Usha Periyanayagam

North American Scientific, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices for the radiation oncology community. It offers intensity modulated and image guided radiation therapy products and services, as well as brachytherapy seeds used in the treatment of prostate cancer. The company also offers iodine-based and palladium-based implantable brachytherapy seeds for the treatment of prostate cancer. It provides a line of brachytherapy seeds for use in the treatment of ocular melanoma and other solid tumor applications. The company manufactures other radio isotopic products used in various medical, environmental, research and industrial applications. North American Scientific was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Chatsworth, CA.

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. develops novel interventional tools for the treatment of heart failure and the related condition of mitral valve regurgitation. It offers the CARILLON Mitral Contour System, a proprietary and implantable device designed to be positioned in the coronary sinus vein using cardiac catheterization techniques. The firm also offers patient enrollment, clinical testing, and medical consulting services. The company was founded by James W. Fitzsimmons and Scott Jordan Wolf in 2001 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Arcadian Management Services, Inc. engages in the provision of administrative infrastructure and management services to health care provider groups and hospitals. The company was founded by John H. Austin in 1997 and is headquartered in DE.

Access Closure, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular markets. Its products include Mynx ace, Mynx grip, Mynx sealant technology and flash ostial system. The company was in founded in 2002 by Farhad Khosravi and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

RRE Advisors LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1994 by Stuart Jay Ellman, James D. Robinson and Jim D. Robinson. RRE Advisors LLC is headquartered in New York.

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.

SV Health Investors LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SV Health Investors LLP founded in 2006. SV Health Investors LLC is headquartered in Boston.

Three Arch Partners (TAP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Thomas Fogarty and Wilfred Jaeger. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Claremont Creek Ventures (Claremont Creek) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Nat Goldhaber, Randy Hawks and John Steuart. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

AssureRx Health, Inc. operates as a personalized medicine company that develops genetic tests. It specializes in pharmacogenomics, a study of the genetic factors that influence an individual’s response to drug treatments, as well as evidence-based medicine and clinical pharmacology. The firm offers GeneSight, a genetic test that helps healthcare providers to take a personalized approach for prescribing medicine for patients; GeneSight Psychotropic, a test that analyzes genes that affects a patient’s response to antidepressant and antipsychotic medications; and GeneSight Analgesic, a test that analyzes how genes affect the way the body respond to medicines prescribed to treat acute or chronic pain. The company was founded by Donald R. Wright Jr. in 2006 and is headquartered in Mason, OH.

Room to Read provides educational resources. The fir focuses on literacy and gender equality in education. It works with local communities, partner organizations and governments and develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills. The company was founded by Dinesh Shrestha, Erin Ganju and John Wood in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Schroder Ventures Fund seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in a broad range of sectors. The fund provides financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements.

In-Q-Tel, Inc. operates as alternative investment company. It offers services which include investing side-by-side with venture firms, help develop sustainable solutions and use off-the-shelf products to start-ups developing innovation technologies. The company was founded in February 1999 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

NuMedii, Inc. discovers and de-risks effective new drugs by translating Life Sciences Big Data into therapies. Its Big Data technology, originally developed at Stanford University, utilizes large amounts of scientific data together with proprietary biological network-based algorithms to discover drug-disease connections and biomarkers that are predictive of efficacy. The firm translates these predictions into novel de-risked drug candidates and partners with pharmaceutical companies for development and commercialization. The company was founded by Gini Deshpande, Joel Dudley and Atul J. Butte in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Action Potential Venture Capital (Action Potential Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Wireframe Management LLC (Wireframe Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Paul Straub and Harsh Patel. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Nevro Corp., Nevro Medical Ltd. develops and manufactures medical devices. The company is based in Cheltenham, UK and was founded in 2010.

Healthinvest Equity Partners (Healthinvest Equity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Wilfred Jaeger M.D. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut.

Sounding Board Labs, Inc. provides software to deliver personalized and feedback-driven leadership development. The company was founded by Christine Tao and Lori Mazan in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.