Investment Summary

First Analysis Invests In Checkpoint Surgical

On December 17, 2015, venture capital firm First Analysis invested in medical products company Checkpoint Surgical

Investment Highlights
  • This is First Analysis’ 7th transaction in the Medical Products sector.
  • This is First Analysis’ 42nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is First Analysis’ 2nd transaction in Ohio.

Investment Summary
Date 2015-12-17
Target Checkpoint Surgical
Sector Medical Products
Investor(s) First Analysis
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Checkpoint Surgical

Independence, Ohio, United States
Checkpoint Surgical provides surgeons with state-of-the-art neuro devices to locate and identify nerves and evaluate nerve and muscle function in surgical procedures. Checkpoint Surgical has two FDA cleared devices: the Checkpoint Stimulator/Locator, designed to allow the surgeon to control and deliver custom stimulation settings for a wide range of surgical applications, and the Checkpoint Head & Neck Stimulator, designed specifically for head and neck surgical procedures. Checkpoint Surgical was formed in 2010 and is based in Independence, Ohio.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

First Analysis

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1981
PE ASSETS 800M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

First Analysis is a financial advisory and investment firm. First Analysis' private equity arm targets investments in growth companies at all stages of development. The Group looks for opportunities based primarily in the US and can commit up to $10 million of equity per transaction. Sectors of particular interest include outsourced services, (business/government services, education, environmental services, healthcare services, marketing services); information technology, (business integration, call centers, healthcare IT, network security, open source, sensor systems, transaction processing); and chemistry enabled businesses (advanced materials, chemicals, healthcare products, polymers, purification). First Analysis was formed in 1981 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 44 of 60
Sector (Medical Products) 7 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 8 of 14
State (Ohio) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 42 of 57
Year (2015) 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-04 Yello

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Yello provides a cloud-based SaaS platform that allows businesses and their campus recruiters/HR departments to manage and grow their existing and new-candidate pipeline, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the campus hiring process. Yello was established in 2008 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-15 NimbeLink

Plymouth, Minnesota, United States

NimbeLink is an IoT/M2M solutions company that focuses on smart, simple cellular solutions. NimbeLink has created a core set of intellectual properties, products, and services to enable the rapid deployment of complete IoT solutions. Building out from its core product, the Skywire end-device certified modem, the company can deliver everything from the edge to the cloud. NimbeLink was formed in 2013 and is based in Plymouth, Minnesota.

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