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VC Deals Analysis, H1 2020: Medtech Funding Stays Apace, Cardiovascular Is King

 
• By Catherine Longworth

A steady flow of venture capital into the medical device industry continued in the first half of 2020 despite the pandemic. Medtech start-ups raised more than $1.5bn with Medtech Insight tracking over 40 financial deals of $1m-and-over.

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Amid worldwide economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19, medtech venture capital activity continued at a healthy pace in the first half of 2020. More than 40 financing deals of $1m-and-over passed Medtech Insight's news desk from January to June – a similar volume as in the same period in 2019.

Overall, venture investors played it safe, mostly providing medium-sized double-digit funding to medtech companies.

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