Portfolio Press

News & Press Coverage

The milestones below belong to the teams who earned them, and we're proud to have backed them. Below are links to recent news, media coverage, and select press releases from across the portfolio.*

Mendaera

October 2026

Mendaera's Focalist™ System Now Compatible with Butterfly's Ultrasound-on-Chip™ Technology

HistoSonics

September 2026

$10M histotripsy research center launches to advance sound-wave-based cancer treatment

Bright Uro

September 2026

Bright Uro expands Board Leadership with addition of two Medtech and Urology Industry Veterans

Mendaera

August 2026

New Peer-Reviewed Study Shows 98% Technical Success for Mendaera's Focalist™ System Across Urology, Anesthesiology, and Nephrology

HistoSonics

July 2026

HistoSonics Receives CE Mark, Unlocking Access Across Europe and Accelerating Global Commercialization of the Edison® Histotripsy Platform

Capstan Medical

July 2026

Maggie Nixon, CEO of Capstan Medical featured in LSI cover story

HistoSonics

June 2026

HistoSonics closes new financing with value reaching $3.75B HistoSonics Receives Landmark TFDA Approval in Taiwan, Accelerating Global Expansion

HistoSonics

May 2026

HistoSonics seeks FDA de novo authorization in kidney cancer

Rivermark Medical

May 2026

Rivermark Medical brings in $20M to support FloStent device for BPH

Bright Uro

May 2026

FDA clears Glean Abdominal Sensor, expanding catheter-free urodynamics platform

Bright Uro

April 2026

Bright Uro Launches Glean® Patient Registry to Create Urodynamic Intelligence™

HistoSonics

March 2026

HistoSonics Treats First Patients Evaluating the Edison® Histotripsy System for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

Verve Medical

March 2026

Verve Medical treats first patient in study of pelvic denervation for hypertension

Capstan Medical

March 2026

Coming soon: Capstan Medical's next-gen structural heart robotics system Capstan Medical completes robotic catheter mitral valve replacement

Uromedica

February 2026

Coloplast A/S – Interim Financial Report, Q1 2025/26 (Coloplast US to acquire Uromedica)

Mendaera

September 2025

Mendaera reports first procedures with handheld surgical robotic system First PCNL procedures with Focalist handheld robotic system debut at WCET

HistoSonics

August 2025

Investor syndicate takes majority control of HistoSonics ($2.5B)

Mendaera

July 2025

Mendaera earns FDA clearance for Focalist handheld robotic system

Spirair

July 2025

Spirair Receives FDA Clearance for TurAlign, a New Bioabsorbable Implant That Helps Keep Nasal Passages Open After Sinus Surgery

HistoSonics

April 2025

HistoSonics Edison Histotripsy System Evaluated at 12 Months in #HOPE4LIVER Trials

Rivermark Medical

April 2025

Pivotal trial launches of FloStent System for BPH (first patient enrolled, RAPID III)

Capstan Medical

December 2024

Capstan Medical raises $110M for heart valve with robotic system

Rivermark Medical

October 2024

Rev Up: Milwaukee startup Rivermark Medical secures $30 million in funding

Bright Uro

October 2024

Bright Uro Announces Oversubscribed $32M Series A Funding Round

Mendaera

September 2024

Mendaera grabs $73M for handheld, needle-based robotics system

Spirair

April 2024

FDA clears Spirair's SeptAlign system to treat nasal septal deviation

Auris Health

November 2023

Johnson & Johnson Monarch surgical robot earns regulatory nod for bronchoscopy in China

Bright Uro

November 2023

Bright Uro raises $23M Series A to support urodynamics system

HistoSonics

October 2023

FDA Grants Marketing Authorization to Edison Histotripsy System for Treatment of Liver Tumors

Capstan Medical

October 2023

Capstan Medical Attracts $31.4 Million in Series B Funding

Verve Medical

July 2023

Verve Medical's Renal Pelvic Denervation System Receives IDE Approval for Pivotal Trial

Verve Medical

November 2022

Verve Medical's Data Published From Feasibility Trial for Transurethral Renal Pelvic Denervation for Uncontrolled Hypertension

Auris Health

May 2019

J&J's Auris unveils early results on Monarch robot for lung procedures

Auris Health

February 2019

Johnson & Johnson To Buy Auris Health, A Robotics Rival to Intuitive Surgical

Uromedica

July 2017

Uromedica wins CMS coverage for ProAct continence therapy device

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