ANALYSIS: Biggest fundraising of the year shoots July to the top
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The summer heat appears to have not dulled investors’ appetite for promising medtech, with July booking the biggest venture financing deal of the year to date. The $168m raised by personalized knee implant maker ConforMIS hiked the monthly venture financing takings to nearly $505m, smashing June’s high of $373m (www.clinica.co.uk, 5 July 2013).
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