Company name: Cardia Access Inc.
Industry: Medical Device.
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Location: Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Solution/product: Developing lead conductor technology that is patent protected, according to Twin Cities Angel website. Company has no website.
Money raised: $160,000 out of a total of $5.4 million sought.
How it will be used: Unknown; Chairman and CEO John Erb did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Investors: Twin Cities Angels (only known investor).
Management team: John Erb, chairman and CEO, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing lists Ronald Nelson and Kenneth Cutler as executive officers.
Market size: Total cardiac rhythm management, which includes the lead market, will be $27.7 billion by 2017, according to Global Industry Analysts.
Competitors: Acclarent, Sorin, Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical.