Mark Ritz

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sensant Corp. provides medical imaging systems. It uses silicon ultrasound micro electro-mechanical systems or MEMS technology to provide a platform for medical imaging systems. The company was founded by Igal Ladabaum, Greg Johnstone, and Kirti Patel in 1998 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

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.

Deloitte Consulting LLP provides business consulting services. It offers services related to public finance, public sector management, health and social protection, information technology, financial sector, and trade and investment. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Suture Express, Inc. engages in the distribution of wound closure products. It offers suture and wound closure, endomechanical, mesh, energy, and other surgical products. The company was founded by Dennis Jordan and Jim Vaughn in 1998 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Healthcare Growth Partners LLC provides strategic consulting and investment banking services. It offers strategic advisory services, buy-side advisory, sell-side advisory, capital advisory services, and valuations. The company was founded by Jonathan Phillips in 2005 and is headquartered in Elmhurst, IL.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Hospi Corp. develops and manufactures medical devices for patients living with serious or terminal illness and the caregivers. It offers The Liquipill system, which allows for preparation of medication suspensions or solutions from pills and tablets. The company was founded by Bradford Macy, Igal Ladabaum and Richard L. Popp and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Wanxiang HealthCare Investments (Wanxiang HealthCare) is a venture capital subsidiary of Wanxiang America Corp founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Elgin, Illinois.

Watershed Health, Inc. provides healthcare solution services. It offers patient education and engagement system to healthcare providers to help improve the quality of care-and outcomes-for patients with chronic diseases. The company was founded by Chip Grant in 2013 and is headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Heartland Angels, Inc. (Heartland Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Ronald Leslie Kirschner. The firm is headquartered in Skokie, Illinois.

Abiant, Inc. provides advanced imaging technology services. The firm designs, conducts, and analyzes neuroimaging studies for pharmaceutical partners to assess drug effects upon the brain. Its image data, which can be collected using small numbers of subjects, provides insight to a drug's brain penetration, target interaction, effects upon brain function, and impact upon disease pathology. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Grayslake, IL.