Out-of-state VCs offer advice on biotech investments
A pan...Wisconsin VCs draw Missouri biotech firm to state
The...More Midwest Seed-Stage Life Science VCs
The Dave Clark Five song Bits and Pieces is a good metaphor for the apparently holey (as in Swiss cheese) tapestry of Midwest VC seed and early stage financing efforts to get life science companies off the ground. This weeks column will try to knit together some of these pieces so the tapestry doesnt fall apart. Last weeks column evoked responses from a number of readers who remarked on...Where have all the Midwest VCs gone?
Since the dot-com boom days are over and soaring tech funds are long gone, where are investment firms putting their money? Whats their criteria for investing? What is their strategy? If you are a start-up firm looking for investment capital, you may be surprised at how things have changed. In some cases, former self-proclaimed savvy investors have become gun shy to the point that theyre...Boomerang ClosureWire Vascular Closure System (VCS)
Description:The Boomerang ClosureWire Vascular Closure System (VCS) utilizes a new technique called Arteriotomy Site-Specific Compression. The Boomerang ClosureWire technique creates a site-specific compression between the inside of the arteriotomy and just outside the tissue tract, resulting in a targeted internal compression of both the arteriotomy and tract. The device is deployed, which creates i...