DFine
Company

Last deal

$1.84M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

01.04.2012

Date

3

all rounds

$129.84M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
DFine is a medical device company that provides innovative therapy for managing compression fractures of the spine.

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founded date

01.01.2004

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

DFine develops and markets minimally invasive therapeutic devices, including radio frequency kyphoplasty products that treat vertebral compression fractures and other spinal disorders. Their flagship product, the StabiliT® Vertebral Augmentation System, uses Radiofrequency-Targeted Vertebral Augmentation™ (RF-TVA™) to create site- and size-specific cavities for ultra-high viscosity bone cement with extended working time, providing physicians greater control in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures. DFine also recently received 510(k) clearance for the STAR™ Tumor Ablation System, a new product line that offers minimally invasive, localized tumor ablation for symptomatic spinal metastases, providing patients with significant and immediate pain relief.
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3

Number of Funding Rounds

$129.84M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 01.04.2012. Their latest investor Sterling Capital Management. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
01.04.2012
1
$1.84M
08.11.2011
5
$25M
15.07.2010
4
$36.2M
Co-Investors
Investors
8
1

Number of lead investors

8

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Venture - Series Unknown
No
Venture - Series Unknown
Yes
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People

Founders
3

Csaba Truckai

Csaba Truckai is the founder and CEO of [DFine](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dfine-inc#/entity), a medical device company that develops therapeutic devices to manage compression fractures of the spine. Prior to that, he was the chief operating officer of Hologic Surgical Products. Truckai has 16 years of experience in the medical device industry, including various engineering and management positions at CardioRhythm. Truckai holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Veszprem.

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Csaba Truckai

Rodney Perkins
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Rodney Perkins, the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of EarLens, is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully launched many healthcare technology companies including ReSound Corporation, Laserscope, Collagen Corporation, Sound ID, Novacept, SurgRx, DFine, Pulmonx and Cohesion.As an internationally known otologic surgeon, he has created a number of surgical procedures and techniques that are widely practiced throughout the world. Dr. Perkins founded the California Ear Institute at Stanford and is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. For his visionary leadership that has lead to innovation in multiple medical specialties, Dr. Perkins has received the Phoenix Hall of Fame Innovators Award, Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Santa Clara County Medical Society and the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from Indiana University. Dr. Perkins holds eighteen issued patents with 37 pending, received his medical degree from Indiana University, and completed his surgical residency at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Afser Shariff
Afser Shariff

Afser Shariff

Afser Shariff is a Founder Director at Dfine. He Attended Valley College Of Pharmacy.

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DFine
DFine

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2

Afser Shariff

Employee Profiles
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Afser Shariff

Afser Shariff

Founder Director

Shawn Johnson

Territory sales manager

Lisa Mahoney

Oncology manager

Linda Lechner

Corporate compliance officer

Lewis Yee

Chief Financial Officer

Rodney Perkins

Rodney Perkins

Founder

Csaba Truckai

Founder & CEO

Kevin Mosher

Kevin Mosher

President & CEO

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