Where Device VCs Have Gone Before
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
A deep dive of the portfolios of nearly three dozen device VCs shows that they’ve invested in certain therapeutic categories in the past including ophthalmic, cardiovascular, metabolic disease and spine. Like digging through soil to determine the climate conditions of eons past, the totals tell more about where the VC industry has been rather than where it’s going. But the past is sometimes of good indicator of what’s to come in both life and venture capital.