- The Montpellier (France)-based medical robotics company Quantum Surgical, has secured a financing of €30 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
- This funding will support the global commercial development of Epione®, Quantum Surgical’s platform dedicated to the curative and early treatment of inoperable tumors in the abdomen and lungs.
- This investment benefits from the guarantee of the InvestEU program established by the European Commission.
This operation aims to accelerate the commercialization of the medical robot Epione, designed for minimally invasive treatment of abdominal and lung cancer.
After selling its first robot in the United States in December 2023 and the acquisition of Epione® by the Paoli-Calmettes Institute in Marseille in March 2024, the financing will accelerate the commercial development of the company. This is the second loan granted by the EIB to Quantum Surgical, following an initial financing in 2021 for the commercial launch of Epione®.
Epione® is a technology that enables interventional radiologists to perform safe and effective percutaneous tumor ablations, a minimally invasive treatment where one or more needles are inserted through the skin to destroy the tumor.
Epione® is CE marked in Europe for abdomen and lung tumors, and FDA cleared for abdominal tumors. Epione® is available in France, at the Gustave Roussy Cancer Center in Villejuif, at the Hospices Civils de Lyon as well as at the Paoli-Calmettes Institute in Marseille, and in Miami, United States.
More than 4 million new cases of abdominal and lung cancers are diagnosed each year worldwide. Several hundred patients have already been treated worldwide using Quantum Surgical’s medical platform.
“At Quantum Surgical, our goal is to provide patients with innovative and effective treatment on a global scale. We are delighted to receive support once again from the EIB. This demonstrates that our technology is destined for global adoption to revolutionize cancer treatment,” says Bertin Nahum, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Surgical.
“Already a partner of Quantum Surgical, the EIB is pleased to once again support the development of a surgical robot that has proven its worth in the medical field. This €30 million financing demonstrates Europe’s commitment to supporting innovation and promising technologies in the healthcare sector, essential for improving the lives and well-being of patients on a much larger scale,” stated Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President of the European Investment Bank.
About Quantum Surgical
Quantum Surgical is a French medical robotics company co-founded in 2017 by Bertin Nahum, CEO. With a dynamic team of over 110 employees, the company is headquartered in Montpellier, France, and has offices in Miami, Florida. Its Epione® platform is dedicated to the curative and early treatment of cancers. Quantum Surgical thus offers a new approach to cancer treatment by standardizing access to care. More patients can benefit from innovative, better targeted and less invasive treatments. Hundreds of patients have already been treated worldwide. Quantum Surgical was awarded the prestigious Prix Galien USA in 2022, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for biopharmaceutical research, and joined in 2023 the governmental French Tech 2030 program in 2023 that supports top emerging actors in disruptive innovation.
About the European Investment bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s mission is to contribute to the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the European Union. It borrows large volumes of funds on the capital markets and lends them on very favourable terms to support projects furthering EU policy objectives. The EIB is working to put the European Union at the forefront of the next wave of innovation, especially in the health sector. As the EU climate bank, the EIB is one of the main providers of finance in the green transition towards a more sustainable, low-carbon growth model.
About InvestEU
The InvestEU programme provides the European Union with crucial long-term funding by leveraging substantial private and public funds in support of a sustainable recovery. It also helps mobilise private investments for the European Union’s policy priorities, such as the European Green Deal and the digital transition. The InvestEU programme brings together under one roof the multitude of EU financial instruments currently available to support investment in the European Union, making funding for investment projects in Europe simpler, more efficient and more flexible. The programme consists of three components: the InvestEU Fund, the InvestEU Advisory Hub and the InvestEU Portal. The InvestEU Fund is implemented through financial partners that will invest in projects using the EU budget guarantee of €26.2 billion. The entire budget guarantee will back the investment projects of the implementing partners, increase their risk-bearing capacity and thus mobilise at least €372 billion in additional investment.
Press contacts
Quantum Surgical
Stéphanie Moy
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Tel. : +33 (0)6 32 55 85 48
EIB
Christophe Alix
c.alix@bei.org,
tél : +33 6 11 81 30 99
www.bei.org/press
presse@bei.org
European Commission
Flora Matthaes, tel: +32 229 83951 | flora.matthaes@ec.europa.eu
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