One of the nation's most active venture capital firms is also very active in Minnesota.
The Business Journal's Katharine Grayson notes on her In Private blog that New Enterprise Associates, which ranks second on a new ranking of the most active venture capital firms, is a major backer of med-tech companies in the Twin Cities.
NEA doesn't have an office in Minnesota, but one of its partners is a former president of Guidant's cardiac rhythm management group.
Read the entire Business Journal post here.