Want more health tech deals? Check out the Axios Pro Deals Tracker.
Venture Capital
• Galatea Bio, a Miami-based genomic research and genetic testing startup, raised $25m from F-Prime Capital, Helios Digital Ventures, Digitalis Ventures, AME Cloud, CEI Ventures, Alexandria, Founders Collective, Stanford President's Fund and HBM Genomics. galatea.bio
• Layer Health, a Brookline, Mass.-based clinical note analysis startup, raised a $21m Series A led by Define Ventures, with participation from Flare Capital Partners, GV and MultiCare Capital Partners. Go deeper
• VQ Biomedical, a Durham, N.C.-based developer of devices for treating lung injuries, raised $1.7m in seed funding from Harbright Ventures, Wolfpack Investor Network, and Duke Capital Partners. Go deeper
• Healsgood, a U.K.-based provider of NHS staffing and operational efficiency startup, raised £1.5m from Fuel Ventures. Go deeper
Private Equity
• Elliott Management spoke with PE firms about buying Bayer's consumer health business, per the FT. Go deeper
• KKR is in talks to buy Topcon (Tokyo: 7732), a Japanese medical gear maker with a $2.15b market cap, per Reuters. Go deeper
Public Offerings
• Asker Healthcare Group, a Swedish health products distributor backed by Nalka Invest, raised around $887m in its Stockholm IPO. Go deeper
