LifeWalker producer ProtoStar closes initial equity-capital round

ProtoStar Inc, the San Diego producer of the LifeWalker Upright medical walker, closed its initial round of equity capital, raised mainly from private San Diego investors. The amount wasn’t disclosed. ProtoStar said it plans a line of equipment for people who need help with walking “as a result of aging, trauma, spine or joint replacement surgery, musculoskeletal, neurological and gait disorders, and obesity.” The company also named James H. Berglund chairman and Selwyn Isakow a director. Berglund is a co-founder of Enterprise Partners Venture Capital. Isakow is founder, chairman and chief executive of Oxford Investment Group Inc.

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