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NatureWorks LLC manufactures plastics and fibers from renewable resources. It provides commercial applications in the areas of fiber and nonwovens, films, extruded, and thermoformed containers. The company was founded by Patrick R. Gruber in 1997 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

NXThera, Inc. provides technology platform to treat endourological conditions. It develops medical devices to treat patients suffering from urologic conditions, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and kidney cancer. The company was founded by John H. Shadduck and Michael Hoey in 2008 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

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.

Spine Wave, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of medical devices for the treatment of spinal disorders. It offers posterior platform, anterior platform, lateral platform, thoracolumbar, cervical, and biologics products. The company was founded by Mark LoGuidice and John A. Pafford in February 2001 and is headquartered in Shelton, CT.

Antares Pharma, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and technologies in targeted therapeutic areas. Its products include XYOSTED injection, OTREXUP injection for subcutaneous use, and Sumatriptan injection. The company was founded in February 1979 and is headquartered in Ewing, NJ.