2011 venture fundings & acquisitions

by Frank Tobe

10 March 2011

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… Tibion Bionic Technologies, a medical device company, secured $10.17 million.
… Mazor Robotics, an Israeli medical surgical devices company, secured $6.3 million
… iWalk, another bionic prosthetics company, raises $15 million.
… Cobham, a British aerospace/defense supplier, has acquired Telerob, a German bomb disposal robots manufacturer, for €78 million.

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Frank Tobe is the owner and publisher of The Robot Report, and is also a panel member for Robohub's Robotics by Invitation series.

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