Jay Schmelter
Founder at RiverVest Venture Management LLC
Net worth: 16 776 $ as of 2024-04-29
Network origin in Jay Schmelter first degree
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The University of Chicago
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| College/University | Other Consumer Services | 353 |
RiverVest Venture Management LLC
 RiverVest Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance RiverVest Venture Management LLC (RiverVest Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Thomas Melzer, Craig Andrew and Jay Schmelter. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 25 |
Alleviant Medical, Inc.
 Alleviant Medical, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services 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.
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| Holding Company | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 9 |
Poseidon Medical, Inc.
 Poseidon Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Tryton Medical, Inc. manufactures and sells stent systems for the treatment of bifurcation lesions. Its tri-zone technology provides scaffolding within the side branch, radial strength in the transition zone and minimal coverage in the main vessel zone. The firm also provides side branch stent systems which are used to treat a range of bifurcated lesions. The company was founded by H. Richard Davis, Aaron V. Kaplan and Dan Cole in 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.
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| Holding Company | Medical Specialties | 8 |
InterVene, Inc.
 InterVene, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology InterVene, Inc. develops non-implantable, catheter-based vein valve creation therapy. Its BlueLeaf endovenous valve formation system allows physicians to create new vein valves for patients who are unable to efficiently pump blood out of their legs and back to their heart. The company was founded by Fletcher Wilson in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.
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| Holding Company | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | 6 |
Cardialen, Inc.
 Cardialen, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Cardialen, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers pain-free cardio version therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) using low-energy implantable atrial cardioverters. The firm develops and commercializes these as an independent specialist, to address major needs in atrial fibrillation management, achieve improved outcomes and reduce the risk of stroke, heart failure and high healthcare costs associated with atrial fibrillation. The company's products comprise implantable low-energy pain-free atrial cardioverters and cardiac leads and defibrillator equipment. Its products are used for the treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Cardialen was founded in 2008 by D. Graeme Thomas, Randy H. Weiss and Igor R. Efimov and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.
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| Subsidiary | Medical Specialties | 6 |
Crescendo Venture Management LLP
 Crescendo Venture Management LLP Investment ManagersFinance Crescendo Management LLC (Crescendo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by David Spreng, Mitchell Dann and Jeff Tollefson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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| Private Company | Investment Managers | 2 |
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Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Jay Schmelter via their personal network
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Cordis Corp.
 Cordis Corp. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology 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. | Medical Specialties | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Medtronic, Inc.
 Medtronic, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology 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. | Medical Specialties | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | Medical Specialties | President Corporate Officer/Principal General Counsel | |
| University of Notre Dame | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Mediprocity, Inc.
 Mediprocity, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Mediprocity, Inc. develops a solution for compliant communications. It serves physicians, prescribers and pharmacies, healthcare professionals, vendors and business associates, administrators and hospitals. The company was founded by Mason D. Rothert and Nicholas Magers in 2009 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, MO. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| Brown University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
McKinsey & Co., Inc.
 McKinsey & Co., Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Private Equity Investor Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Masters Business Admin Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Vanderbilt University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Economist | |
William Blair & Co. LLC
 William Blair & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Equity Analyst-Equity | |
Goodwin Procter LLP
 Goodwin Procter LLP Investment ManagersFinance Goodwin Procter LLP is a law firm which provides advice to companies in public and private enterprises. It provides services to financial, life sciences, private equity, real estate, and technolgy industries. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| The Johns Hopkins University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Cornell University
 Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| New York University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Wisconsin | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Michigan | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
University of Minnesota
 University of Minnesota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services 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. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Monteris Medical, Inc.
 Monteris Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology 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. | Medical Specialties | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Cultivation Capital LLC
 Cultivation Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
Wugen, Inc.
 Wugen, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Wugen, Inc. develops CAR-T therapy platform for cancer therapies. The company was founded by Matthew Cooper and John F. DiPersio and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Packaged Software | Director/Board Member Founder | |
NarrativeDx, Inc.
 NarrativeDx, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services NarrativeDx, Inc. provides patient information collection and information aggregation tool. Its solution enables healthcare administrators to collect and monitor. The company was founded by Senem Guney and Kyle Robertsonn in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Internet Software/Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| University of California | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| Harvard Medical School | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Doctorate Degree | |
Arch Oncology, Inc.
