Medtronic Acquires Ardian for $800,000,000 Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=17bb26d1-eff2-4988-a9a8-bd21646bfa58&Preview=1 Date 11/22/2010 Company Name Ardian Mailing Address 1810A Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Company Description Ardian is in development on a congestive heart failure medical device. Website http://www.ardian.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $800,000,000 Transaction Round Proceeds Purposes M&A Terms The agreement calls for Medtronic to make an up front cash payment of $800 million, plus commercial milestones equal to the annual revenue growth through the end of Medtronic’s fiscal year 2015.