Michael Blomeyer

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.

Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

NeoTract, Inc. develops surgical devices for urological and gynecological disorders. It offers UroLift System, a minimally invasive device to treat lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The company was founded by Joshua Makower, Joseph Catanese, Theodore C. Lamson and Earl A. Bright II in 2004 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Acureon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets therapeutics for infectious diseases. The firm’s synergistic combination of anti-infective expertise, dedicated clinical operations, marketing know-how and intellectual property, all coupled with well documented low attrition rates for anti-infective should translate into multiple product opportunities with a lower risk of failure, more rapid development timelines and early substantial returns on investment. The company was founded by Giorgio Mosconi in 2006 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

EPIX Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a medical device company that designs and manufactures catheter-based systems. It offers irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheters for atrial fibrillation. The company was founded by Kenneth Carr, Peter van der Sluis, Eric Kanowsky and Timothy J. Lenihan in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Earlens Corp. develops medical devices. It offers EarLens Contact Hearing Device that uses light to transmit sound. Its earlens contact hearing device two components: a tympanic membrane transducer, which is nonsurgically placed deep in the ear canal on the eardrum, and a light-based behind-the-ear sound processor placed at the base of the ear canal. The company was founded in 1999 by Rodney C. Perkins and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Medrio, Inc. provides advanced electronic data capture and eClinical tools. It offers an integrated eClinical software platform with a fully hosted EDC system. Its new mobile suite, mSource, supports both event-based and subject-based workflows, offline data entry, and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO). The company was founded by Michael Richard Novotny in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Aerin Medical, Inc. develops non-invasive medical devices. It offers improvement in snoring and nasal airflow during surgery. The company was founded by Scott Jordan Wolf and Andrew G. C. Frazier in 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Radiology Partners Holdings LLC operates as a holding company which through its subsidiary provides diagnostic and interventional radiology services. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

Venture Investors LLC (Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Intrinsic Therapeutics, Inc. develops device-based therapies for soft-tissue injuries of the spine. It offers surgeons and patients better options for treating painful disc herniations that cause sciatica and low back pain. The company was founded by Gregory H. Lambrecht in 1999 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Soft Switching Technologies Corp. provides power quality and monitoring solutions for the automated industrial markets. The firm offers scalable, battery-free DySC products, voltage sag detectors and I-Sense intelligent sensors to semiconductor, food and beverage, and automotive industries, as well as manufacturing customers and utility industries. The firm's customers include both middle market firms and blue chip companies. The company was founded by Deepak M. Divan in 1995 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Sigma Chi Corp. operates as a collegiate leadership development organization that promotes the cultivation, maintenance and promotion of the core values of friendship, justice and learning. The company was founded on June 28, 1855 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Colorado BioScience Association operates as an association for life sciences. The non-profit company is based in Denver, CO. The company was founded by Steve A. Orndorff. Jennifer Jones Paton has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Silatronix, Inc. develops and manufactures highly stable organosilicon electrolytes for advanced lithium-ion batteries and capacitors. It is commercializing a new class of patented materials based on organosilicon compounds that are environmentally friendly, non-flammable, high temperature materials suited for use as electrolytes, binders, and coatings in energy storage devices. The firm’s organosilicon compounds are used in rechargeable and non-rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and lithium based electrochemical systems. The company founded by Winslow L. Sargeant, Robert C. West and Robert Hamers in 2007 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Oceana Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals and medical devices. It develops and commercializes therapeutics with a focus on colorectal, gastroenterology, and urological diseases. The firm provides Deflux that is used for the treatment of Vesicoureteral reflux, urological conditions and Solesta which is used for the treatment of fecal incontinence. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edison, NJ.

Dialysis Newco, Inc. provides dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Moximed, Inc. develops minimally invasive, joint sparing solutions for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Its Osteoarthritis treatment can minimize joint pain, restore normal activity levels, and slow down disease progression. The company was founded by Anton G. Clifford in 2006 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

ExploraMed Development LLC operates as a medical technology incubation company that provides medical device solutions. The firm’s services include tissue bulking in incontinence and GI Reflux, revascularization technologies including percutaneous coronary and peripheral bypass and cell injection technologies for cardiac regeneration, therapy for osteoarthritis called the Kinespring system and consumer wellness products for women’s health. The company was founded by Joshua Makower in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Madison Development Corp. manages housing units in Madison. The non-profit company is based in Madison, WI. Lorrie Keating Heinemann has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Eko Devices, Inc. manufactures digital medical devices and smartphone-enabled medical technologies. It offers Eko Core, which is a digital stethoscope attachment that allows clinicians to visualize, record, playback, share, and analyze heart sounds; and Core Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope accessories. The company was founded by Connor Landgraf, Tyler Crouch and Jason Bellet in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Calyxo, Inc. engages in the manufacture of medical device for kidney stone disease treatment. It also offers research and development. The company was founded in February 2016 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Catalys Pacific LLC (Catalys Pacific) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by BT Slingsby. The firm is headquartered in Cayman Islands.

Bicycle Health, Inc. offers medication assisted treatment to help people cut down on or stop using opioids. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Elucent Medical, Inc. develops solutions for breast cancer treatment. The firm is pioneering and commercializing a wireless marker tag and detection system that helps locate breast abnormalities and predict margins during surgical excision. The company was founded by Dan van der Weide, Laura G. King, Lee Wilke, Fred T. Lee, Christopher Brace and Elizabeth Burnside and is headquartered in Brookfield, WI.

EnsoData, Inc. develops software solutions for medical sector. Its solutions enables user to discover, identify, and report a critical patterns and trends in temporal health data. The company was founded by Christopher Robert Fernandez, Nicholas Glattard and Sam Rusk in 2015 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.