 Arch Oncology, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Arch Oncology, Inc. develops drugs for life-threatening disorders. Its products include anti-CD47 monoclonal antibody, CD47 antisense oligonucleotide, and a small molecule CD47 inhibitor. The company was founded by William A. Frazier and Jeffrey S. Isenberg in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Chairman Director/Board Member | |
Veniti, Inc.
 Veniti, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Veniti, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the treatment of venous insufficiency. Its products include VENI RF Plus which uses radio frequency generated steam to destroy problematic veins that manifest as varicose veins; VENI Vena Cava Filter system which is engineered to improve the accuracy, efficiency of deployment, placement and retrieval; and VICI Venous Stent which is designed specifically for the treatment of venous outflow obstruction. The company was founded by Sean C. Morris and Mark Klopp in 2009 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA. | Medical Specialties | Chief Executive Officer Director of Finance/CFO | |
Monteris Medical Corp.
 Monteris Medical Corp. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services 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. | Medical Distributors | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
3x5 Partners LLC
 3x5 Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance 3x5 Partners LLC (3x5 Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Tony Arnerich and Nicholas Walrod. The firm is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. | Investment Managers | Director of Investments Private Equity Investor | |
Adarza BioSystems, Inc.
 Adarza BioSystems, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Adarza BioSystems, Inc. develops and manufacturers a multiplex immunoassay technology that can identify proteins and genetic markers in medical specimens. The firm operates as a medical diagnostics company which also develops a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care samples and also its technology allows hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. The company was founded by Benjamin L. Miller, Randolph R. Henke, Terry Gronwall and Christopher C. Striemer in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Euphrates Vascular, Inc.
 Euphrates Vascular, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Euphrates Vascular, Inc. provides medical devices. It offers treatment addressing vascular occlusions related to vascular disease. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. | Medical Specialties | Director of Finance/CFO Director/Board Member | |
EndoSpan Ltd.
 EndoSpan Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology 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. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| International Monetary Fund | General Government | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Vensana Capital Management LLC
 Vensana Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance 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. | Investment Managers | Founder Consultant / Advisor | |
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC
 Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC provides research and development support services. It offers drug discovery and drug development in a variety of therapeutic areas, including CNS, Internal Medicine and Oncology, to address unmet medical needs worldwide. The company is headquartered in Raritan, NJ. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Scout Bio, Inc.
 Scout Bio, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Scout Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that focuses on the innovation of pet medicine by delivering a pipeline of one-time therapeutics for major chronic pet health conditions. It also specializes in gene therapy, veterinary product development and biotechnology investment. The company was founded by James M. Wilson in 2016 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member | |
Biolinq, Inc.
 Biolinq, Inc. Electronic Production EquipmentElectronic Technology Biolinq, Inc. develops skin-applied electronic sensors that analyze body fluids to provide health information. The company was founded by Jared Tangney and Josh Windmiller in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Electronic Production Equipment | Director/Board Member | |
| UCLA Anderson School of Management | College/University | Masters Business Admin | |
Xilio Therapeutics LLC
 Xilio Therapeutics LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Part of Xilio Therapeutics, Inc., Xilio Therapeutics LLC develops cancer biopharmaceuticals. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The CEO of the company is René Russo. | Pharmaceuticals: Major | Director/Board Member | |
Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc.
 Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bluejay Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage private biopharmaceutical company that is committed to developing effective treatments and cures for viral and liver diseases. The company is based in San Mateo, CA, and was founded by Keting Chu, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's first target indication is chronic hepatitis b, which is a worldwide prevalent disease with an urgent unmet medical need. Bluejay is advancing two innovative approaches with the potential for a high rate of functional cure: fully human igg1 anti-hbs monoclonal antibodies and first-in-class hbsag oral small molecule inhibitors. The company believes that by reducing hepatitis b surface antigen and restoring adaptive immunity, a functional cure could be achieved for patients. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member | |
| Portuguese Catholic University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree | |
Broadview Ventures, Inc.
 Broadview Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Broadview Ventures, Inc. (Broadview Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor | |
| The Jewish Theological Seminary of America | College/University | Graduate Degree |
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| Corporate Officer/Principal | 174 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 84 |
| Private Equity Investor | 59 |
| Founder | 52 |
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| William Wolf | 23 |
| Tim A. Dugan | 23 |
| Jay Greyson | 21 |
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| Bill Schmidt | 20 |
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