Kyocera Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kyocera Corporation, recently announced an investment in KatoMed, which was the IGE MedTech Accelerator Company of the Year in 2025. KatoMed, who has developed a navigation tool for spine surgery that could result in safer, less costly procedures and improved workflow for surgeons, has deep ties to the University of California San Diego. Those connections were on display recently, as the current and incoming presidents of Japanese electronics giant Kyocera attended a demo of KatoMed’s technology on campus, at the UC San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery. Read Full Article
Aug 21, 2025
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IGE's MedTech Accelerator Stage 2 startup, Channel Robotics, announced that it has raised $4.6 million in total funding to advance its handheld AI-enabled endoscopic robotic platform.
The company recently closed a $2.5 million Seed+ financing round led by True Ventures. The round follows Channel Robotics’ $2.1 million seed financing, which included participation from Defined VC and Old Line Capital Partners.
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