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eCardio Receives Significant Investment in Private Funding from Sequoia Capital

"The investment by Sequoia Capital marks a milestone in the growth of eCardio," noted Larry Lawson, President and Chief Executive Officer. "This partnership will strengthen our technology offering and accelerate our ability to develop fast, flexible and accurate solutions for remote cardiac monitoring."

The investment from Sequoia Capital comes after several years of profitable growth and industry recognition for eCardio.

"eCardio has experienced tremendous growth by meeting the needs of physicians and the patients they serve," stated Sequoia Capital's Scott Carter. "We are excited to partner with a company that provides doctors with the most advanced cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions."

About eCardio Diagnostics

eCardio Diagnostics, www.ecardio.com, is one of the nation's leading providers of comprehensive and advanced technologies, devices, services and solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring and subsequent clinical management of cardiac arrhythmias, predominantly in an ambulatory setting. eCardio provides leading-edge diagnostic innovations and solutions that optimize the flexibility, speed and accuracy of cardiac arrhythmia diagnoses--contributing to the timeliest, most effective and appropriate management of cardiac patients.

About Sequoia Capital

Since 1972, Sequoia Capital has provided early stage and growth stage venture capital for very smart founders and executives who have turned great ideas into sustainable companies of enduring value. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capital's Partners have worked with accomplished innovators and operators who built great franchises such as Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Flextronics, Google, Informix, Linear Technology, LSI Logic, Microchip, NetScaler, NetScreen, Network Appliance, nVidia, Oracle, PayPal, Redback Networks, Yahoo! and YouTube. To learn more about Sequoia Capital visit .

SOURCE eCardio Diagnostics