EyeYon Medical Raises $25 Million in Series C Funding

EyeYon Medical is $25 million richer, thanks to a Series C funding round that raised capital from several investors.

“The overwhelming interest in joining our latest funding round reflects the confidence that investors have in our unique and disruptive technology and its tremendous ability to address the clinical challenges and the huge market opportunity in the growing corneal implants market,” Nahum Ferera, co-founder and CEO of EyeYon Medical, said in a news release. “Together with our team of clinical and medical device experts, we have developed a novel solution which has already shown groundbreaking results and safety in human trials. The latest investments position EyeYon Medical as a global pioneer in the ophthalmology space and in corneal care.”

The money will be used to expand clinical trials of EyeYon Medical’s flagship product, EndoArt.
 
EndoArt is the first synthetic implant that enables doctors to treat chronic corneal edema with a minimally invasive surgery that erodes the use of human tissue, according to EndoArt. With more than 13 million on the waiting list for corneal transplant, the EndoArt was created in an effort to ease global shortages of corneal donations. Clinical trials, which are already underway in selected medical centers across Europe (IVRC in Heidelberg, Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular (IMO) in Barcelona, and AMC in Amsterdam) and in Israel (Soroka Medical Center, Rambam Health Care Campus, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Barzilai Medical Center) have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of EyeYon Medical’s groundbreaking technology.
 
The funding was led by a global strategic leader in the ophthalmic industry and CR-CP Life Science Fund, according to EyeYon. Other participants in the round include Global Health Sciences (GHS) Fund (Quark Venture LP and GF Securities), BPC and existing investors Triventures, Rimonci, Pontifax and Diamond BioFund. The latest round brings the company’s valuation to $36 million.
 
Following the new investments, EyeYon Medical will expand its clinical trials with the aim to receive regulatory approval in the United States, China, and Europe and leverage the company’s professional network and the demand for the product.
  
“These resources will enable us to accelerate the clinical and regulatory phases in our key markets,” said Dr. Ofer Daphna, co-founder and the inventor of the EndoArt. “EndoArt will simplify corneal surgical procedures and can potentially empower any anterior segment surgeon to perform the surgery with a vision to eliminate the worldwide long waiting list for available human donor corneas.”