Hosted at the Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club, the Summit is the Southeast’s premier platform for celebrating the innovators shaping Florida’s business landscape. This recognition follows PainTEQ’s landmark majority growth recapitalization co-led by Windham Capital Partners and Signet Healthcare Partners. This\u00a0honor underscores a pivotal year for the company, marked by the rapid adoption of its LinQ SI Joint Stabilization System and the trust of physician partners who prioritize the therapy’s proven clinical outcomes.<\/p>\n “PainTEQ’s deal stood out for its strategic clarity and its real-world impact\u2014this is exactly the kind of growth story the Tampa Bay Dealmaker Summit was created to celebrate,” said Silvana Capaldi, President of DealMaker Forum.<\/p>\n “This honor spotlights a partnership rooted in deep alignment,” said David Kereiakes, Managing Partner at Windham Capital Partners, “and an unwavering commitment to improve healthcare. It confirms we aren’t just investing in a company; we are backing a new standard of care.”<\/p>\n Ashley Friedman, Managing Director at Signet Healthcare Partners, added: “This recognition underscores the caliber of the platform we are building. Winning against a competitive field reinforces our conviction and the strength of the PainTEQ mission.”<\/p>\n “This wasn’t just a transaction; it represents a shared vision to build something enduring for patients suffering from SI joint dysfunction everywhere,” said Shanth Thiyagalingam, Chief Executive Officer at PainTEQ. “Our success is a direct result of our team’s relentless execution through uncertainty, the bold belief of globally recognized medical device investors, and the trust of our physician partners in the LinQ therapy.”<\/p>\n Raymond James served as financial advisor to PainTEQ for the deal.<\/p>\n About PainTEQ:\u00a0PainTEQ was built to bring interventional procedures to the market. Working with pain management specialists to help reduce and eliminate SI joint dysfunction, PainTEQ’s LinQ implant and single-use instruments aim to immediately provide clinical benefits to individuals living with incapacitating lower back pain through a minimally invasive outpatient procedure. Learn more at\u00a0www.painteq.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Deal of the Year” Recognition Highlights PainTEQ’s Visionary Growth and Patient-First Mission at Annual Dealmaker Summit TAMPA, Fla.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[87312,87316,56435,87315,135,1526,137,136,87314,87313],"class_list":{"0":"post-185649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-healthcare-partners","9":"tag-palma-ceia-golf-country-club","10":"tag-physician-partners","11":"tag-signet-healthcare-partners","12":"tag-tampa","13":"tag-tampa-bay","14":"tag-tampa-headlines","15":"tag-tampa-news","16":"tag-the-summit","17":"tag-windham-capital-partners"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PainTEQ](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/71aab65d4d577b5ee467ed6c9b77083a.jpeg\")
<\/a> PainTEQ CEO Shanth Thiyagalingam receives \u201cDeal of the Year\u201d Tampa Bay Dealmaker Summit <\/p>\n