Medtech Venture Capital Heads into Unfamiliar Terrain

The landscape in medtech investing is changing, and one need only look at two signposts to see that this is so: the exit values of VC-backed companies over the past eight years (lower than anticipated), and the amount of time required to achieve those exits (longer than ever before). De Novo Ventures' Richard Ferrari presents the trends that emerge from eight years of venture investing in medical technology companies.

by Richard M. Ferrari

Over the last four years the amount of capital flowing into the health care sector has remained robust—in fact, it’s at an all time high, and that has many venture...

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