Salt Lake City-based Amedica filed to raise up to $74.8 million in an IPO, just a week after it raised $13.2 million in a fourth funding round. The maker of ceramic implants for spinal and joint repair said it doesn’t …
Interlace Medical, a stealthy Newton, Mass., developer of gynecological devices, raised $5 million in a first round of funding, VentureWire reports. Spray Ventures and New Leaf Venture Partners led the round. PE Wire reports that the startup is focused on …
Sonoma Orthopedics, a stealthy spinal-device maker in Santa Rosa, Calif., raised at least $10 million in a second funding round, VentureWire reports. The company raised $3 million in a first round last April.
Sonoma Orthopedics is at work on devices …
Amedica, a Salt Lake City maker of ceramic implants for spines and joints, raised $13.2 million in a fourth round of funding. Creation Capital placed the financing. The company had previously raised more than $30 million.
The company is developing …
Therative, a Livermore, Calif., medical-device maker, raised $9 million in a third round of financing, largely to fund television ads for its consumer-oriented acne product.
Therative makes and markets a pimple-clearing device called ThermaClear, which received FDA “clearance” for direct …
Power Medical Interventions, a Langhorne, Penn., maker of computer-assisted surgical instruments, filed to raise up to $100 million in an IPO. The company develops precisely controlled “endomechanical” cutters and staplers designed to apply consistent and powerful force in both open …
Insulet, a Bedford, Mass, developer of continuous insulin-infusion devices for diabetics, sold 7.7 million shares in an IPO, raising approximately $115 million before fees. The offering was priced at $15 per share, in the middle of Insulet’s range of $14 …
Asthmatx, a Mountain View, Calif., developer of a bronchial device for asthma treatment, raised $50 million by selling a 15% stake to Olympus Medical Systems, a unit of Japan’s camera and precision-device maker Olympus.
Last October, Asthmatx withdrew an IPO …
Orthopedic Development, a Clearwater, Fla., maker of spinal-fusion devices, raised $8 million in an oversubscribed institutional funding round. The private placement, handled by GunnAllen Financial, was entirely funded by individual investors, VentureWire reports (subscription required).
Orthopedic Development’s operating subsidiary, MinSurg, …
Apnex Medical, a Minneapolis maker of implants for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, raised $16.1 million in a first round of funding. Participants included Domain Associates, New Enterprise Associates, Polaris Ventures Partners and Apnex Chairman Michael Berman.
VentureWire reports …
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Seattle-based NeuroVista, a developer of devices for the treatment of epilepsy, raised $33.8 million in a second-round funding and left behind its former name, BioNeuronics.
The company, founded in 2002 by whiz kid Daniel DiLorenzo, has …
StrataGent Life Sciences, a San Jose developer of needle-free “microjet” injection systems, said it closed a $16 million second round of financing. The company has so far received $6.65 million of that round; the remainder should become available next year …
CVRx, a Minneapolis-based developer of an implantable device for the control of high blood pressure, raised $65 million in a fourth round of funding that will support a “pivotal” clinical trial of the device. The round was led by Johnson …
TomoTherapy, a Madison, Wis.-based maker of imaging and radiation-treatment systems for cancer therapy, raised $222.3 million in an initial offering after its shares priced higher than the company’s original range.
TomoTherapy shares, which now trade under the symbol TTPY, priced …
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Pulmonx raised $20 million in a second-round funding, VentureWire reports (subscription required).
The startup is one of several device makers hoping to pioneer new medical techniques in the field of “interventional pulmonology.” Much like interventional cardiology, in …
Naviscan PET Systems, a San Diego maker of high-resolution positron-emission tomography (PET) scanners, raised $15 million in a third round of funding led by QuestMark Partners.
Returning investors included Sanderling Ventures, Mayo Medical Ventures and Walker Ventures. The company plans …
Impres Medical, a Minnetonka, Minn. device maker, has raised $3.2 million of a planned $5 million third round, according to an SEC filing cited by VentureWire (subscription required).
From the VentureWire story:
Investors in the Series C funding included new …
Halt Medical, a secretive Pleasanton, Calif., company, has raised $12 million in a third funding round as it prepares for human trials of a device designed to remove uterine fibroids without hysterectomy, VentureWire is reporting (subscription required).
Uterine fibroids — …
Biotechnology and medical-device venture investment soared in the first quarter as funding for information technology and other sectors declined, according to data compiled by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne.
Overall venture funding for U.S. companies rose 8% in …
