New Mars Bioimaging CEO plans final push into the marketplace

New Mars Bioimaging CEO plans final push into the marketplace
Mars Bioimaging chair Chris Stoelhorst with the new group CEO, Dr Ojas Mahapatra. (Image: Supplied)
Greg Hurrell
Christchurch medical imaging company Mars Bioimaging has appointed Ojas Mahapatra as group chief executive as it seeks to scale up its commercial operations.Mahapatra was formerly the CEO of the hydrogen technology company Fabrum.Mars, founded in 2007, closed a $7.6m initial raise last year, It is currently raising an additional $2.4m to reach its $10m target for its Series A round, led by venture capital company Pacific Channel.Pacific Channel Nominees currently holds 11.8% of Mars shares.Mars has said the additional capital would acceler...

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