Ken MacLeod

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.

Cameron Health, Inc. develops medical devices for patients and medical professionals. It has developed a totally subcutaneous implantable defibrillator (S-ICD) system that remedies many of the issues associated with traditional implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The company was founded on August 21, 2000 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

CropDesign NV develops traits for cereal crops. It delivers agronomic traits for the global commercial seed markets. The firm focuses on enhancing grain yield in crops such as corn and rice, and increasing biomass of energy crops. Its platform, TraitMill, lows evaluating the effect of genes on the performance of plants under different growing conditions, including drought and low nutrient stress. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Blgium.

Part of Ferghana Partners Group, Gargoyle Partners is a British company that provides healthcare and chemicals mergers and acquisition advisory. The company is based in London, UK. Gargoyle Partners was acquired by Ferghana Partners Group on October 11, 2005.

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank SA/NV is a commercial bank based in Brussels, Belgium.

Neomed Management (Jersey) Ltd. is an investment firm invests in innovative healthcare and life science companies. The company is headquartered in St. Helier, the United Kingdom.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

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.

Global Consolidated Aesthetics Ltd. develops, manufactures and sells breast implants. It offers products under flagship brands Nagor and Eurosilicone. The firm manufactures products at its own facilities based in Scotland, England and France and produces to the highest European standards. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Sequana Medical AG operates as a medical device company. It specializes in the production and design of implantable pump systems to manage fluid balance within the body. The firm offers the Alfapump system, its proprietary solution to manage and remove ascites, which can occur as a symptom of liver disease, cancer, or congestive heart failure and its focus areas encompass clinical research, product innovation, and technology development. The company was founded by Noel L. Johnson in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Bio-Incubator Leuven is a dynamic and innovative environment that provides lab space and support to R&D-intensive life sciences companies. The private company offers customizable modules that can be modified to meet the specific requirements of each client. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven's knowledge institutes, including KU Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, VIB, and IMEC, generate a huge outflow of knowledge that entails a myriad of innovative ideas for new and existing companies. The CEO of the Belgian company is Michaël de Blauwe.

The Association of British Healthtech Industries Ltd. promotes products and services in the healthcare industry. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1979. The CEO is Peter Ellingworth.

Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation BV develops medical devices. The company was founded by Sjaak Deckers in 2011 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Omega Fund Management Ltd. (OFM) is the wholly-owned private equity firm founded by Dr. Otello Stampacchia in 2004. The firm is headquartered in the US.

TopiVert Ltd. develops topical treatments for inflammatory diseases of the eye and gut. Its application is used in the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis and other inflammatory diseases of the lungs. The company was founded by Eric Charles Meldrum in 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Jefferies International Ltd. (JIL) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Holdings II Ltd., ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) in the US. JIL provides broking services to various investors.

HighLife SAS develops percutaneous mitral valve replacement therapies. It offers a minimally invasive prosthetic mitral valve that is implanted on a beating heart, while preserving the native valve structure and respecting the surrounding anatomy. The company was founded by Georg Börtle in 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Topivert Pharma Ltd. is a British pharmaceutical company founded in 2011. The private company develops non-systemic medicines for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal.

GC Aesthetics Plc designs, manufactures and distribute implantable medical devices. The firm operates through two brands: Nagor and Eurosilicone. Its global aesthetics products market includes the following segments: breast implant products, skin tightening and body shaping, energy devices, neuro modulators, dermal fillers, chemical peels, liposuctions, self and physician dispensed topical and injectables, removal of localized fat deposits, device-based alternatives to toxins for wrinkle reduction and therapy treatments for hair loss, excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis), malfunctioning veins (sclerotherapy) and scars. The company was founded by William McCabe in April 2015 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Attenua, Inc. engages in the provision of biopharmaceutical services. The company was founded by Jing Liang and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

IFM Cinque, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

IFM Continua, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

IFM Quattro, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Anjarium Biosciences AG is a Swiss company that focuses on creating a new class of non-viral gene therapies to tackle genetic diseases throughout a patient's lifetime. The company is based in Schlieren, Switzerland. The company's versatile platform leverages breakthrough science and expertise at the interface of genetic medicine, synthetic biology, and nanoparticle engineering to generate a pipeline of advanced gene therapies with unique competitive advantages over current viral-vector based gene therapies. Anjarium's investors include leading international and strategic investors such as Abingworth, Gimv, Omega Funds, Pfizer Ventures, and Surveyor Capital. The company was founded by Joël de Beer, and Stephen Yoo has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Invest Europe is a Belgian company that operates as a private equity, venture capital and infrastructure investment company. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Ariceum Therapeutics GmbH is a German clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company that focuses on the diagnosis and precision treatment of certain neuroendocrine and other aggressive, hard-to-treat cancers. Ariceum Therapeutics is based in Berlin, DE, and has subsidiaries in various locations worldwide. The company's lead targeted systemic radiopharmaceutical product, -satoreotide tetraxetan ("satoreotide"), is an antagonist of the somatostatin type 2 (sstr2) receptor, which is overexpressed in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and some aggressive cancers such as small cell lung cancer (SCLC) and Merkel cell carcinoma. Ariceum is also developing a radiolabeled PARP-inhibitor (ATT-001), which is slated to enter the clinic in early 2024. The company was founded in 2021, and Manfred Rüdiger has been the CEO of the company since 2021.