With device company investors worried about exit strategies, companies and their financiers are looking for creative ways to get deals done. Limited exit opportunities are making financiers anxious, driving them to put more money into fewer start-ups, which target devices aimed at larger markets. Some entrepreneurs are forming incubators to focus on niche products in which they develop new technologies, then sell them without building companies around them.
By Wendy Diller
When Medtronic Inc. bought PercuSurge Inc. late last year, many device industry investors were dumbfounded [See Deal]. Why would one of the few device companies with excellent...
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