Investment and financing | Investment and financing Analysis Report on low-value consumables field in 2022

Financing overview

From 2017 to 2021, from the point of view of the number of financings, the trend of the number of financings in the field of low-value consumables in China was as follows: the total number of financing was 440, an average of about 88 per year, and the total number of financing in the field of low-value consumables in 2022 was 64, down 36.0% year-on-year.

Figure1. Financing situation of low-value consumables from 2017 to 2021

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Figure 2. Comparison of financing rounds in the low-value consumables sector in 2021 VS 2022

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From the perspective of financing rounds, the number of low-value consumables “Angel round” financing events in 2022 was 1, the number of “Round A (including pre-A round, etc.)” financing events was 13, the number of “Round B (including pre-B round, etc.)” financing events was 3, and the number of “Round C (including pre-C round, etc.)” financing events was 1. The number of “D round (including pre-D round, etc.)” financing events was 1, the number of “Strategic investment and financing” financing events was 12, the number of “IPO” financing events was 12, and the number of “Other” financing events was 21.

Analysis of the subdivision of mechanical enterprises

In 2022, the concentration distribution of mechanical companies in the low-value consumables track that received financing by segment was as follows. The number of financing events of “Isolation shield” was 2 times, “Clothes for operating room” was 2 times, “Tape” was 2 times, “Absorbable surgical hemostatic material” was 2 times, “Bandage” was 2 times, “Pad” was 3 times, and “Surgical gloves” was 3 times. The number of financing events of “Liquid and paste dressing” was 3 times, “Hand protective equipment” was 3 times, “Surgical mask” was 4 times, “Medical Center attraction System” was 4 times, “Hemodialysis equipment” was 4 times, and “Sterile syringe” was 5 times. The number of financing events of “Drainage bag (container)/collection bag (container), stool management equipment” was 5 times, and the number of financing events of “Body surface electrode” was 6 times.

Financing Analysis of Machinery Enterprises in Various Cities

In 2022, the main device companies in the low-value consumables track that received financing were in Shenzhen, Beijing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wuhan, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Chengdu and Hangzhou.

Figure 4.  Regional distribution of low-value consumables equipment enterprises that received financing for low-value consumables in 2021 VS 2022

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Figure 5 Investment and financing situation of low-value consumables in 2022 (sorted by financing amount)

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Data declaration:

Data Source：MDCLOUD

Data dimension:  Investment and financing data of domestic medical device R&D and production enterprises, including: financing time, financing events, financing scale, financing rounds, investment institutions, segments, cities. (Since the amount of financing was not disclosed in some cases, this paper will maximize the realistic significance reflected by the data based on limited information.)

Analytical category :

Statistical time: January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2022 statistical scope: low-value consumables

Statistical range: low value consumables

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