About Us

Timberlane Ventures is entrepreneur-friendly and is ready to partner with forward thinkers in all stages of a businesses growth, from the ground level creation of a new company to next stage growth through the realization of venture capital to growth buyouts and leveraged recapitalization.

Timberlane Ventures specializes in building strategic alliances with companies that seek to impact the healthcare market through growth and innovative progress or who are ready to capitalize on investments and exit the arena. We bring to the table extensive entrepreneurial management, technical and investment experience which, when combined with your passion for new technologies and developing ideas, helps cultivate your emerging company into one that attracts the attention of the healthcare market. By building a supportive working relationship with your company's stakeholders, our team provides proactive guidance helping to create and realize shareholder value.

Timberlane Ventures is available to leverage our expertise, extensive experience and far reaching network to help advance your new technologies and build your enterprise into a market leading company. The healthcare market landscape is currently experiencing a major transformation and we want to partner with those companies who are searching for smarter, less costly and more efficient solutions that will help drive the changes in tomorrow's industry. We will be a force in helping to accelerate that transformation within the healthcare market by affiliating with like-minded entrepreneurs.

Our services include M & A, capital raising, exit planning, management consulting, restructuring and workouts. We are engaged exclusively in corporate finance and specialize in crafting custom engineered solutions for our clients. We are prepared to engage your team, listen to your vision, actively pursue your passion as our own and become involved in your future. Contact us if you are an early stage business opportunity ready to take the next steps in order to become a commercial success or are seeking assistance in finding a buyer for your business, intellectual property or portfolio. Although we focus on medical devices and have had many successes, the disciplines we use overlap many industries and businesses.

As a Serial Entrepreneur, Nick Deeter brings more than 40 years of business leadership and healthcare industry experience. In 2017, Mr. Deeter started WishBone Medical, the first pediatric orthopedic

company to provide implants and instruments in a sterile kit for children with orthopedic issues. Prior to WishBone Medical, Mr. Deeter was Chairman and CEO of Nextremity Solutions, which was recently sold to Medartis. In 2006, Mr. Deeter founded OrthoPediatrics, Corp., the first orthopedic company to focus solely on pediatric orthopedics which now trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol KIDS. Mr. Deeter’s distinguished orthopedic and medical device career began at Zimmer, Inc. and includes more than four decades of executive leadership positions for other well‐respected medical organizations. Prior to founding OrthoPediatrics, Mr. Deeter spent seven years with DePuy Orthopaedics, a Johnson & Johnson company, where he was responsible for healthcare compliance administration, medical affairs, and Orthogenesis (custom devices). Mr. Deeter also served as Vice President of University Technology, Inc. at Case Western Reserve University, managing the technology transfer process of more than $100 million dollars per year of medical research; and President of Medical Ventures Ltd., a venture capital firm that initially funded STERIS Corp. Additionally, he managed the orthopedic and respiratory products at Invacare Corporation, the world leader in durable medical equipment. During his successful career, Mr. Deeter has been instrumental in making dozens of acquisitions, exceeding a billion dollars in stock and capital. Twice, Mr. Deeter was recognized by the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce as the “Entrepreneur of the Year.” He was further recognized as the E&Y Midwest Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020. He was also named by OrthoStream as the “Undisputed Pioneer of Pediatric Orthopedics” and “Mr. Orthopedics” by Orthopedics This Week. 

Other entrepreneurial ventures outside healthcare include a vintage and exotic car dealership, a lightweight powerful vacuum cleaner called the Dirt Devil, numerous retail businesses like a bakery, deli, ice cream parlor, coffee shops, tofu manufacturing, and a nightclub. Mr. Deeter earned an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University. Mr. Deeter is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cardinal Services, Inc., which is striving to be the premier provider of services to people with disabilities. He was also a Member of the Board of Trustees at Howe Military Academy in Howe, Indiana. Lastly, Mr. Deeter is Master Mason and a Member of Shriners International, the world’s largest philanthropy, supporting the Shriners Hospitals for Children.