Private Company Edition: Pitchbook is out with an early look at its venture capital expectations for next year, showing continued interest in seed financings and fewer $100m-plus mega-rounds. Recent VC deals include a $75m series B financing for Alpha-9 Theranostics and $71.6m for A2 Biotherapeutics. 

Microbot Medical CEO Harel Gadot said a recent regulatory filing marks an important milestone in his company' efforts to bring the world’s first fully disposable endovascular robot to market.

In this roundup feature focusing on new developments in digital health, Medtech Insight spotlights AI trends in medtech, Exec Chats with iRhythm and medical robotics authority Moshe Shoham, and key FDA updates.

Medtech Insight talked with Moshe Shoham about the innovative technologies behind surgical robotics companies Microbot Medical, XACT Robotics, Tamar Robotics and ForSight Robotics, which were all spun out of his laboratory in Israel.