Big venture capital investments … scratch that … really big venture capital investments catch our attention these days. After all, venture capital firms are slowly beginning to fade away, and the pool of venture capital is said to be drying up with it. So we tend to sit up and take notice when a company like personalized knee implant manufacturer ConforMIS Inc. raises $89 million as it did last month. (SeeAlso see "ConforMIS Gets Personal With $89 Million Round" - Medtech Insight, 27 February, 2012..) [See Deal] ConforMIS, in raising the fund, actually turned to institutional investors rather than just VCs for the money it needs to launch its new total knee implant. The company hopes those investors will be willing to participate in an IPO sometime in the near future.
ConforMIS’ round stands out because it is the largest round of this still young year. But an analysis of significant...
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