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Simplify Medical Funding Round

Simplify Medical, based in Sunnyvale, secured $23.3 million from Life Sciences Partners, M. H. Carnegie & Co. and Sectoral Asset Management.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/12/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$23,250,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
Series B funds will be used to complete two ongoing U.S. pivotal clinical trials of the Simplify Disc studying its use in one level of the spine and in two adjacent levels of the spine as a treatment for cervical degenerative disc disease, and for commercialization outside of the U.S.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Medical Devices & Instruments
Mailing Address
685 N Pastoria Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
Simplify Disc is a motion preserving cervical artificial disc designed to allow full diagnostic imaging with MRI, minimizing patient exposure to radiation from CT scans. Simplify Disc is composed of polymer & ceramic composite -- so it has no metal wear from articulating components.
Profile
Simplify Medical LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Simplify Medical Company Twitter Account
Company News
Simplify Medical News
Facebook
Simplify Medical on Facebook
YouTube
Simplify Medical on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
David Hovda
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Vice President
Kim Norton
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VP - Operations
Mark Alvis
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VP - Operations
Bryan Barr
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VP - R & D
Yves Arramon
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VP - Regulatory Affairs
Beth Neil
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VP - Sales
Brian Polonet
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