China's Zhejiang Silk Road Fund backs $100m Series B for CMR Surgical

China's Zhejiang Silk Road Fund backs $100m Series B for CMR Surgical

An attendee holds the hand of a humanoid robot named Pepper, developed by SoftBank Corp.'s Aldebaran Robotics unit, during a SoftBank developer's workshop for students and robot enthusiasts in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg

CMR Surgical Ltd, a British company developing a next-generation surgical robot, on Tuesday announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of $100 million from China’s Zhejiang Silk Road Fund and existing investors Escala Capital Investments, LGT, Cambridge Innovation Capital and Watrium.

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