Middle Peak Medical: US Mitral Valve Start-Up Goes To Europe For Funding
Executive Summary
You know times are tough for medtech start-ups in the US when even a successful serial entrepreneur like Michael Lesh, MD, is told by VCs, “We love your idea, but….” Middle Peak Medical, Lesh’s new start-up in the mitral valve space, solved its problem with a Series A financing round involving European investors and by co-locating itself in Germany and the US.
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