What Do Device Investors Want?
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Perhaps the question most often posed by entrepreneurs and start-up company executives is, "What are device investors looking for these days?" At Windhover's recent IN3 West conference, industry leaders provided several different perspectives on that question. In this article, we excerpt portions of a discussion that featured two prominent organizations with long-term commitments to medical device investing, but which operate from different points on the investor spectrum: Medtronic Inc. and the Carlyle Group.