Alexander Q. Tilson

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

BaroSense Inc. operates as a medical device company that focuses on the research and development of minimally invasive medical devices for the treatment of obesity. The company was founded by Richard S. Stack and William N. Starling, Jr. in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Arsenal Medical Inc. develops therapeutic products based on BioActive Composites platform. Its biomaterials-based systems provide targeted local and systemic therapies to treat chronic diseases and conditions. The firm product offers tailored dosing of drugs, mechanical and biochemical compatibility with tissues and complete bioabsorption. The company was founded by George M. Whitesides, Carmichael S. Roberts Jr. and Robert S. Langer Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Acclarent, Inc. engages in manufacturing, designing, and commercializing medical devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose, and throat. Its products include balloon sinuplasty, eustachian tube dilation, airway dilation system, and ethmoid punch. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and John Y. Chang in June 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Tibion Corp. designs and develops medical devices. It develops innovative equipment that helps individuals recover physical function lost due to disease, trauma or aging. The company was founded was founded by Kern Bhugra and Robert Horst in 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Auris Health, Inc. develops robotics technology for medical applications. The company was founded by Frederic H. Moll, Hariharan Sundram and Christopher J. P. Velis and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Niveus Medical, Inc. provides stimulation to quadriceps. It indicates for relaxation of muscle spasms, muscle re-education of the quadriceps and increasing local blood circulation. The company was founded by Brian Fahey on October 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Medina Medical, Inc. operates as a neurovascular company. The firm provides minimally-invasive devices for the treatment of brain aneurysms and stroke. The company was founded by Maria Aboytes and Kimberly Vogel in 2010 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Institutional Venture Partners (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Ventracor Ltd. manufactures and markets a range of cardiac technology products. The company has developed an implantable blood pump, the VentrAssist left ventricular assist device, designed as therapy for patients in end stage heart failure. It also engages in the research, development, manufacture, clinical trials and commercialization of the VentrAssist LVAD and related technologies. Ventracor was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It also makes cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

The Foundry LLC provides investment services to medical device companies. It includes the inventor partners of business development, product development and prototyping, market analysis and development, human resources and recruitment and intellectual property enterprise. The company was founded by Allan R Will and Henry A. Plain, Jr. in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

FlowCardia, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures endovascular devices. It offers flowmate Injector to optimize the performance of crosser cto recanalization and crosser catheter, a minimally-invasive endovascular device. The firm also provides portfolio of catheter-based technologies to facilitate guidewire crossing of totally occluded coronary and peripheral arteries. The company was founded by Henry Nita and Erik T. Engelson in 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

INSPIRATION Medical GmbH manufactures medical devices for the treatment of sleep apnea. The firms product offerings include ventilation, nebulization, pulse oximetry, sensors and x-halo. The company was founded by Amir J. Tehrani and Frederic H. Moll in 2000 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

Juul Labs, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of vaporizers that contain nicotine for smokers. It offers JUUL device and JUULpods. The company was founded by Adam Bowen and James Monsees in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Aranz Healthcare Ltd., Aranz Medical Ltd. is a medical device company based in Christchurch, New Zealand. The New Zealander company specializes in innovative medical image-capture devices and recording, reporting, and analysis software. The company's solutions are primarily used to document chronic wounds and skin conditions, and are well suited to both clinical trial and clinical practice applications. The company's flagship product, Silhouette®, is a wound imaging, measurement, and documentation system that supports more accurate wound assessment. The company was founded in 2005 by Rick Fright and Mark Nixon, and Bruce Davey has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Reflexion Medical, Inc. develops medical devices. Its products include marketwired resonate and influencers, news distribution, IR and PR hosted newsroom and media database. The company was founded by Akshay Nanduri and Samuel Mazin in 2009 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

ExThera Medical Corp. develops medical devices that address unmet clinical needs in the treatment of bloodstream infections and pathogen-reduction in blood banking. The company develops Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph), which captures and removes normal and drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, toxins, and pro-inflammatory cytokines from human blood; and offers solution for use in a dialysis, such as extracorporeal circuit for treating existing bloodstream infections. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Martinez, CA.

Invicta Medical, Inc. operates as a medical technology company that develops wearable device for treatment of sleep apnea and snoring. Its device detects and treats disturbed breathing through electrical stimulation. The company was founded by Steven T. Kent and Harold Kent in 2013 and is headquartered in Portola Valley, CA.

Shangbay Capital Management Co. LLC (Shangbay Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

EpimAb Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a Chinese clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that specializes in developing multispecific antibodies. The company is based in Shanghai, China. The company utilizes its in-house research and technology capabilities, including the proprietary fit-ig® and mat-fab bispecific platforms, to generate and advance a unique pipeline of transformative preclinical and clinical assets that aim to benefit cancer patients. The company was founded in 2016 by Chen Bing Wu, who has been the CEO since 2016.

Arrinex, Inc. operates as a funded medical device company. It develops medical procedure that is used in patients with refractory chronic rhinitis. The firm develops disruptive cryotherapy technology for treating chronic nasal allergy symptoms: congestion and drainage. The company was founded by Vahid Saadat and Mojgan Saadat and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

UC San Diego Foundation specializes in obtaining private gifts in support of research, teaching, and public service, as well as engages in management of gift assets. The company is was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Devoro Medical, Inc. develops medical devices for restoring blood flow. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Alimetry Ltd. is a company based in Grafton, New Zealand. The New Zealander company was founded in 2019 by Gregory O'Grady, who has been the CEO since its inception.