Venture Capitalists, Private Equity Firms, or other Investment Firms of 
Healthcare and Medical Devices in particular

1. How many VCs, Private Equity Firms or other investment firms are in 
the US and invest in healthcare overall? In medical devices 
specifically?

2. Where is this US investment money going; specifically:
? What is the total healthcare investment? Of this, what is the medical 
technology/device investment?  
? How many deals (in numbers,not $) closed in 2005?  And how does this 
deal flow compare to earlier years?  
? Are the deals later stage rounds or earlier stage rounds? And what is 
the amount invested for these deals?
? Are investments flowing to older companies or younger ?start ups??
? Geographically where are the investments coming from ? which regions 
or States?