Andy Dolan

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Marine Construction Technologies PBC develops technology that reduces noise from impact pile driving to protect marine mammals and other wildlife. The company was founded by Dave Marver and Per Reinhall and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The Health Industry Distributors Association provides legal information, networking and educational programs. It also hosts conferences for distributors and manufacturers, lobbies government on behalf of the industry, publishes newsletters & special issue reports and conducts research on industry trends. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA

Aveni SA designs, develops, manufactures and markets chemical formulations. It enables future technologies with its approach to metallization for semiconductor, MEMS, advanced packaging, and flex applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Massy, France.

Cardiac Science Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets Powerheart automated external defibrillators. Its offers power heart AED G5, G5 trainer, G3 plus, G3 Pro, G3 trainer, and rescue ready services. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

Valtronic Technologies (Suisse) SA designs and manufactures implantable electronics and micromechanics for both medical and non-medical applications. Its solutions include innovation, development & industrialization, manufacturing, supply chain management, technologies and quality. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Les Charbonnieres, Switzerland.

Part of Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd., Cardiac Rhythm Management is a company that manufactures implantable devices to treat arrhythmias. The company is based in Sylmar, CA.

JenaValve Technology GmbH develops and manufactures transcatheter valve implantation systems for transapical and transfemoral implantation. The firm offers a therapeutic alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for high-risk patients suffering from aortic heart valve stenosis. The company was founded by Markus Ferrari, Volker Guyenot and Hans-Reiner Figulla in 2006 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Bird Rock Bio, Inc. develops protein therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel antibodies with upsized potential that represent to antibody therapeutics. The company was founded by Richard J. Ulevitch, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley and Katherine S. Bowdish in 2007 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Canbex Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the development of novel peripherally-acting cannabinoid agonists and mimetics for the treatment of multiple sclerosis spasticity and pain. Its lead drug candidate, VSN 16, has been established as a potent, stable and orally-available agonist of GPR-55 with a clear anti-spasticity effect in a validated preclinical model. The company was founded by David Baker, Gavin Giovannoni, Cristina Visintin, Gareth Pryce and David Lawrence Selwood in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Precision Wire Components LLC manufactures custom medical wire components. They provide services in the areas of assembly, grinding, wire processing and coiling. They also offer metallurgical consulting, process and equipment validation, measurement capabilities, and inventory solutions for the medical devices of original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in, Tualatin, Oregon.

Cirtec Medical Systems LLC provides outsourced design and manufacturing services for neuro-stimulation and cardiovascular devices. Its services include products management, design and development, device assemble and product transfers. The company was founded by Laurence S. Derose, Merwin Jerry Hansen and Michael Forman in 2009 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

INKEF Capital BV is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2010 by Frank R Landsberger. INKEF Capital BV is headquartered in Amsterdam.

W Fund Management LLC (W Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mr. Hamburg Robert. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Middle Peak Medical, Inc. develops implants for treatment of mitral valve disease. Its technology has application in both percutaneous catheter-based intervention and in minimally invasive or open-heart cardiac surgery. The company was founded by Michael D. Lesh and Alexander Khairkhahan in 2011 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Syncona Partners LLP (Syncona Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Syncona Investment Management Ltd. founded in 2012 by Martin Murphy. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Metabomed Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It focuses in the field of cancer metabolism with a proprietary target identification platform based on computational biology and metabolomics. The company was founded by Eytan Ruppin, Tomer Shlomi and Eyal Gottlieb in 2013 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Calypso Biotech SA operates as a innovative biopharmaceutical company for gastrointestinal immunological disorders. The company was founded by Alain Vicari and Yolande Chvatchko in 2013 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Germany.

Vicis LLC designs and manufactures football helmets that mitigate linear and rotational impact forces. The company was founded by Samuel R. Browd, David L. Marver, Jonathan Posner and Per Reinhall in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

NMD Pharma ApS engages with the research and preparation of small molecules targeting an undisclosed ion. It offers medical treatment of neuromuscular diseases for patients with chronic muscle wasting diseases such as myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by Ole B?kgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, and Claus Elsborg Olesen on May 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Merck Ventures BV (Merck Ventures) is a venture capital arm of Merck KGaA founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Scenic Biotech BV is using genomics to develop innovative therapies for patients affected by severe diseases. The company was founded by Thijn Brummelkamp and Sebastian Nijman and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

iOnctura SA is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the research and development of novel immuno-oncology therapeutics for patients fighting cancer. The company was founded in June 2017 and is headquartered in Geneve, Switzerland.

DNA Script engages in the provision of research and development in biotechnology. It manufactures synthetic deoxyribonucleic acid using enzymatic technology. The company was founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel and Xavier Godron in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

QurAlis Corp. engages in discovering and developing new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological diseases. It offers therapeutic programs and targets, and biomarkers. The company was founded by Clifford Woolf, Kevin Eggan, Jonathan J. Fleming, and Kasper Roet and is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Salvia BioElectronics BV develops a bioelectronics therapy for people suffering from chronic neurological diseases. The company was founded by Sjaak Deckers and Hubert Martens in 2017 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Buttonwood Network, Inc. develops a software platform that enables entrepreneurs to raise capital funds. The company was founded by Marcello I. Hallitzer in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Comet Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes treatments for patients suffering from metabolic, neurological and immunological disorders. The company was founded by Angellina Sekirnik and Enej Kuscer in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Draupnir Bio ApS engages in the manufacture and distribution of biotechnological and pharmaceutical products. It also provides medical research services. The company was founded on April 4, 2017 and is headquartered in Risskov, Denmark.

Ambagon Therapeutics, Inc. provides healthcare services. It specializes in biotechnology. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Jointmetrix Medical LLC develops medical devices and technology. The private company is based in Seattle.

Vaximm AG provides active immunotherapies for patients suffering from cancer. It develops and provides vaccines for patients suffering from cancer. The firmalso provides research, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in September 2008 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.