Diligence Matters serves the life sciences community with due diligence services for decision support on technology investment and acquisition opportunities, cross-functional strategic consulting, as well as hands-on operating leadership where needed.
Diligence Matters
SERVING THE LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNITY
WITH EXPERTISE.
We bring broad medical and scientific knowledge across the health care landscape, from cell to bedside. Our analysis is highly evidence-based.
WITH EXPERIENCE.
We have over 28 years of strategy, innovation, operating and financing experience as well as board service from concept through commercialization.
WITH ENERGY.
We approach each project with a sense of urgency, are highly responsive and flexible as the needs of a project evolve.
WE ARE YOUR PARTNER.
For every project we undertake, we demonstrate a strong sense of personal commitment and accountability. We are members of your team and share your unwavering focus on results and success.
EFFICIENT AND HIGHLY RESPONSIVE
TIME IS MONEY
Your time and money are both valuable. We are committed to completing our work in the required time frame and within budget.
EVIDENCE-BASED
SHOW, DON'T TELL
Our recommendations are based on demonstrable evidence and direct experience.
Due Diligence. Strategy. Operations. Financing.
OUR SERVICES
From the science end of business to the business end of science.
From concept to commercialization.
Investment Due Diligence
Financing Strategy
Clinical and Regulatory Strategy
Reimbursement, Health Care Economics and Market Access
Intellectual Property Development and Portfolio Management
Medical and Scientific Subject Matter Expertise
Technology roadmap planning
Market Development and Care Pathway Planning
RECENT NEWS
Updated December, 2020
Robert Kieval named a 2020 Top-100 Neurotech Influencer
June, 2020
Robert Kieval re-elected as Board Chairman of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation
June, 2020
Robert Kieval elected to the Board of Directors of IMMR, Inc.
October, 2019
Robert Kieval elected to the Board of Directors of Diversified Plastics, Inc.
May, 2019
Robert Kieval presented at the Starfish Medical 2019 Medical Device Playbook conference in Toronto
December, 2018
Robert Kieval re-elected to the Medical Alley Association Board Executive Committee
June, 2019
Robert Kieval elected as Board Chairman of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation
Diligent. Passionate. Thorough.
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS PROJECT AREAS
Our growing portfolio ranges across diverse conditions in therapeutics and diagnostics as well as services.
NUMBERS MATTER
Get it done no matter what.
HOURS IN THE DAY
DAYS IN THE WEEK
EXCUSES
Thorough | Efficient | Concise | Critical Thinking
Robert Kieval
An entrepreneurial and disciplined executive with over 15 years of CEO and C-level leadership experience in health care and a track record of success in innovating, financing and commercializing sophisticated medical technology. An adaptive leader and a quick learner who has delivered results in multiple settings. Deep relationships among the investment community, industry, the medical community and government stakeholders. Extensive public speaking and advocacy experience.
With over 28 years of leadership and operating experience, Rob has devoted his career to innovation in health care. He first spent seven years at Medtronic in a corporate venture establishing new markets for sophisticated medical technology, ultimately serving as Medical Director of the Heart Failure Management Division that commercialized cardiac resynchronization therapies and implantable arrhythmia monitors. At Medtronic, he also helped diligence technologies and companies for potential investment or acquisition. Rob left Medtronic to join the entrepreneurial community. Working with marquis venture capital firms, he was a co-founder in ProtoStar, an incubator with a mission to identify transformational opportunities in health care. CVRx was founded around a platform neuromodulation therapy he conceived. Rob spun CVRx out of ProtoStar as its founding CEO and later served as Chief Development Officer, raising $60M in venture capital while CEO, being named an Innovator of the Year by Twin Cities Finance & Commerce and recognized as one of Minnesota’s Top Inventors by Twin Cities Business.
Throughout his career, Rob has been an advocate for the health care industry. He served on the Board of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association for 10 years, has served on the Board of The Medical Alley Association of Minnesota for the past 7 years (including 2 years as Chairman) and has testified before Congress in support of the industry.
Rob’s other current Board roles include IMMR, Inc., Diversified Plastics, Inc., and The Center for Large Landscape Conservation, where he currently serves as Board Chairman. He served on the Board of CVRx from 2001-2016.
Rob has doctorate degrees in Veterinary Medicine and in Physiology, both from The University of Pennsylvania. He is well-networked in the industry and its multitude of service providers, the medical community and the investment community.
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