
Medtech venture funding hits new heights
Private device makers enjoy the biggest quarter for four years – and the average deal is larger than ever.

How low can medtech venture investment go?
2019’s medtech VC total is swollen by the sector’s first $1bn round, but counterintuitively the amount going to smaller groups is increasing.

Avatera Medical becomes the newest robotic surgery group in Europe
The German start-up must navigate the hazards that have felled other surgical robot developers while simultaneously dealing with a more crowded market.

With new unicorn status, CMR Surgical sets profitability target
CMR Surgical’s private round is the largest ever venture deal for a European medtech. And the point is to get to profitability, not flotation.