Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 23, 2017. It is with great pleasure that LSP, the specialist European healthcare investment firm, announces that its portfolio company G-Therapeutics has been named by FierceBiotech as one of FierceMedicalDevices' 2016 Fierce 15 companies, designating it as one of the most promising private medtech companies in the industry.
G-Therapeutics announced in April 2016 that it raised EUR 36 million to develop its novel neuro-stimulation therapy for people with spinal cord injuries. G-Therapeutics is a spin-off from the lab of Professor Grégoire Courtine at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), with offices in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and Lausanne, Switzerland. The Series A investment round was co-led by LSP, INKEF Capital, Gimv and Wellington Partners, with the goal to bring a unique, new therapy for improved rehabilitation of spinal-cord injuries from the lab to patients. In particular, G-Therapeutics is developing a unique, implantable neuro-stimulation system for electrical stimulation of specific areas of the spinal cord with real-time motion feedback, and intent-driven rehabilitation.
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About LSP
LSP is a leading independent European investment firm, providing financing for private and public life-science companies. Since the late 1980s, LSP’s management has invested in a large number of highly innovative enterprises, many of which have grown to become leaders of the global life-science industry. With over EUR 1 billion of investment capital raised to date and offices in Amsterdam, Munich and Boston, LSP is one of Europe’s largest and most experienced specialist life-science investors. For more information, please visit www.lspvc.com.