Epix was a privately-held medical device company that designed and manufactured a novel, catheter-based, temperature-controlled cardiac ablation system for the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), including atrial fibrillation (AF). Questa exited Epix to Medtronic in 2019.
2019
January
Exited to Medtronic
In conversation with Neil Hattangadi
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Ryan Drant
Founder and Managing Partner
Ryan has been actively investing in healthcare since 1996. He specializes in healthcare investments in the medical device, healthcare services, healthcare technology and specialty pharma sectors.
During his investment career, he has served on 46 boards of directors and has overseen the deployment of $1.0 billion in equity capital. Ryan has been named four times to the Forbes Midas List of best venture capital investors.
Prior to founding Questa, Ryan was a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where he joined in 1996, became a General Partner in 2004 and served on the firm’s investment committee for 11 years spanning four funds totaling $8.0 billion in total capital. He led the firm’s global healthcare investing practice and served as a member of NEA’s four-person management committee.
Previously, Ryan was with the Health Care Investment Banking Group of Alex. Brown & Sons and Arthur Andersen & Co. He graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science.
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Justin Kirkpatrick
Partner
Justin is a Partner at Questa Capital and has more than 15 years of investment and healthcare experience. He focuses on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities and supporting founders and management teams at our portfolio companies across the healthcare services, healthcare technology, and medical device sectors.
Prior to joining Questa, Justin was a Vice President at Angelo, Gordon & Co. (now TPG Angelo Gordon) where he spent five years focusing on growth-oriented private equity transactions in the healthcare, consumer and specialty finance sectors. Justin previously worked at Harris Williams & Co. as an investment banking analyst focused on the healthcare sector, where he was involved in dozens of transactions. Justin graduated from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia with a BS in Commerce.
Justin lives in Washington, DC with his wife, son, and (former only child) goldendoodle. Outside of his family and healthcare investing, his passions include soccer (Chelsea FC), coffee (flat whites), cocktails (negronis), hiking in the Shenandoah, international travel, and exploring DC. His high school yearbook quote: “The only way round is through.”
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