Aspen Medtech Shuts Down

Aspen Medtech, a Bellevue, WA-based medical device incubator, has shut down, according to Dow Jones Venture Capital Dispatch. Daniel Hawkins, the former general manager of Aspen Medtech, said it was founded in mid-2007 with $1 million from Prospect Venture Partners and Three Arch Partners, according to the report.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.