Weekly round-up: Big money announcements show the forecast is warming up for Optimum’s clients
Spring has officially sprung in London this week and there is an equally sunny forecast for Optimum and its clients. From a groundbreaking financing to celebrating women for International Women’s Day 2025, read this week’s round-up below.
Sofinnova Partners raises €1.2 billion to fuel the next wave of life sciences’ innovation
Sofinnova Partners, the leading European life sciences venture capital firm, announced it has raised €1.2 billion across its platform of investment strategies over the past year, including more than €1 billion secured in the last quarter. This achievement brings the firm’s assets under management (AUM) to more than €4 billion, solidifying its position as a leading backer of transformative innovation in healthcare and sustainability.
Novo Holdings and TA Associates invest in Biocomposites to drive next chapter of growth
Novo Holdings Principal Investments and TA Associates entered into an agreement to invest in Biocomposites, an international medical devices company that engineers, manufactures, and markets leading products for use in infection management in bone and soft tissue.
Gilmartin Group advises on Kestra Medical Technologies IPO
Congratulations were due this week to our US partner Gilmartin Group who supported Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc. on their $202m, upsized initial public offering on Nasdaq! Kestra Medical Technologies is a commercial-stage wearable medical device and digital healthcare company focused on transforming patient outcomes in cardiovascular disease using monitoring and therapeutic intervention technologies that are intuitive, intelligent, and connected.
International Women’s Day
As a female-led company, we are extremely proud to support this awareness day that promotes gender equality, forging a future free of bias, discrimination, and stereotypes.
This week on Optimum TV, we featured Renee Aguiar-Lucander, who explains how she took the helm at Calliditas Therapeutics and transformed it from a small Swedish biotech into a billion-dollar company. Renee talks about the hurdles she had to overcome, professional and personal, and why women in biotech need to tune out the negative voices and focus on success.
Upcoming industry events
The one-month countdown to the 21st Anglonordic Life Sciences Conference is on!
Register with Optimum’s exclusive F&F discount code – OPTIMUM20 to receive 20% off delegate passes!
Women’s health has been marked as a hot therapeutic area for investment and innovation. What better way to see these advancements in action than at the Women’s Health panel at the 21st edition of Anglonordic Life Sciences Conference on 3rd April.
See the panelists below for what promises to be a fantastic discussion.
📍 The Optimum Team will be at BIO-EUROPE Spring in Milan, 17-19th March, please reach out if you would like to connect with the team there!
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