Sandeep Khare

Emerging managers continue to pile up capital

J&J subsidiary acquires HIG-backed NeuWave Medical

Medical device maker NeuWave Medical Inc has been acquired by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon, according to an announcment by HIG BioHealth Partners, an investor in NeuWave. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. NeuWave, based in Madison, Wisconsin, had previously raised $44.5 million over four rounds, CrunchBase reported. Most recently, NeuWave pulled in a $25 million Series C round in May 2015 led by Versant Ventures with participation from HIG, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, and Venture Investors.

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Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Obamacare ruling sends healthcare stocks higher, Univision dumps Trump, why pool water makes your eyes red, and Republicans will soon have 14 presidential candidates to choose from.

Top 10 VC posts: Investors woo matchmaking sites, new firm debuts, Thiel taunts and titillates

Spring is four months away, but love is in the air. At least in the venture business. With the success of dating app Tinder, VCs are hot to find another match-making hit. They have poured more than $70 million into more than a dozen such sites, including Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge, and theComplete.me, according to peHUB's No. 1 VC post this week.

Top 10 VC posts: Phreesia, Enjoy, TaskEasy and ScoreBig slam-dunk new rounds

Trending in venture capital this week: Enjoy, Phreesia, Socure, TaskEasy, and ScoreBig snag big rounds.

Top 10 VC posts: How much to make itty-bitty elephants fly?

In VC news this week, augmented reality company Magic Leap scooped up $542 million. Is it any wonder people are using the "b" word again?

Top 10 VC posts: Tatum takes a sip of Runa, investors drool over drones and toast robotic bartender

Trending in VC-related news this week: drones, Peter Thiel, Channing Tatum, connected cars, robotic bartenders, bitcoin and lots more.

Top 10 VC posts: Thiel rips Apple and Uber, tech world still freaked by Andreessen warning, IR exec quits PE for VC

Trending in venture capital this week: Peter Thiel rips Apple and Uber, the tech world is still freaking out over Marc Andreessen warning that it's time to "worry," and investor relations exec quits PE (what?) for VC.

Top 10 VC posts: Andreessen says it's time to 'worry,' Dollar Shave Club cleans up with $50 mln, and Jared Leto tries new role as VC

Trending in venture capital news this week: Andreessen's cautionary tweets, huge rounds for Dollar Shave Club, Fundrise and Qubit, and Jared Leto doing his best Ashton Kutcher.