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Full coverage: medtech

Founded by doctors and a Medtronic VP, LaNua has banked €6m in funding

The start-up, formed just this year, is building a device for treating internal bleeding and tumours and Elkstone and Atlantic Bridge have now backed it.

Jonathan Keane
12th Dec, 2024 - 4 min read

A $4bn US adhesives firm has scooped up Irish medical glue maker Medifill

The Dublin-based company makes glue for closing wounds and has been acquired as part of a broader €180 million deal.

Jonathan Keane
3rd Dec, 2024 - 2 min read

With legal challenge in the rearview, Bluedrop Medical gears up for a major US expansion

The Galway medtech start-up is preparing trials for its device for diabetics in the US and is planning a funding round in the coming months.

Jonathan Keane
19th Nov, 2024 - 4 min read

With new backing from Rothschild investment firm, Schivo is plotting a major push in the US

The Waterford medtech company has brought on a new investor in US firm Five Arrows and is eyeing a major R&D and manufacturing expansion stateside.

Jonathan Keane
12th Nov, 2024 - 4 min read

Trinity Biotech’s Nasdaq listing is safe. Now it’s planning its next move

Despite a dangerously low share price, the Bray company has remained acquisitive, buying up companies that have brought it into new verticals.

Jonathan Keane
8th Nov, 2024 - 3 min read

Ireland’s disruptive tech fund has dished out €370m to date. Its manager wants to do more

Imelda Lambkin heads up the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund, tasked with backing cutting-edge tech projects in Ireland. She talks to The Currency about the fund’s mission and its future.

Jonathan Keane
1st Oct, 2024 - 6 min read

$40bn sensor maker TE Connectivity has shifted its HQ to Ireland

The US-listed company, which owns a medical device plant in Galway, moved its incorporation – and tax residence – from Switzerland to Ireland this week.

Jonathan Keane
30th Sep, 2024 - 3 min read

Sweden’s Vimian scoops up Meath’s iM3 Dental for its animal medtech division

The deal sees the Stockholm-listed animal health group acquire the Meath-based company for an initial €84m with a further €60m dependent on targets.

Jonathan Keane
9th Sep, 2024 - 2 min read

“Mutually beneficial”: Meath’s AQF Medical acquired by €2.5bn US firm UFP

AQF Medical makes specialist packaging for the medical device sector and has been picked up by the Nasdaq-listed firm. The deal means another exit for Irish private equity firm Renatus Capital Partners.

Jonathan Keane
26th Aug, 2024 - 2 min read

Kneat has reported record revenues but what does the bigger picture mean for the company?

The Limerick-based and Toronto-listed firm builds software for the life sciences sector but said its business is dependent on a “relatively small number of customers”.

Jonathan Keane
23rd Aug, 2024 - 6 min read
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