Vicarious Surgical will go public through a $1.1 billion special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, the robotic surgery pioneer announced today.
Vicarious, which has sought to bring robotics and virtual reality to minimally invasive surgery, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RBOT after the merger with D8 Holdings.
Hong Kong–based D8 Holdings’ acquisition of Vicarious Surgical will add more than $425 million in cash to Vicarious’s balance sheet upon the deal’s close, including a $115 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) priced at $10 per share. Pipe investors include strategic investor BD, new institutional investors and existing investors including Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, and Philip Liang’s E15 VC.
Source: Mass Device
By Chris Newmarker
