Naresh Mandava

VHS of Illinois provides healthcare services to communities throughout the northwest and southwest suburbs of Chicago. Its services include bariatrics, cancer care, heart and vascular care, hospice care, imaging and radiology, orthopedics, pain management, psychiatry and behavioral health, rehabilitation, urology, and women’s health services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Berwyn, IL.

LensGen, Inc. develops an accommodating intraocular lens based solution to treat presbyopia and cataracts. It focuses on restoring youthful vision to millions of cataract and presbyopia patients with a new classification of fluid-optic intraocular lenses. The company was founded by Ramgopal Rao on April 23, 2013 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

ONL Therapeutics, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical services. It protects and improves the vision of patients with a range of retinal diseases and conditions, including retinal detachment and both the wet and dry forms of age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by David Zacks and Jeffery Jamison in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

HomeAdvisor, Inc. operates as an online home improvement marketplace. It offers home improvement, maintenance, and repair professionals. The firm also offers design inspiration, budgeting tools, and advice. The company was founded by Rodney Rice and Michael Beaudoin in 1998 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Part of eBay, Inc., Kruse International provides online collector automobile auction services. The company is based in Chicago, IL. Kruse International was acquired by eBay, Inc. on May 18, 1999 for $156.23 million.

Part of Becton, Dickinson & Co., Ohmeda Medical Devices is a British company that specializes in producing hospital supplies such as catheters. Ohmeda Medical Devices was acquired by Becton, Dickinson & Co. from The BOC Group Ltd. on April 03, 1998 for $452 million.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Coherent Medical Group is a company that manufactures and markets electro-optical systems and medical instruments. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Coherent Medical Group was acquired by ESC Medical Systems Ltd. from Coherent, Inc. on April 30, 2001 for $259.24 million.

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. manufactures glaucoma diagnosis products. The company is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Centennial Ventures Inc (Centennial Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Steve Halstedt. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Denver Foundation is a charitable organization that awards grants to non-profit organizations in the areas of Arts and Culture, Civic and Education, Health, and Human Services. The foundation's staff covers the following areas: community issues, giving and volunteering, management and administration, and non-profit sector. The Denver Foundation was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Founded in 1999 by Dr. Ron Weiss and Jeff Joseph, Prescient Capital Partners is a venture capital/private equity firm located in Berwyn, Illinois. In 2007, the firm formed Prescient Advisors to provide strategic consulting services to assist entrepreneurs and CEOs of start-up, emerging and established companies in accessing resources needed to grow their businesses.

ArcScan, Inc. develops and markets ultrasound scanners for ophthalmology. It provides the software tools to clean up scanned existing paper, maps or photos, and selectively vectorize all or parts of the raster. The company was founded by John D. Watson in February 2007 and is headquartered in Golden, CO.

Denver Botanic Gardens, Inc. operates botanical gardens. It strives to entertain and delight while spreading the collective wisdom of the gardens through outreach, collaboration and education. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Glyde Corp. operates an online marketplace. It provides a platform for buyers and sellers to market new and used phones, tablets, digital versatile discs, video games, and accessories. The company was founded by Simon Rothman is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Signostics Ltd. provides ultrasound devices. It offers Uscan and Signosrt Handheld Ultrasound scanner. The company was founded by Neil Bartlett and Stewart Bartlett in 2005 and is headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.

Western Energy Alliance is a nonprofit trade association based in Denver, CO, representing 300 companies engaged in environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the west. The company believes in the principle of multiple use of non-park, non-wilderness public lands and has consistently stressed the importance of public lands advocacy over many years. The company is an advocacy organization promoting the best practices in the industry.

Sympoz, Inc. provides online educational services. The company was founded by John M. Levisay, Josh H. Scott, Todd J. Tobin, and Bret S. Hanna on April 21, 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Pinstripes, Inc. is an experiential dining and entertainment company that offers a combination of made-from-scratch dining, bowling, and bocce, as well as flexible private event space. Pinstripes has 13 locations across the United States, including Northbrook, South Barrington, Oak Brook, and Chicago, IL; Edina, MN; Georgetown and Bethesda, MD; Cleveland, OH; Norwalk, CT; and San Mateo, CA. The company's elegant and spacious venues can accommodate groups of 20 to 1,500 people for private events, parties, and celebrations. Pinstripes has plans for significant further expansion, with five additional venues scheduled to open in 2022. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Northbrook, IL. Dale Schwartz founded the company in 2007 and has been the CEO since then.

Visibly, Inc. develops a platform to perform an online eye exam. It operates as a healthcare technology firm that offers the convenient and affordable way to get a prescription for glasses and contacts. The firm’s technology provides valid glasses and contact lens prescriptions online from the convenience of home. The company was founded by Aaron Dallek and Steven Lee in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

EyeCare Services Partners Holdings LLC provides ophthalmologic and optometric services. The company was founded in May 2014 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Broadspot Imaging Corp. engages in the development of diagnostic medical devices for eye care. It leverages imaging technologies and small-scale, cloud-connected electronics to replace diagnostic instruments with handheld instruments and a series of services. The company was founded by Tushar Ranchod and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

The Pro's Closet, Inc. operates as an e-commerce brand for pre-owned bikes. It offers frames, wheels, components, accessories, and apparel. The company was founded by Nick Martin in 2006 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

InFocus Capital Partners (InFocus Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Rob Rothman and Ron Weiss. The firm is headquartered in Jericho, New York.

Re-Vana Therapeutics Ltd. is a specialty ocular therapeutic and British drug delivery company that focuses on developing its internal pipeline and external strategic collaborations to advance its novel drug delivery platform. In 2022, Re-Vana won the Ophthalmic Innovation Summit Retina Award in drug delivery and the Belfast Nth Ireland Chamber 2022 Award for Business Innovation. Re-Vana Therapeutics was founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Queen's University, with the main office located in Belfast, UK, and an office, Re-Vana Therapeutics, Inc., based elsewhere. The company has raised more than $17.75m to support the development of sustained release biologics. In 2019, Re-Vana secured funding from Innovate totaling more than $400k to support the development of a sustained release drug. Additionally, in 2020, the company entered into a strategic feasibility collaboration with a leading pharmaceutical company for a novel therapeutic.

Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust engages in conservation of agricultural and recreational lands. The company was founded by Jay Fetcher in 1995 and is headquartered in Arvada, CO.

Cellview Imaging, Inc. develops and commercializes ophthalmic imaging devices. It provides multispectral, hyperspectral, metabolic Imaging, and optical coherence tomography. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

MindSpark Learning operates an online self-learning platform. The private company is based in Lakewood, CO and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2007. The CEO is Kellie Lauth.