Venture Capital firm Asabys Partners closed its second fund, Sabadell Asabys Health Innovation Investments II, with total commitments of €180 million ($200 million). The funds will go towards 12 to 15 companies developing health care solutions across the medical device, digital health and biopharma fields.
One of Australia’s newest biotech investment funds is set to triple investments on the back of its success and strong investor demand. The three-year old Merchant Biotech Fund (MBF) invested in several high growth ASX-listed and private life sciences companies and finished the past financial year up more than 70%. It is up 10% for the current financial year, Portfolio Manager Reece O'Connell told BioWorld.
The med-tech sector is at a turning point with great technologies, investors and buyers coming together to create a healthier ecosystem, Luc Marengère, managing partner at TVM Capital Life Science told BioWorld. As such, the venture capital firm has its eye on a new fund as it finalizes the portfolio for the current one.
Route 92 Medical Inc. sped past its series F goal, raising an additional $50 million in an extension to the oversubscribed round. The extension brings the total for the series F to $82 million, which the company plans to use to accelerate commercialization of its neurovascular reperfusion and access systems.