TROD Medical NV/SA
TROD Medical Completes EUR4.75M Series B Financing
TROD Medical NV/SA / Key word(s): Miscellaneous TROD Medical Completes EUR4.75M Series B Financing – Co-led by Capricorn Venture Partners and Vesalius Biocapital – Proceeds will be used to deliver further clinical evidence of the EncageTM RF Device in focal treatment of localized prostate cancer Leuven, Belgium, October 24th, 2013 – Medical device company TROD Medical NV/SA today announced that it has successfully completed a Series B financing round for EUR4.75m co-led by Vesalius Biocapital through its Vesalius Biocapital II Arkiv N.V. Fund (Brussels Belgium) and Capricorn Venture Partners through its Capricorn Health-tech Fund (Leuven, Belgium). Other investors in the Series B round are Gemma Frisius Fund, the spin-off fund of the University of Leuven (Leuven, Belgium) and the Flemish investment company PMV, through its healthcare fund FCI (Brussels, Belgium). This funding will be used to perform clinical studies in both Europe and the US to further validate the EncageTM technology for the focal treatment of prostate cancer. As part of the financing, TROD Medical relocated its head office to Leuven, Belgium. In addition, TROD medical will enter into a collaboration with the Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC), an interdisciplinary research center in the University Hospitals Leuven, campus Gasthuisberg. Andre Faure established TROD Medical to develop and commercialize a radio frequency based technology called EncageTM, which allows very precise soft tissue ablation, including cancer spots in the prostate. The TROD Medical technology EncageTMoffers an innovative type of treatment with reduced risk of side effects, like impotence and incontinence. The first patients were successfully treated in a pilot study. ‘This transaction is a great example of how a number of local actors can make the difference: the involvement of a strong local investor syndicate and the input of local know-how and expertise will allow TROD Medical to advance and optimize its product offer,’ commented Frank Bulens, Partner at Capricorn Venture Partners. Stéphane Verdood, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Vesalius Biocapital said, ‘We are very happy that we identified this opportunity back in 2012 and that we could convince the founders and CEO to move to Flanders. The technology is great and very promising.’ TROD Medical Chief Executive Andre Faure commented, ‘This new financing round will allow expansion of our EncageTM RF ablation technology in outstanding Centers in the US and Europe. The Urology Community is very excited about the precision and consistency of our EncageTM ablation device and it won’t take long to establish our technology as the only one really effective for focal ablation treatments.’ As part of the financing Frank Bulens (Capricorn Venture Partners) and Stéphane Verdood (Vesalius BioCapital) joined the Board of Directors. About TROD Medical NV/SA Trod Medical is a Medical Device Company, with headquarters in Leuven (Belgium) and Tampa Bay area (USA). The Company, incepted in 2006 by Dr. Andre Faure, developed significant expertise in developing innovative ablation technologies, particularly Radio Frequency (RF) ablation devices. About Capricorn Health-Tech Fund and Capricorn Venture Partners Capricorn Venture Partners is an independent pan-European venture capital and asset manager seeking to invest in technology based growth companies. Capricorn’s dedicated investment teams are composed of experienced investment professionals with deep technology expertise and a broad industrial experience. Capricorn is investing out of its Capricorn Cleantech Fund, its Capricorn Health-tech Fund, the Capricorn ICT Arkiv and is managing Quest for Growth, a cross-over fund quoted on EuroNext Brussels, and the Quest Management Cleantech Sicav. For more information, visit http://www.capricorn.be. About Vesalius Biocapital For more information visit www.vesaliusbiocapital.com About PMV nv Andre Faure, TROD Medical – CEO End of Corporate News 24.10.2013 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
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