Fresenius Medical Care Ventures

Corvidia

Corvidia Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company based in Waltham, Massachusetts pioneering the next generation of cardiovascular and cardio-renal therapies.

www.corvidiatx.com 

ExThera

ExThera Medical is developing revolutionary medical devices that address unmet clinical needs in the treatment of bloodstream infections and pathogen-reduction in blood banking.

www.extheramedical.com

Modulated Imaging

Modulated Imaging is developing and marketing devices for determining oxygenation levels in superficial tissues for patients with potential circulatory compromise.

www.modulatedimaging.com

SafeRide Health

SafeRide Health is a venture-backed startup founded in 2016 with the mission of improving access to care for the nation’s underserved populations. The SafeRide platform fulfills over 1 million rides per year by managing transportation programs for healthcare systems and states. SafeRide simplifies health system operations, improves patient outcomes, and reduces costs for some of the nation’s leading healthcare systems.

www.saferidehealth.com

Tridiuum

Tridiuum’s behavioral health solution accelerates identifying, treating and managing behavioral health across the continuum of care. Its cloud-based platform, Tridiuum1, delivers improvements in access, management and outcomes– for patients, providers, and health systems.

www.tridiuum.com

Vectorious Medical Technologies

Vectorious Medical Technologies has developed an implantable microcomputer-based system that enables optimal management of heart failure patients using direct, daily left-atrial pressure (LAP) measurements.

www.vectoriousmedtech.com

Al Wiegman
Head, Fresenius Medical Care Ventures
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Dr. Andreas Wüpper
Director Investments Europe
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Revital (Tali) Hirsch
Senior Investment Associate
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John Viero
Regional Director Product and Marketing Innovation
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Fresenius Medical Care Ventures leads $100 million Series B financing for eGenesis

Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of dialysis services and products, has led the $100 million Series B equity financing for eGenesis through its corporate venture capital arm Fresenius Medical Care Ventures GmbH. eGenesis is a leading player in the field of xenotransplantation of kidneys for patients with advanced renal disease.

Founded by Luhan Yang and George Church in 2016, eGenesis is using gene editing technology to enable the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans safely and without an immune response rejecting the organ.

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SafeRide Health Announces Series A Funding Round Led by Fresenius Medical Care Ventures

SafeRide, Inc. (“SafeRide Health;” “SafeRide”), a Los Angeles area-based healthcare logistics provider, announced that it has raised an undisclosed Series A equity financing round. Fresenius Medical Care Ventures led the round, with additional contributions from Amplify.LA, Bonfire Ventures, FCA Venture Partners, and Meridian Street Capital.

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Digital Health Company Tridiuum Secures $9.5 Million in Series B Financing to Advance its Solution for Integrating Behavioral Health into Total Health

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 18, 2018 – Digital health company Tridiuum has secured $9.5 million in Series B financing, which includes equity capital from lead investor Sopris Capital and strategic co-investor Fresenius Medical Care Ventures, and debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank. Series A investors Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Martinson Ventures participated as well.

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Fresenius Medical Care Ventures invests in Israeli medical device company

Fresenius Medical Care Ventures, the venture capital unit of Fresenius Medical Care, announced today that it has invested $2 million in the Series B financing round for Vectorious Medical Technologies (“Vectorious”). The Israeli medical device company raised more than $10 million in this financing round, including a recent grant from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 flagship research and development program.

Vectorious has developed the V-LAP, a first of its kind in-heart microcomputer for left-atrial pressure monitoring. Data from this device is transmitted wirelessly to clinicians, enabling heart failure patients to be managed effectively before their disease advances.

The Series B financing will accelerate Vectorious’ ongoing R&D programs, as well as CE Mark and FDA regulatory approval initiatives.

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Corvidia Therapeutics Secures $60 Million in Series B Funding to Accelerate Clinical Work

Waltham, MA, April 25, 2018 — Corvidia Therapeutics Inc., a leading clinical stage biotechnology company, today announced the close of a $60 million USD Series B funding round. The financing will accelerate growth of Corvidia’s ongoing clinical programs, expand scientific and market access capabilities and explore new treatment areas.

Venrock led the Series B financing and was joined by five additional new investors: Andera (formerly Edmond de Rothschild), Cormorant Asset Management, HBM Healthcare Investments, Fresenius Medical Care Ventures GmbH and Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners (VHCP). Series A investors Apple Tree Partners, MedImmune, the global biologics Research and Development arm of AstraZeneca, and Sofinnova Partners, the founding seed investor, also participated in this round.

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