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Article: Medical gear start-ups make pitch in Boston ; Entrepreneurs show off devices to possible backers
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2009
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They came to Columbia Point yesterday bearing bronchoscopes,
cardiac pressure monitors, and promises of medical advances that can
translate into profitable investments.
More than two dozen medical gear start-ups shared their business
plans and made 10-minute presentations known as "elevator pitches"
to potential backers at the 11th annual MedTech Investors Conference
at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
"Boston is very cutting edge in this field," said Maria Shepherd,
founder of Data Decision Group, a Belmont market research firm
specializing in medical equipment. "But funding is an issue for
these companies. There's not a lot of money to be invested right
now."
Entrepreneurs ...