Carter Meyer

Scientific Health Development (SHD) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Stuart Fitts and Philip Romano. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Azevan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel therapeutics to treat disorders of stress, mood, and behavior. Its first clinical compounds selectively block the effects of arginine vasopressin, a peptide neurohormone involved in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases and a broad range of stress-related affective disorders, including Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and major depression. The company was founded by Craig F. Ferris and Neal Gordon Simon in 1999 and is headquartered in Bethlehem.

Loma Vista Medical, Inc. develops and provides medical balloons for Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. It develops cutting-edge products in medical inflatables. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexander Tilson and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Complexa, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which engages on discovering and developing therapies for the treatment of severe and life-threatening fibrosis and inflammatory diseases. The firm focuses on two therapeutic areas: focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), two rare diseases that can compromise the normal function of the kidney and the heart. The company was founded by Bruce A. Freeman, Raymond A. Miller, and Margaret M. Tarpey in 2008 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Garfield Industries, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets indoor air-purification systems. The company’s proprietary process permits the use of photo-catalytic oxidation in air-purification applications for schools, office buildings, government facilities, homes, and other institutional buildings. The firm was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Addison, TX.

Cure DM, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops new therapies that may prevent, ameliorate or reverse diabetes and allow for the discontinuation of insulin. The company was founded by Loraine V. Upham, Claresa S. Levetan and Rita El-Hajj in 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

LiveProcess Corp. provides online applications for healthcare emergency management. The firm’s healthcare mobile apps enable personnel to take control of situations and collaborate to resolve operational disruptions, urgent health needs and routine transitions in patient care. Its mobile communication and collaboration solutions allow nurses, physicians and staff to coordinate using their mobile devices to reduce response times, facilitate care transitions including discharge, and improve patient throughput. The company was founded by Nathaniel Weiss in 2004 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

EMKinetics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage medical technology company which develops neuromodulation therapies based on its percutaneous stimulation technology. It focuses on neuromodulation for the treatment of overactive bladder and other maladies. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers Burnett, Christopher Hermanson and Marshall Stoller in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.