HOUSTON, July 22: TYBR Health today announced a $30 million Series A financing led by Vensana Capital and Mutual Capital Partners, with participation from Neovate Capital Partners and existing investors. The company will use the funds to expand commercial access to its FDA-cleared B3 GEL® System, broaden its product indications, and run clinical studies evaluating tissue protection during orthopedic surgery.
Orthopedic surgery is very good at what it sets out to do: restore anatomy and repair damaged structures. The operation, though, is only the start of recovery. How tissue responds over the following days and weeks shapes scarring, mobility, pain, and how much function returns, and surgeons have had few tools to influence tissue healing after the surgery.
TYBR Health builds technology for that critical healing window. The B3 GEL® System is a flowable extracellular matrix hydrogel, cleared by the FDA, designed to protect tendons, ligaments, muscles, and the surrounding soft tissue while they heal.
“Surgeons are exceptionally good at the structural repair, but the biology that follows is what determines how it heals. That part of the equation has gone largely unaddressed,” said Tim Keane, PhD, co-founder and CEO of TYBR Health. “We built TYBR Health around a simple principle: managing the healing environment should complement good surgical technique and contribute to better recovery for patients.”
“There’s a shift underway across surgical specialties, from focusing almost entirely on the mechanical repair to also weighing the biological conditions that repair needs to succeed,” Keane added. “This financing lets us reach more surgeons and generate the clinical evidence to move that shift forward.”
Since launch, the B3 GEL® System has been used in hand, wrist, shoulder, foot and ankle, and sports medicine procedures. Early adoption has come from surgeons looking for a straightforward way to manage and protect healing tissue without adding time or complexity to the case.
“B3 GEL® adheres where it’s applied, conforms to the native anatomy, and forms a protective barrier through the healing window,” said Greg Banker, Partner at Vensana Capital. “TYBR has shown real commercial traction early and built a strong team, and we’re glad to back them in this next phase.”
“TYBR Health is addressing a gap surgeons have lived with for a long time, with a product that fits the way they already work,” said Liz Todia Zambory, Principal at Mutual Capital Partners. “We’re excited to co-lead this round and support the company’s growth.”
As part of the financing, Greg Banker of Vensana Capital and Liz Todia Zambory of Mutual Capital Partners will join the TYBR Health Board of Directors, alongside independent director Aaron Smith.