The surgical technology developer was valued at $3bn in a series C round co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and backed by Tencent and GE Healthcare.

Internet and telecommunications group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 co-led a $600m series D round for UK-headquartered surgical robotics technology developer CMR Surgical today with healthcare investment group Ally Bridge.

GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of power and industrial technology conglomerate General Electric, also took part in the round, which valued the company at $3bn, as did internet group Tencent.

RPMI Railpen and Chimera filled out the consortium together with existing backers including LGT and its Lightrock affiliate, Watrium, Cambridge Innovation Capital…

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