Medtech Start-Up Financing Strategies: Where’s The Money?
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Despite the dire headlines, VCs are still investing in medtech start-ups, although the deals are becoming fewer and later stage. Start-ups looking for funding have to be more creative and look beyond traditional sources of funding, according to a discussion by six European venture capitalists speaking at the IN3 meeting in Dublin in April 2013.
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