Ayman Naseri

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.

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

NeoTract, Inc. develops surgical devices for urological and gynecological disorders. It offers UroLift System, a minimally invasive device to treat lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia. The company was founded by Joshua Makower, Joseph Catanese, Theodore C. Lamson and Earl A. Bright II in 2004 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

GT Medical Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and development of a medical device for the treatment of brain tumors. It offers GammaTile Therapy, which is a surgically targeted radiation therapy which is placed at the end if a brain excision surgery and targets residual tumor cells. The company was founded by Heyoung McBride, Peter Nakaji, Emad Youssef, and Theresa Thomas in 2017 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Gambro AB engages in the development and manufacturing of dialysis equipment and blood purification products. It provides products and therapies for kidney and liver dialysis, myeloma kidney therapy, and other extracorporeal therapies for chronic and acute patients. The firm offers products for hemodialysis, acute care, myeloma kidney therapy, and vascular access and water systems. The company was founded by Holger Crafoord in 1964 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

Gambro Lundia AB operates as a medical technology company. It develops, manufactures, and distributes products and treatments for kidney and liver dialysis, treatment of myeloma kidney, and other extracorporeal treatments for chronically and acutely ill patients. The firm also holds shares in other companies. The company was founded on February 18, 1953 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

Mission Bay Capital Management Inc (Mission Bay Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Foundry Therapeutics 1, Inc. engages in the development of pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

PlaceIQ, Inc. develops mobile marketing tools that take photos of places shared on mobile phones. Its solutions include media, analytics, measurement and data-as-a-service. The company was founded by Duncan McCall and Steve Milton in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

HighLife SAS develops percutaneous mitral valve replacement therapies. It offers a minimally invasive prosthetic mitral valve that is implanted on a beating heart, while preserving the native valve structure and respecting the surrounding anatomy. The company was founded by Georg Börtle in 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Neuros Medical, Inc. develops neurostimulation therapies. It offers Altius System that consists of an implantable generator with an integrated rechargeable battery, cuff electrode, and external devices. The company was founded by Jon J. Snyder, Kevin L. Kilgore, and Niloy Bhadra in 2008 and is headquartered in Willoughby Hills, OH.

HeartFlow, Inc. operates as a cardiovascular company which engages in diagnosing coronary artery diseases. The firm provides a patient-specific analysis of coronary blood flow utilizing coronary CT scans and proprietary computer algorithms based on computational fluid dynamics. The company was founded by Charles A. Taylor, Nathan M. Wilson, and Christopher K. Zarins in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

NeoChord, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers NeoChord, a disposable device that replaces damaged chordae through a small incision while the heart is beating. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc. operates as a surgical procedure company focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices. It offers STANDARD CLAMP, a laparoscopic surgical device designed to clamp the entire length of the stomach, enabling surgeons to plan and hold the staple line prior to dividing the stomach during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The company was founded by Jonathan Thompson in 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Shiratronics, Inc. develops therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. It focuses on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. The company was founded by Lynn Elliott and Mudit K. Jain in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Shoulder Innovations, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It has developed a shoulder replacement system. The company was founded by Stephen B. Gunther and Michael DeVries in 2009 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

MicroTransponder, Inc. develops wireless neurostimulation system for the treatment of chronic pain and other neurological indications. It is a medical device company spun out from the University of Texas at Dallas. The firm has an team of neuroengineers collaborating with academics to develop wireless solutions to treat neurological diseases. The company was founded by Lawrence James Cauller, Thomas James Curnes II and William Michael Rosellini in June 2009 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Dot Edu Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Asha Jadeja. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Life Science Angels (Life Science Angels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Life Science Angels, Inc. founded in 2004 by Allan W. May, Greg B. Scott and J. Casey McGlynn. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Vascular Closure Systems, Inc. develops and commercializes vascular access closure technology for the interventional cardiology market. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Sonoma Orthopedic Products, Inc. develops and manufactures orthopedic devices. The company was founded by Stephen D. Guntherand and Charles L. Nelson in 2005 and is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

ReShape Medical, Inc. develops non-surgical medical devices for the treatment of obesity. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Bavaria Medizin Technologie GmbH engages in design, development, and manufacture of different types of catheters and delivery devices for vascular and non-vascular applications. It offers catheters for coronary, peripheral and cranial indications, dilatation catheters, devices for local drug delivery, stent delivery devices, and ear, nose and throat devices. The company was founded by Hanson S. Gifford, III in 1992 and is headquartered in Wessling, Germany.

Twelve, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the operation as an investment fund for a medical device incubator. It specializes on funding and developing medical device inventions. The company focuses on medical and biotech ventures. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

ForSight VISION4, Inc. develops novel drug delivery therapies for treatment of retinal diseases. The company was founded on June 26, 009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Transcend Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops medical devices for the treatment of glaucoma, the cause of adult irreversible blindness. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.

Evalve, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets devices. It developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The firm's products reduces the risks, trauma, and costs associated with current open, arrested heart surgical options. The company was founded on June 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Miramar Technologies, Inc. develops and provides medical devices for dermatologic medical conditions. It specializes in microwave energy positioned to be adopted for dermatologic conditions. The company was founded by Henry A. Plain Jr., Mark E. Deem and Steven Kim in 2006 and is headquartered in Half Moon Bay, CA.