Most competitive EIC Accelerator cut-off awards major funding round to 74 of Europe’s high potential start-ups (featuring ATRO Medical, InVera Medical – formerly Venari Medical, and Selio Medical)
The European Commission selected 74 innovative companies under the first 2022 EIC Accelerator cut-off. They are set to receive up to €382 million of funding in a combination of grants and investments. The companies were selected from over 1000 start-ups and SMEs... Read More →
Dutch Startup Helping Vets Gets J&J Award (featuring ATRO Medical)
ATRO Medical B.V., based in the Netherlands, has been recognized by Johnson & Johnson Innovation as an Awardee in the Veterans Lead QuickFire Challenge. The Dutch startup company, founded in 2017, has invented a novel prosthetic meniscus—named “Trammpolin®”—to relieve pain... Read More →
Navi Secures $1.26 Million Funding
Navi Medical Technologies is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised $1.26 million as part of the first tranche of funding of our current fundraising round. This latest round of funding, supported by the Australian Government Department of Industry,... Read More →
Multi-center trial shows promising results for implant-free interatrial shunt device to treat heart failure patients (featuring Alleviant Medical)
Results from early clinical evaluation of the Alleviant System to treat heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF) was presented today as late-breaking clinical research at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2022... Read More →
Linear Health Sciences Gets FDA Clearance for Its Orchid Safety Release Valve
Linear Health Sciences has received the FDA’s 510(k) clearance and Health Canada approval for its Orchid SRV safety release valve. The tension-activated valve is designed to reduce the risk of intravenous (IV) catheter failure and replacement in hospitals. In a... Read More →
Sidekick and Pfizer launch digital therapeutics solution to tackle Atopic Dermatitis
Iceland-based international digital therapeutics innovator, Sidekick Health, has partnered with Pfizer Inc., one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies. This news follows the $55 million Series B funding that Sidekick secured recently in Iceland’s biggest round in 2022. With this, the total funding... Read More →
Malpani Ventures invests in Nesa Medtech
Why we invested in Nesa Medtech We are pleased to announce our investment in Nesa Medtech, a healthcare technology company focused on transforming women’s health through micro-invasive treatment for uterine fibroids. Malpani Ventures led the seed round in Nesa with existing... Read More →
Australian medical device company secures additional $12.5m to advance its breast cancer imaging system towards clinical trials (featuring OncoRes Medical)
OncoRes Medical’s imaging system may be a game-changer for breast cancer surgeons Australian medical device company OncoRes Medical today announces it has secured $12.5m to advance its innovative imaging system, to facilitate real-time tumour assessment to help surgeons more accurately... Read More →
How to Apply an Engineering Mindset to Your Medical Device Startup: Interview with Access Vascular CEO Jim Biggins
It’s easy to see that Jim Biggins, Founder and CEO of Access Vascular, is an entrepreneur at heart. He started business ventures as a teenager and has since strategically steered his career path to strengthen the skills needed to eventually launch his... Read More →
San Diego startup creates first portable “cold cap” to save chemotherapy patients’ hair
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – For many cancer patients, one of the worst parts of the disease stems from the treatment itself: hair loss from chemotherapy. But a San Diego entrepreneur has invented a new solution that will begin shipping to... Read More →