French medtech startup BCV bags €6M: Know more
Summary
Paris-based BCV (Basecamp Vascular), a medtech company, announced on Wednesday that it has secured €6M in a Series A round of financing led by New York-based Forepont Capital Partners. The company has developed a mechatronic shape memory alloy guidewire, providing practitioners with direct access and navigation during minimally invasive endovascular procedures. This steerable mechatronic guidewire is designed to enhance safety, reduce procedure time, and produce better outcomes, providing support during critical interventions performed for stroke or artery diseases. “Our technology, applied to a guidewire, will be a disruptive change in minimally invasive procedures improving patients’ outcomes,” says Raphaël Blanc, M.D., Chairman and co-founder of BCV. Forepont offers scientific, technological, financial, and operational support to enhance portfolio company performance by leveraging its talents with its know-how and global ecosystem.