Welsh Carson Taps Into Spinal Market with K2M Buy
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a long time investor in health care services companies, signaled its intent to invest more deeply in the device sector with the acquisition of a majority position in spinal company K2M Inc.
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