French Investment Fund (FSI) has led a €28m ($36.8m) round in SuperSonic Imagine, a France-based developer of ultrasound medical imaging technology previously backed by Japanese equipment company Canon.
FSI was joined by Alto Investment, Kuwait Life Sciences Company and return backers Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Auriga Partners, Omnes Capital, CDC Entreprises, NBGI Ventures, Wellington Partners, iXO Private Equity and Mérieux Développement, a corporate venturing unit of local foundation Institut Mérieux.
SuperSonic Imagine raised €34.5m in a series C round in November 2010 from a consortium led by Mérieux Développement and including Canon.
SuperSonic’s extended B round closed in May 2009 at €26m after a €10m series A round in March 2006 and €550,000 of seed money the year before.