Richard B. Emmitt
Chairman bij LAVA MEDTECH ACQUISITION CORP.
Profiel
Mr. Emmitt has over 40 years of experience focused on the medical device industry including investment research, investment banking, and principal investing.
Mr. Emmitt is a General Partner of The Vertical Group which he co-founded in 1988.
With a successful track record in all stages of venture capital and private equity investments, Mr. Emmitt is recognized as one of the medical device industry’s most successful and strategic investors.
Among his former investments and BOD memberships are companies in virtually all major sectors of the medical device industry and include: American Medical Systems (acquired by Endo Pharma), ENTrigue Surgical (acquired by Arthrocare), ev3 (acquired by Covidien/Medtronic), SciMed Life Systems (acquired by Boston Scientific), Tornier (acquired by Wright Medical), Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ: WMGI) and Xomed Surgical (acquired by Medtronic).
Mr. Emmitt currently serves on the Board of Directors of Biorez, Koelis, Channel Medsystems and MicroVascular Tissues, and is lead director of Monteris Medical.
Rutgers School of Business MBA – Bucknell University BA
Actieve functies van Richard B. Emmitt
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LAVA MEDTECH ACQUISITION CORP. | Chairman | 25-10-2021 |
The Vertical Group LP
The Vertical Group LP Investment ManagersFinance The Vertical Group LP (TVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1988 by Richard B. Emmitt. The firm is headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. | Founder | 01-01-1989 |
Channel Medsystems, Inc.
Channel Medsystems, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Channel Medsystems, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare technologies. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers Burnett and Brian Michael Neil on March 15, 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
KOELIS SAS
KOELIS SAS Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services KOELIS SAS provides engineering services. Its products include Trinity, 3D prostate suite, Mr-Draw and accessories. The company was founded by Antoine Leroy and Patrick Henry and is headquartered in Meylan, France. | Director/Board Member | - |
Innovahealth Partners LP
Innovahealth Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance InnovaHealth Partners LP (InnovaHealth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Mortimer Berkowitz, Ariella Golomb and John McCormick. The firm is headquartered in the New York. | Consultant / Advisor | 01-08-2017 |
Monteris Medical Corp.
Monteris Medical Corp. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Monteris Medical US, Inc. engages in the provision of medical services for patients with neurological diseases. It develops MRI-guided, laser-based brain lesion therapy. The company was founded by Mark Torchia and Richard Tyc in 1999 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN. | Director/Board Member | - |
The Vertical Group GP LLC | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01-01-2008 |
Monteris Medical, Inc.
Monteris Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Monteris Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company that develops laser-based systems to treat brain tumors. It offers the AXiiiS Stereotactic Miniframe, a single use platform for image-guided, stereotactic brain biopsy, and the AtamA Stabilization System for MRI-guided neurosurgical procedures that require rigid head fixation. The company was founded by Mark G. Torchia in 1999 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada. | Director/Board Member | 13-11-2014 |
Biorez, Inc.
Biorez, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology BioRez, Inc. engages in the design and development of resorbable polymer scaffold technology. The firm offers a device that is suited for tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin and Joseph W. Reilly in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Opleiding van Richard B. Emmitt
Bucknell University | Undergraduate Degree |
Rutgers Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. (Minnesota)
SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. (Minnesota) Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Part of Boston Scientific Corp., SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. is a private company that specializes in artery cleaning angioplasty catheters. The company is based in Osseo, MN. The company was founded by Lawrence L. Horsch. SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. (Minnesota) was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on February 27, 1995 for $865 million. | Health Technology |
LifeCell Corp.
LifeCell Corp. BiotechnologyHealth Technology LifeCell Corp. develops and markets tissue repair products. The firm focuses on reconstructive, urogynecologic and orthopedic surgical procedures. Its products include alloderm, strattice, graft jacket, allocraftdbm and repliform. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Branchburg, NJ. | Health Technology |
Xomed Surgical Products, Inc. | Health Technology |
Micro Therapeutics, Inc.
Micro Therapeutics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Micro Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets invasive medical devices for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. Its products include infusion catheters, ballon catheters, delivery catheters, guide wires, infusion wires, and thrombolytic brushes. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA | Health Technology |
Astora Women's Health, Inc.
Astora Women's Health, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Astora Women's Health, Inc. engages in the provision of pelvic health solutions. The company was founded by Dr. Brantley Scott in 1972 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN. | Health Technology |
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
Wright Medical Group, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Wright Medical Group, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes biologic products. It provides surgical solutions for the foot and ankle markets. The company was founded by Frank O. Wright and is headquartered in Memphis, TN. | Health Technology |
ev3, Inc.
ev3, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology ev3, Inc. is a provider for specialists treating a range of vascular diseases and disorders. ev3 is committed to the peripheral vascular and neurovascular markets offering a portfolio of treatment options, including interventional technologies used such as plaque excision systems, PTA balloons, stents, embolic protection, thrombectomy, embolization coils, liquid embolics, occlusion balloons and procedural support. | Health Technology |
Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc.
Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. was a holding company, which engaged in the development of proprietary therapeutic peptides as medical devices to improve bone and soft tissue repair. It offered amplex and soft tissue augmentation services. The company was founded by Thomas G. Roueche, Paul O. Zamora, William G. Mavity, and Linda M. Finn in 2001 and was headquartered in Rockville, MD. | Health Technology |
Tepha, Inc.
Tepha, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Tepha, Inc. develops and commercializes medical devices and biomaterial technology. The firm’s products include monofilament suture, monofilament mesh, surgical film and composite mesh. The company was founded by Anthony J. Sinskey and Simon Williams in 1998 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA. | Health Technology |
OsteoBiologics, Inc.
