The funding will finance an early feasibility examine of its flagship product Duo to judge its security and efficiency in treating tricuspid regurgitation.
CroíValve, a medtech start-up that spun out of Trinity Faculty Dublin, has closed a $16m Sequence B funding spherical led by the MedTech and Irrus Syndicates.
Headquartered in Dublin, CroíValve is creating a tool to repair the tricuspid coronary heart valve with out the necessity for surgical procedure.
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) occurs when the tricuspid valve in your coronary heart doesn’t seal shut completely, which may trigger blood to stream backwards. This may change the center’s construction over time, resulting in everlasting coronary heart harm and a wide range of different issues.
CroíValve, a former SiliconRepublic.com Begin-up of the Week, was based by Dr Lucy O’Keeffe, Dr Martin Quinn, Dr Paul Heneghan and Prof Bruce Murphy.
O’Keefe, who’s the CEO, mentioned that the most recent funding is a testomony to the “unmet want” for treating TR and the potential of the corporate’s flagship product, Duo, to deal with extra sufferers with a “reproducible and intuitive process”.
“We’re excited to convey this expertise to the US, with robust assist from our shareholder base who’re dedicated to our mission to remodel the lives of sufferers affected by tricuspid regurgitation.”
Whereas CroíValve’s analysis, improvement and operations groups are primarily based in Eire, its scientific and regulatory groups are primarily based within the US. The newest funding shall be used to finance an early feasibility examine of Duo to judge its security and efficiency in treating TR.
The Sequence B spherical noticed participation from current traders, together with Ascentifi, Furthr, Broadview Ventures, Atlantic Bridge College Fund, Enterprise Eire, Elkstone and SOSV, in addition to new investor IAG Capital Companions.
CroíValve additionally appointed Daniel Gottlieb, a director with Broadview Ventures, to its board of administrators. Gottlieb has twenty years of expertise with medical system and biotechnology firms in enterprise improvement, advertising and technique.
Two years in the past, CroíValve raised €8m in a spherical led by two Halo Enterprise Angel Community syndicates. The Dublin medtech beforehand raised €3.2m from angel traders in 2019, earlier than elevating a additional €1.5m from traders and securing €2.5m from the EU beneath its Horizon 2020 SME Instrument grant.
Disclosure: SOSV is an investor in Silicon Republic
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