Global: Early-stage healthcare funding focused on France and Africa

Healthcare companies came out of the gates running in the first week of the year with early-stage healthcare funding focused on Europe and Africa. French medtech company CorWave has raised €35m (US$42.7m) in Series C funding. Existing shareholders Bpifrance, Novo Holdings, Seventure, Sofinnova Partners and Ysios Capital significantly increased their stake in the company and…