Blank Check Companies’ Hunt For Innovative Medtech Start-Ups To Heat Up Further, Experts Predict

As the SPAC boom continues, innovative medtechs are expected to become acquisition targets.

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January kicked off with a flurry of SPACs, or special-purpose acquisition companies, and financial experts believe that these financing vehicles will continue to gain steam, with some targeting medtech.

Jonas Grossman, president and managing partner of Chardan Investment Bank, which focuses on disruption and innovation in the health care...

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