Kernel Capital portfolio company B-Secur Ltd, a Belfast-based health tech company, has completed a total raise of £8.8 million (USD $12 million) of investment in 2021, with the latest round led by US-based First Capital Ventures and The Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund NI increasing its investment level to £2.2M with other existing investors also participating.

Chepstow based health tech firm Forth is set to capitalise on the growth in the female science and technology market as it has secured £1.6m funding to support the launch of its ground-breaking female health product. Leading the team at Forth is CEO and Co-Founder Sarah Bolt. She said: “Today, more and more people are realising that understanding and measuring your body’s biochemistry is key for a long and healthy life. For women in particular, gaining unique insight into how their hormone levels fluctuate throughout their unique cycle can give women the support they have been lacking and help to close the gender health gap”. 

Closed Loop Medicine, the global leader in the development of single prescription drug plus digital therapy (DTx) combination products to enable precision dosing, has closed a £13 million financing. 

Dr Louise Rix, a former VC at Forward Partners, is stepping into the start-up world and taking up a new role as Chief Medical Officer at femtech start-up Béa Fertility. 

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UKs most active investors in growing businesses,  has invested £3.25 million in London-based RwHealth 

Sphere Fluidics, has closed a $40 million (circa £30 million) investment round. 

Pharmacierge, the healthtech company that offers same-day prescription medicine delivery in London and next day delivery throughout the UK, has raised £1.25m from a number of leading clinicians and angel investors.  Investors include Alex Chesterman OBE, founder of Cazoo and Zoopla and Simon Franks, who co-founded Lovefilm. In a show of confidence from the medical profession, many practitioner users have also invested in the round, 

Imophoron, a developer of a novel, next generation rapid-response vaccine platform, ADDomer(TM), to combat present and future infectious diseases, has secured £4 million in an oversubscribed fundraising round. 

Entia, a medical technology business, which recently announced a commercial partnership with Pfizer UK, raised $12 million earlier in the year in a funding round co-led by UK growth capital investor, BGF and growth fund manager, Parkwalk, with participation from existing seed investor Sussex Place Ventures.

Stim OxyGen, an innovative cancer treatment technology company, has been named as the overall winner of the 2021 Northern Ireland INVENT Awards.

Sanome, a European health start-up, has raised £2m as its first round of funding from a number of leading UK and European HealthTech specialist investors. The round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Crista Galli Ventures, Selvedge Ventures, o2h Ventures, Meltwind and a number of high-profile angels including David Cleevely and Pam Garside.

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