OSSIO Secures $22 Million in Financing

Mar 11, 2019 10:03 AM -08:00

Proceeds to Be Used for US Commercialization and Operational Expansion

WOBURN, MA., March 11, 2019 — OSSIO, an orthopedic fixation company, today announced the closing of $22 million in equity financings led by OCV Partners, a Los Angeles based venture capital firm, with continued participation from existing investors Ortho Vision LLC and Secocha Ventures.

OSSIO has raised a total of $35 million to date. The Company will use these funds to accelerate strategic growth initiatives, including talent acquisition, commercialization, new product development and operational expansion.

In January, OSSIO received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for its OSSIOfiber™ Bone Pin Family, a first-of-its kind implant system that uses a proprietary bio-integrative material to provide stability and maintain the alignment of bone fractures, osteotomies, arthrodesis and bone grafts during the healing process, leaving no permanent hardware behind. Offering physicians and their patients a new category in fixation implants, the OSSIOfiber™ platform provides an unprecedented combination of mechanical strength and natural bone healing in a non-permanent implant. While OSSIOfiber™ will have broad application across the spectrum of orthopedic fixation, its first commercial use is focused in the foot and ankle segment for the treatment of forefoot conditions where hardware removal surgeries are prevalent.

“Following receipt of FDA clearance in January, we are moving forward with the commercial launch of OSSIOfiber™ in the United States. This financing provides us with the necessary capital to accelerate our core strategic growth initiatives to ensure we have the inventory and support to meet the anticipated demand for the OSSIOfiber™ technology,” said Brian Verrier, CEO, OSSIO. “We are honored that OCV, Ortho Vision and Secocha Ventures, together with the rest of our strong group of investors, stand behind our breakthrough fixation technology and our overall vision to transform the orthopedic experience for patients, physicians and payors.”

“OSSIO has created a novel bio-integrative fixation platform that we believe has the potential to disrupt the global orthopedic fixation market,” said Mark Yung, Co-Founder and Managing Principal, OCV Partners. “With its unparalleled bio-integrative platform and unique ability to address multiple surgical applications and segments, OSSIOfiber™ Intelligent Bone Regeneration Technology offers a highly differentiated fixation approach that is stronger than bone and fully incorporates into the native anatomy, minimizing implant-related complications and the need for additional surgeries.” Zohar Loshitzer, Principal at OCV, will be joining the OSSIO Board of Directors, effective immediately.

About OSSIOfiber™ Intelligent Bone Regeneration Technology

Designed for rapid bone in-growth, regeneration and replacement, OSSIOfiber™ Intelligent Bone Regeneration Technology is a first-of-its-kind implant material stronger than cortical bone that leaves nothing permanent behind. OSSIOfiber™ is engineered to provide the strength required for functional fixation and allows for full integration into the native anatomy without adverse biological response. OSSIOfiber™ implants utilize existing reimbursement and surgical techniques. The OSSIOfiber™ Bone Pin Family represents the first of several regulatory approvals for the company and is cleared for use in the United States for maintenance of alignment and fixation of bone fractures, osteotomies, arthrodesis and bone grafts in the presence of appropriate additional immobilization.

About OSSIO

OSSIO is an orthopedic fixation company committed to transforming the orthopedic experience for patients, physicians and payers. Founded in 2014, its vision is to provide the first credible replacement to metal implants in the multi-billion-dollar global orthopedic fixation market with its OSSIOfiber™ Intelligent Bone Regeneration Technology. OSSIO’s development headquarters is located in Caesarea, Israel, and its commercial headquarters is in Woburn, Massachusetts. For more information on the company visit www.ossio.io.

About OCV Management LLC

OCV Management, LLC is a Los Angeles based investment firm co-founded by Richard Ressler and Mark Yung in 2016. The firm leverages an investment strategy deployed successfully since 1993 and a team of seasoned professionals who have worked together for an average of 19 years. OCV invests in companies with differentiated technologies and compelling target markets, with the overriding objective of creating sustainable long-term value. As partners, OCV provides operational and financial expertise through its experienced principals, who have proven success as entrepreneurs, business leaders and investors across a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare, industrials, real estate and finance. OCV invests across all stages of a company’s growth cycle, and finds creative investment solutions to fit a company’s needs. For more information, visit www.ocvpartners.com.

Forward-looking statements contained herein are based on estimates and assumptions of OSSIO management and are believed to be reasonable, though they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict.