Tangent Medical Technologies (Ann Arbor, MI) a development-stage medical device company focused on peripheral intravenous delivery systems, closed a $4.5M Series A financing. Participants include Arboretum Ventures, Flagship Ventures and Osage Ventures.

Innopharma (Piscataway, NJ) a development-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on generics and drug delivery technology platforms for existing drugs, closed a $15M Series A financing. Participants include Thomas, McNerney & Partners.

Valeritas (Bridgewater, NJ) a commercial-stage developer of a disposable insulin delivery device, closed a $150M Series C financing. Participants include Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, MPM Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Abingworth Management, Advanced Technology Ventures, Onset Ventures, HLM Venture Partners, Agate Medical Investments, CHL Medical Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

Activaero (Germany) a clinical-stage medical device company focused on inhaled pulmonary drug delivery, a $6.8M Series B financing. Participants include Life Sciences Partners, BioMedPartners, VI Partners, Abalis Finance, Vesalius Biocapital and MedVenture Partners.

DBV Technologies (France) a clinical-stage drug:device biopharma company focused on non invasive immunotherapy delivery for food allergies, closed a $25.5M Series C financing. Participants include InnoBio Fund, Lundbeckfond Ventures, ALTO Invest, Sofinnova Partners, ALK Abello and Apax Partners.

Civitas Therapeutics (Chelsea, MA) a preclinical-stage dry powder pulmonary delivery platform and device combination company focused on for Parkinson’s disease, closed a $20M Series A financing. Participants include Longitude Capital and Canaan Partners.

Pantech Biosolutions (Liechtenstein) a clinical-stage device company focused on a laser-based transdermal delivery system for large-molecular weight drugs, closed a $19M Series B financing. Participants include StemCell Holding and Gamma Capital Partners.

Ensysce Biosciences (Houston, TX) a development-stage biopharma company focused on carbon nanotube complexes for chemotherapeutic transport, closed a $1.5M Series A financing. Participants include Texas Emerging Technology Fund.

Liquidia Technologies (Research Triangle Park, NC) a development-stage company focused on improving delivery of inhaled therapeutics and vaccines via nanoparticles with optimized characteristics for increased target specificity, closed a $5M Series C financing, bringing the total round to $25M. Participants include Canaan Partners, Pappas Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Morningside, Firelake Capital and PPD

Liquidia (Morrisville, NC) a development-stage company focused on improving delivery of inhaled therapeutics and vaccines via nanoparticles with optimized characteristics for increased target specificity, closed a $13M Series C financing, bringing the total round to $20M. Participants include Canaan Partners, Pappas Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Morningside and Firelake Capital.

Carticept (Alpharetta, GA) a near commercial-stage medical device company focused on a computer controlled infusion system for osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries, closed a $20M Series B financing. Participants include SonoSite, Domain Associates and New Enterprise Associates.

Glide Pharma (United Kingdom) a clinical-stage device company focused on the needle-free administration of solid dose therapeutics and vaccines, closed a $4.3M Series D financing. Participants include Hygea VCT and Oxford Technology Management.

MicroCHIPS (Bedford, MA) a development-stage medical device company focused on implantable drug delivery and biosensing for diabetes and osteoporosis, closed a $16.5M Series C financing. Participants include InterWest Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Novartis Venture Fund, Flybridge Capital Partners, Medtronic, Saints Capital, Intersouth Partners, Care Capital and CSK Venture Capital.