OsteoBiologics, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Osteobiologics, Inc. provides medical services. The company develops and manufactures bioabsorbable polymeric scaffolds, films and related instrumentation for the repair and replacement of bone, soft tissue, and articular cartilage. The company was founded by Barbara D. Boyan in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX. | Health Technology |
Velocimed LLC
Velocimed LLC Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Velocimed LLC develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices. The firm's products are used in cardiology and neurology applications. The company was founded in 2001 by Jay Schmelter, Michael Berman, and Dennis W. Wahr and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN. | Health Technology |
Axya Medical, Inc.
Axya Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Axya Medical, Inc. develops and markets medical devices for ultrasonic welding of sutures. The company provides systems enabling minimally invasive tissue approximation and fixation. Axya Medical was co-founded by Paul V. Fenton and Thomas Egan in 1996 and is located in Beverly, MA. | Health Technology |
Solarant Medical, Inc.
Solarant Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Solarant Medical, Inc. develops minimally invasive therapies for women with stress urinary incontinence. It provides medical devises and technology, focused on minimally invasive therapies for women healthcare. It designs and manufactures a non surgical devises for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA. | Health Technology |
Biorez, Inc.
Biorez, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology BioRez, Inc. engages in the design and development of resorbable polymer scaffold technology. The firm offers a device that is suited for tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin and Joseph W. Reilly in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT. | Health Technology |
MimOSA Medical, Inc.
MimOSA Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology MimOSA Medical, Inc. developed surgical devices for obstructive sleep apnea and related conditions. It serveed the medical industry. The company was founded by Donald Albert Gonzales in 2010 and headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Health Technology |
MicroVascular Tissues, Inc.
MicroVascular Tissues, Inc. BiotechnologyHealth Technology MicroVascular Tissues, Inc. develops biological vascular tissues for implantation. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Health Technology |
The Vertical Group LP
The Vertical Group LP Investment ManagersFinance The Vertical Group LP (TVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1988 by Richard B. Emmitt. The firm is headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. | Finance |
Monteris Medical Corp.
Monteris Medical Corp. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Monteris Medical US, Inc. engages in the provision of medical services for patients with neurological diseases. It develops MRI-guided, laser-based brain lesion therapy. The company was founded by Mark Torchia and Richard Tyc in 1999 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN. | Distribution Services |
IncuMED LLC
IncuMED LLC Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology IncuMED LLC creates and develops novel surgical implant systems. It offers services and facilities, such as seed financing, intellectual property development, product design and modeling, design iteration and prototyping, design evaluation, and exit strategy development and implementation. The company offers its services and facilities to medical device inventors. IncuMED was founded Dennis M. McDevitt in 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, NC. | Health Technology |
C2M Medical, Inc. | |
Tornier NV
Tornier NV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Tornier NV is a global medical device company, which is focused on serving extremities specialists that treat orthopedic conditions of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, ankle and foot. The company offers orthopedic reconstructive products in four major categories: Upper Extremity Joints and Trauma, Lower Extremity Joints and Trauma, Sports Medicine and Orthobiologics, and Large Joints and Other. It operates through orthopedic products segment, which includes the design, manufacture and marketing of joint implants and other related products. Tornier was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
Tornier, Inc.
Tornier, Inc. Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Tornier, Inc. provides healthcare services and distributes medical devices. It offers joint replacement products including hips, knees, shoulders, ankles, and other extremity prostheses. The company is headquartered in Bloomington, MN. | Health Services |
ENTrigue Surgical, Inc.
ENTrigue Surgical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology ENTrigue Surgical, Inc. develops medical devices and therapies for sinus surgeons and their patients in the United States and internationally. Its products include sinus dilation systems, septal staplers, hemostatic gels, articulating instruments, sinus dilation balloons, standard balloon inflation devices, and middle turbinate implants. The company was founded by Donald Albert Gonzales in May 2007 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX. | Health Technology |
Galil Medical, Inc.
Galil Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Galil Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets cryotherapy systems and disposable products to treat prostate and renal cancer. Its treatment areas include conditions affecting bone, kidney, liver and lung, as well as targeted pain and nerve applications. The company was founded by Gideon Even Sturlesi in 1996 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN. | Health Technology |
American Medical Systems, Inc.
American Medical Systems, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology American Medical Systems, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN. | Health Technology |
The Vertical Group GP LLC | |
Monteris Medical, Inc.
Monteris Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Monteris Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company that develops laser-based systems to treat brain tumors. It offers the AXiiiS Stereotactic Miniframe, a single use platform for image-guided, stereotactic brain biopsy, and the AtamA Stabilization System for MRI-guided neurosurgical procedures that require rigid head fixation. The company was founded by Mark G. Torchia in 1999 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada. | Health Technology |
Channel Medsystems, Inc.
Channel Medsystems, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Channel Medsystems, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare technologies. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers Burnett and Brian Michael Neil on March 15, 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA. | Electronic Technology |
KOELIS SAS
KOELIS SAS Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services KOELIS SAS provides engineering services. Its products include Trinity, 3D prostate suite, Mr-Draw and accessories. The company was founded by Antoine Leroy and Patrick Henry and is headquartered in Meylan, France. | Industrial Services |
Innovahealth Partners LP
Innovahealth Partners LP Investment ManagersFinance InnovaHealth Partners LP (InnovaHealth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Mortimer Berkowitz, Ariella Golomb and John McCormick. The firm is headquartered in the New York. | Finance |
LAVA Medtech Acquisition Corp.
LAVA Medtech Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance LAVA Medtech Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on March 31, 2021 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA. | Finance |