The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies LDR Holding Corporation: 1 model, $1.1B raised. 1 source back the record.
CategorySurgical robots
Overview
Global medical device company specializing in spinal disorder technologies, including the Mobi-C cervical disc prosthesis and ROI-C cervical cage systems. Founded in France as LDR Medical, it merged with its US subsidiary LDR Spine in 2006 to form Austin-based LDR Holding Corp, which IPO'd on NASDAQ (LDRH) in 2013. Acquired by Zimmer Biomet in 2016 for approximately $1 billion, integrating its spinal fusion portfolio into Zimmer Biomet's spine division.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
IPO
Acquired by Zimmer Biomet
Key products
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Christophe Lavigne CEO & Co-founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Christophe Lavignecofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for LDR Holding Corporation.
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Recent coverage
LDR Holding Corporation in third-party press
Peers
41 peers across 1 segment. Every LDR Holding Corporation competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
surgical robot(41)
28 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2056.2102191459944) · leader Mazor Robotics at 3317%
- Butterfly Networkdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Cornerstone Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Edge Medical Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ForSight Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- LEM Surgicaldirect competitor(inferred)strong
- MMI (Medical Microinstruments)direct competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $1.1B
- Employees
- 562
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- acquired
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
LDR Holding Corporation’s 2 disclosed rounds, $1.1B in total, oldest to newest.
- Other2016-07-06
$1.0B(reported) · $5.0B post
Investors: Zimmer Biomet
- IPO2013-10-01
$75M(reported) · $750M post
Investors: Public markets
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired by Zimmer Biometfull acquisition2016-06-07
Timeline
Every recorded move in LDR Holding Corporation’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2016-07-06Other raising $1000000000
Acquired byAcquired by Zimmer Biomet
2016-06-07Acquired by Zimmer Biomet (full_acquisition)
Funding roundIPO funding round
2013-10-01IPO raising $75000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for LDR Holding Corporation.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning LDR Holding Corporation from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Steering a medical device startup to a $1 billion exit: Austin CEO
SXSW panel with LDR founder on building LDR Spine from startup to $1B Zimmer Biomet acquisition.
Zimmer Biomet To Acquire LDR To Enhance Innovation And Growth In Spine
Zimmer Biomet announces definitive agreement to acquire LDR Holding for ~$1B to expand its spine portfolio.
Zimmer Biomet to drop $1B on spine-focused LDR Holding
Zimmer Biomet acquires spinal medical device company LDR Holding for approximately $1 billion.
LDR Holding Aims for $75M IPO
LDR Holding announces its IPO plan to raise $75 million by offering 5 million shares on NASDAQ.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ldr-holding.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ldr-holding/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ffc6e5f7-7e0e-42fd-b480-7e53f0038a85
- Revision history: /companies/ldr-holding/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
LDR Holding Corporation draws attention at the 3rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among surgical robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 2, 2026