Scott Vafai

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.

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets soft tissue equipment. The firm's main focus is assisting physicians in the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The company was founded by Ben Heavrin, Bruce Lynskey, Jerome R. Edwards, and Evan Austill, Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Nuvaira, Inc. develops medical devices for treating lung diseases. It works on a novel catheter-based system that has the potential to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Steven Dimmer and Martin L. Mayse in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Respicardia, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of cardiovascular ultra-sound diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Theodore C. Skokos, Mark Gelfand, Dr. Howard R. Levin and Dr. Danny Sachs in 2006 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Trividia Health, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets diabetes monitoring and management products. It supplies blood glucose monitoring systems, cobranded under the TRUE name, to pharmacies, distributors and mail service providers. The company was founded by George H. Holley in 1985 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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.

Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver.

Visiogen, Inc. develops products for cataract and refractive patients. It offers synchrony dual-optic accommodating intraocular lens and pre-loaded injector, which provide distance, intermediate, and near vision to presbyopic cataract patients. The company was founded on March 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

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.

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.

Sequent Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops catheter-based neurovascular technologies. The company was founded by Robert F. Rosenbluth and Brian J. Cox in August 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Zyga Technology, Inc. develops novel technology for resurfacing the facet and zygapophyseal joints. It engages in the development minimally invasive surgical solutions to treat common but underserved painful conditions of the spine. The firm offers GLYDER Facet Resurfacing System, an investigational device and is intended exclusively for clinical investigations. The company was founded by Robert Assell in March 2008 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

MD Start SA develops medical device technology. It has collaboration between venture capital, institutional investors and industry to the development of innovative medtech ideas in Europe. The company was founded by Tim Lenihanin 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. develops novel surgical tools for arthroscopic procedures. It offers NovoStitch Pro Meniscal Repair System, a device designed to address complex meniscal tear patterns not adequately served by other repair systems. The company was founded by Justin Saliman and John G. McCutcheon in October 2010 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

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.

Moxe Health Corp. provides integrated technology and services to serve the health care industry. The company was founded by Daniel Peadar Wilson and Mark Olschesky in 2012 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It offers medical device technology, cardiology, and electrophysiology. The company was founded by Gust H. Bardy in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Versant Venture Capital VI (Canada) LP operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Augmedics, Inc. provides surgery services. The company was founded in 2014 by Nissan Elimelech and Raphael Lotan and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Alleviant Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which is developing potential therapies for congestive heart failure. The company was founded by Christopher Alex Arevalos, Albertien Greijdanus, Avni Patel and Jacob Kriegel in February 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vensana Capital Management LLC (Vensana Capital) is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 2019 by Peter Klein Justin & Kirk G. Nielsen. The firm is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Spyglass Ophthalmics, Inc. develops products for vision and eye care. The company was founded by Malik Y. Kahook and Glenn Sussman and is headquartered in Mission Viejo, CA.