Archive for the ‘R&D funding’ Category

GE Launches $250 Million Healthymagination Fund

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

GE’s $250 million “GE Healthymagination Fund” has a global focus and will make investments in highly promising healthcare technology companies. The formation of the fund is part of the company’s $6 billion Healthymagination initiative, a global commitment to deliver better healthcare to more people at lower cost. The fund will ...

Large Scale French Funding for Artificial Heart Programme

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

CARMAT SAS, a start-up developing a total artificial heart for use in late-stage heart failure has announced that the European Commission has authorised Oséo (the French state innovation agency) to award €33 million in funding to its research and development programme. The company, together with four industrial partners, is developing ...

£1.3 m Investment from Longbow Leads to New Imaging Software

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Biotronics3D develops imaging software for diagnostic point-of-care applications. When seeking funds to development its product range, the company obtained help with investor introductions from the Gateway to Investment consortium, g2i. After an initial assessment and induction process, the consortium drafted and advised on the company's investment collateral, including the business ...

£7.9 Million Investment in R&D Programme to Aid Chronic Wound Care

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

ITI Techmedia, a developer of market-driven intellectual property, is to invest £7.9m in a three and a half year research and development (R&D) programme to create an automated platform for chronic wound diagnosis. The programme will demonstrate how the technology will be applied to diabetes-related chronic wounds, but the technology ...