# Oakwood Medical Investors

> Oakwood Medical Investors is a VC fund backing Health Care and Medical. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Oct 2011
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.oakwoodmedical.com

Oakwood Medical Investors is a venture capital fund invests in development stage medical device, biopharmaceutical and healthcare service.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 55% |
| Medical | 4 | 36% |
| Therapeutics | 3 | 27% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 27% |
| Medical Device | 3 | 27% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 8 | 73% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel A. Burkhardt | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-a-burkhardt |
| James L. Nouss | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-l-nouss |
| Jason A. Darrah | Director of Research | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-a-darrah |
| Raul E. Perez | President and a Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raul-e-perez |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EMKinetics | EMKinetics, Inc. provides a therapy to prevent urinary incontinence by using electric pulses. The company is based in San Francisco, California. | $8M | Series C | Oct 18, 2011 |  |
| EMKinetics | EMKinetics, Inc. provides a therapy to prevent urinary incontinence by using electric pulses. The company is based in San Francisco, California. | $2.8M | Series B | Mar 12, 2010 |  |
| Mitralign | Mitralign is a venture backed privately held company located in a suburb of Boston, MA. The company is developing an innovative catheter based technology for percutaneous treatment of functional mitral regurgitation. The novel Mitralign system emulates surgical annuloplasty as it delivers a series of surgical implants directly into the mitralannulus by means of a catheter. The implants are cinched together, thus reducing the size of the mitral valve annulus and the valve opening.Mitralign is funded by top tier venture capitalists and has two major cardiovascular device companies as investors. | $24M | Series C | Dec 31, 2007 |  |
| EKOS Corporation | EKOS Corporation pioneered the development and the clinical application of ultrasound accelerated thrombolysis, introducing its first system for the treatment of vascular thrombosis in 2005. Today, interventional radiologists, cardiologists and vascular surgeons at leading institutions around the world use the EKOS EkoSonic Endovascular System toprovide faster, safer and more complete dissolution of thrombus. | $26M | Series C | Mar 21, 2006 |  |
| Quick Study Radiology | Quick Study Radiology provides digital imaging solutions for community hospitals, radiology and oncology practices, and imaging centers. The company offers image and data archiving, and disaster recovery services; monitoring and security services; and networking and web distribution services. It also provides picture archiving and communicationsystems for community hospitals and other facilities, and radiology information systems to store, manage, and distribute patient’s data and imagery. Quick Study Radiology was founded in 1999 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri. | $1.2M | Series C | Jul 15, 2005 |  |
| Spherics | As of August 4, 2008, Spherics, Inc. went out of business. Spherics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in developing and manufacturing oral pharmaceutical products for central nervous system conditions, gastrointestinal disorders, and cancer. It develops oral systems based on the application of bioadhesive polymers to oral dosage forms. Thecompany also provides products for neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis, as well as for stroke, epilepsy, chronic pain, and migraine. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts. | $26.4M | Series C | May 13, 2005 |  |
| Spherics | Spherics develops proprietary bioadhesive encapsulation technologies to improve the oral absorption of small molecule drugs. | $26.4M | Series C | May 12, 2005 |  |
| Quick Study Radiology | Quick Study Radiology provides digital imaging solutions for community hospitals, radiology and oncology practices, and imaging centers. The company offers image and data archiving, and disaster recovery services; monitoring and security services; and networking and web distribution services. It also provides picture archiving and communicationsystems for community hospitals and other facilities, and radiology information systems to store, manage, and distribute patient’s data and imagery. Quick Study Radiology was founded in 1999 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri. | $902K | Series C | Oct 14, 2004 |  |
| Insulet | Insulet Corporation, a medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of an insulin infusion system for people with insulin-dependent diabetes primarily in the United States. The company offers OmniPod Insulin Management System (OmniPod System), an insulin infusion system that provides a pain-free automated cannulainsertion. The OmniPod System consists of OmniPod disposable insulin infusion device and handheld wireless personal diabetes manager; and provides people with a diabetes management solution that offers lifestyle and other benefits. The company sells the OmniPod System directly to patients through referrals from healthcare professionals and through patient leads. Insulet Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. |  | Series D | Mar 02, 2004 |  |
| TransMolecular | TransMolecular, Inc. is a neuroscience biotechnology company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing novel and proprietary drugs to diagnose and treat diseases of the central nervous system having inadequate pharmaceutical alternatives. The Company focuses its drug development on cancer and pain, and has built strong technologyplatforms to enrich its product discovery and development pipeline.Founded in July 1996, TransMolecular is privately held and venture capital backed, having raised $9.6MM to date through two private placements from internationally recognized investment firms.The Company has built a strong management team that is dedicated to the discovery and development of safe and effective products for patients suffering from cancer and pain. Its management team has more than 75 years of combined relevant experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical development, R&D, operations, and finance. TransMolecular's corporate offices and R&D laboratories are in Birmingham, Alabama.TransMolecular has received three Small Business Incentive Research (SBIR) grants totaling $1 million from the National Institutes of Health for its cancer and pain programs. The Company holds more than 25 patents and/or patent applications to protect its products worldwide, and has exclusive license agreements with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Research Foundation and Yale University for its cancer and pain technology, respectively. | $33.2M | Series C | Mar 01, 2004 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Easton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/easton-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Advent International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A.G. Edwards Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-g-edwards-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fletcher Spaght, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fletcher-spaght-inc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Legacy Life Sciences](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/legacy-life-sciences) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MedVenture Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/medventures-associates) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Oakwood Medical Investors invest in?

Oakwood Medical Investors invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Oakwood Medical Investors?

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### Who are the partners at Oakwood Medical Investors?

The team at Oakwood Medical Investors includes Daniel A. Burkhardt (Managing Director), James L. Nouss (Director) and Jason A. Darrah (Director of Research). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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