.
Read more - National Science Foundation hands out $18.5 million for neural engineering
The National Science Foundation awarded $18.5 million to eight institutions to form a sensorimotor neural engineering center at the University of Washington. The center, which is to launch this month, will work on robot devices that assist and understand the nervous system, according to an MIT press release.
Read more - Greenway files for initial public offering
Electronic health record provide Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. registered a proposed initial public offering of shares of common stock last week. Quantity and pricing of shares hasn’t been determined just yet.
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