Patrick Verta

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded in 1946 and is a subsidiary of FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments. FMR provides investment supervisory services, which include sub-advisory services, to Fidelity's family of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, qualified tuition programs, privately offered unregistered investment funds, separately managed account clients, and various other institutional accounts.

Lipid Sciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company that is engaged in research and development of products and processes intended to treat major medical indications such as cardiovascular disease and viral infections in which lipids or fat components, play a key role. The company is focused on applications of technologies in two main areas: cardiovascular disease, using the HDL Therapy platform and viral infections, using the Viral Immunotherapy platform. HDL Therapy focuses on developing treatments for the reversal of atherosclerosis, which is the leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and peripheral vascular disease. It was formerly known as NZ Corp. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Heart Leaflet Technologies, Inc. develops heart leaflet repair systems. It provides percutaneous aortic heart valves that can be used to repair stenosed or calcified valves without the use of open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Dan W. Gladney and Robert Foster Wilson in 2002 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

InspireMD Ltd. is a medical device company, which engages in the development and commercialization of platform technology for the treatment of vascular and coronary disease. It offers MicroNet stent, a device designed to trap and seal thrombus and plaque against the vessel wall, preventing embolization. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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.

Grant Thornton LLP provides accounting, tax and business consulting services. It offers advisory, business consulting, business risk, enterprise technology and innovation, transaction services, data analytics, cyber risk, and data integrity services. The firm serves the construction, real estate and hospitality, consumer and industrial products, energy, financial services, health care and life sciences, not for profit organizations, private equity, public sector, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

RiverVest Venture Management LLC (RiverVest Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Tom C. Melzer, Jay W. Schmelter, Mark J. Mendel and Andrew B. Craig III. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Osiris Investment Partners LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Paul S. Stuka and provides investment advice to high-net-worth clients.

Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, Inc. operates as a medical technologies company. It designs, develops, and markets imaging solutions for use in applications such as dermatology, neurological sciences, developmental biology, pathology, and translational research. The firm offers VIVANET and VIVASCAN. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Qart Medical Ltd. is a medical, a clinical-stage medtech company, addressing the global infertility epidemic. The company was founded by Alon Shalev and Natan T. Shaked and is headquartered in Israel.

CardiacSense Ltd. is a digital health company based in Caesarea, Israel. The Israeli company has developed a medical watch that integrates proprietary patent-protected sensors and software algorithms to provide continuous measurement of parameters such as core temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate at CE and FDA-mandated accuracies. This provides an alternative to costly and complex invasive devices, addressing the increasing demand for remote patient monitoring and tele-health. The private company was founded in 2009 by Eldad Shemesh and Liat Shemesh, with Eldad Shemesh serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Owlytics Healthcare operates personalized physiology-tracking health detection platform. The company was founded by Gill Zaphrir and Yaron Recher in 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

ClearCut Medical Ltd. develops proprietary technology and tools for removal of cancer. Its product ClearSightTM MRI System, focuses on breast cancer lumpectomy for intraoperative margin assessment of surgically removed lumps. The firms applications include breast cancer biopsies, margin assessment of skin cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer tissue microstructure. The company was founded by Eyal Kolka and Erez Golan in 2010 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

PulmOne Advanced Medical Devices Ltd. develops devices designed to allow lung function testing. It manufactures and distributes the MiniBox, an office based solution providing complete lung function testing in a portable device. The company was founded by Avi Lazar in 2006 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

EndoSpan Ltd. develops novel endovascular system for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. The firm is opening up options for repairing aneurysms and dissections in patients with anatomy previously unsuitable for endovascular therapy. The company was founded by Rafi Benary and Alon Shalev in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzlia, Israel.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Mazor Robotics LLC is a company that specializes in the Mazor X Stealth Edition robotic guidance platform. The company is based in Orlando, FL. The platform is equipped with advanced software, robotic technologies, navigation, and instrumentation to support predictable surgical procedures. Christopher Prentice has been the CEO of the company since 2014.

New Phase Ltd. develops therapeutic technology based on nanoparticles designed to treat metastatic solid tumors. The company is based in Petach Tikva, Israel. The Israeli company was founded in 2013 by Rafi Hof and Ofer Shalev. Ofer Shalev has been the CEO since 2013.

Sprig Equity Management LLC (Sprig Equity Management) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Norton Evan and Arnold Kathryn. The firm is headquartered in Wilmette, Illinois.

InSitu Biologics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the development of painkiller. It offers AnestaGel, a long-lasting and long-acting non-opiate painkiller used in post-operative surgical procedures. The company was founded by Kevin Bassett in 2017 and is headquartered in Woodbury, MN.