Archie Smith

ightLine Partners LLC (SightLine Partners) is an independent venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1992 by Buzz Benson and Maureen Harder. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

InSound Medical, Inc. developed and manufactured hearing devices. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in Newark, CA.

Kips Bay Medical, Inc. was a medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing its proprietary external saphenous vein support technology for use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Its product, eSVS MESH, was a nitinol mesh sleeve that was placed over the saphenous vein graft during CABG surgery and is designed to constrict the vein and prevent expansion of the vein graft and resulting injury due to increased pressure. The company was founded by Manuel A. Villafaña on May 1, 2007 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

CABG Medical, Inc. develops medical devices focused on the treatment of coronary heart disease. It is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Rothschild Capital Management LLC provides investment advice. It offers discretionary portfolio management services to net-worth individuals, charitable organizations and trusts. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Towson, MD.

Centerre Healthcare Corp. operates inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. The company was founded by John P. Keefe and John T. Lewis on October 7, 2008 and is headquartered in Louisville, KY.

PHT Corp. designs and develops software applications. The firm offers biopharmaceutical clients comprehensive services for acquiring, managing, and analyzing data collected directly from patients through all phases of clinical development. Its electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) system collects and reports secure real-time patient data from smartphones, tablets, and the web. The company was founded by Stephen Raymond in 1994 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.