VC funding will remain challenging for many in the health care industry, Silicon Valley Bank’s market manager Milo Bissin told attendees at the recent DHIS West conference. Companies focusing on promising areas such as AI-powered technologies, women’s health and value-based care likely have the best chances to draw investors’ attention.

Venus Medtech has agreed a licensing deal with Endoluminal Sciences, an Australian start-up with technology to prevent paravalvular leakage and improve TAVR outcomes.

Venus Medtech, the Chinese transcatheter aortic valve technology specialist, has made its second international acquisition as it pursues its strategy for global expansion in the TAVR market.

Transcatheter Technologies GMBH is preparing to enter the $1.5-1.6 billion Endovascular Aortic Repair market with a product that it says offers advantages over devices that are already available.