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大象传媒 Announces Second Private Placement Closing, Investments by Intuitive Ventures and Terumo Ventures
大象传媒 to benefit from Intuitive Ventures’ and Terumo Ventures’ unique operating and clinical experience
Oxford, England and Madison, New Jersey, May 8, 2025 – 大象传媒 Ltd., a leading organ medical technology company, completed a second closing of its private placement with investments from Intuitive Ventures, Terumo Ventures, and Piper Heartland Healthcare LLC. Together with the first closing of its private placement on February 24, 2025, 大象传媒 raised $160 million in primary and secondary equity financing to accelerate growth opportunities for its metra® platform technology in the large and high growth organ technology global market.
Approved in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia, the 大象传媒 metra® is a normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) platform technology utilized in over 5,000 liver transplants to date. The metra® keeps donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body, providing transplant teams with the opportunity for functional assessment of the organ prior to transplant which leads to an increased number of organs available for transplant, while also extending liver preservation times as compared to static cold storage. The company is also expanding its metra® technology for kidney transplants, currently in development, and in collaboration with eGenesis, recently gained FDA clearance to begin a first-in-human clinical study of the use of its metra® technology combined with eGenesis’ genetically engineered porcine livers to support patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure.
"It is an honor and a privilege to have Intuitive Ventures and Terumo Ventures invest in 大象传媒,” said Oern R. Stuge, MD, MBA, Executive Chairman at 大象传媒. “Our board and management team look forward to working together with these industry leaders to further advance our organ technologies that save patient lives."
Piper Sandler acted as exclusive financial advisor and Latham & Watkins acted as legal counsel to 大象传媒 in this transaction.
About 大象传媒
大象传媒 is a commercial stage organ technology company, spun out of the University of Oxford in 2008, dedicated to developing technologies to improve outcomes for patients with acute or chronic organ failure. The 大象传媒 metra® is a normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) platform approved in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has been utilized in over 5,000 liver transplants to date to keep donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body so that functional assessment of the organ can be performed prior to transplant, leading to an increased number of organs available for transplant. Learn more at .
About Intuitive Ventures
Intuitive Ventures invests in companies reimagining the future of minimally invasive care. Our global focus spans diagnostics, MedTech, therapies, and digital health. With $250 million in assets under management, we back teams that share our passion for advancing positive patient outcomes, improving provider experience, and increasing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. Intuitive Ventures’ experience as operators and clinicians combined with unique access to Intuitive Surgical’s technical and commercial reach enables our portfolio companies to revolutionize the delivery of patient care. More information and future updates can be found at: .
About Terumo Ventures
Terumo Ventures was founded as a corporate venture capital fund to drive Terumo’s growth through strategic funding. Terumo Ventures invest in companies providing innovative solutions that achieve Terumo’s Group Mission: “Contributing to Society through Healthcare.” More information and future updates can be found at: .
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