Brian A. Meltzer

Centocor, Inc. manufactures healthcare products. Its products include avakine & reopro. The company was founded in 1979 by Hubert J. P. Schoemaker & Michael A. Wall and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP provides legal services. It offers services to labor, employment, entertainment and media law, toxic torts and other environmental services. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Renovis, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. The company discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapeutics for neurological and inflammatory diseases. It is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

Synecor LLC (Synecor) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling, and Judith L. Swain. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Cardiac Dimensions, Inc. develops novel interventional tools for the treatment of heart failure and the related condition of mitral valve regurgitation. It offers the CARILLON Mitral Contour System, a proprietary and implantable device designed to be positioned in the coronary sinus vein using cardiac catheterization techniques. The firm also offers patient enrollment, clinical testing, and medical consulting services. The company was founded by James W. Fitzsimmons and Scott Jordan Wolf in 2001 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

ViaCyte, Inc. develops a stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes. Its development portfolio includes VC-01 product candidate, a cell replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

The Skoll Foundation invests in social entrepreneurs through its flagship award program, the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. These three-year awards support the continuation, replication or extension of programs that have proved successful in addressing a broad array of critical social issues: tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, economic and social equity, institutional responsibility, and peace and security. The foundation was founded in 1999 by Jeff Skoll and is located is Palo Alto, California.

G.I. Windows, Inc. develops and markets a technology which involves a series of self assembling magnets (SAMSEN) for incision less bypass procedures within the digestive system. It specializes in non-surgical bypass and nitial clinical applications. The company was founded by Christopher Thompson and Marvin Ryou and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

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.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

USGI Medical, Inc. develops technologies and tools to surgeons and gastroenterologists. It offers surgeons and gastroenterologists the tools they need to offer millions of potential patients a less invasive surgical option. The company was founded by Vahid C. Saadat and Eugene G. Chen in 2001 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Lifescan, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of blood glucose monitoring products. Its portfolio includes personal blood glucose meters, testing strips, lancets, point of care testing systems and integrated digital solutions. The company was founded by Gary H. Stroy in 1981 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Renova Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm is developing definitive, one-time gene therapies and peptide infusion treatments to restore the health of people suffering from chronic diseases. Its product, RT-100, is a treatment that delivers a therapeutic gene directly to the heart during a routine outpatient procedure and has the potential to increase heart function in patients with CHF. The company was founded by Jack W. Reich, H. Kirk Hammond and Craig Andrews in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Fjord Ventures Inc (Fjord Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Olav B. Bergheim. The firm is headquartered in Laguna Hills, California.

Action Potential Venture Capital (Action Potential Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Room to Read provides educational resources. The fir focuses on literacy and gender equality in education. It works with local communities, partner organizations and governments and develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills. The company was founded by Dinesh Shrestha, Erin Ganju and John Wood in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Nevro Corp., Nevro Medical Ltd. develops and manufactures medical devices. The company is based in Cheltenham, UK and was founded in 2010.

Part of binx health, inc., Binx Health Ltd. is a British company that engages in research and development on biotechnology. The company is based in Trowbridge, UK. The company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Jeffrey R. Luber.

Sounding Board Labs, Inc. provides software to deliver personalized and feedback-driven leadership development. The company was founded by Christine Tao and Lori Mazan in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

On Target Laboratories LLC develops precise and innovative small molecules whose goal is to target and illuminate cancer and other diseased tissue. The company is headquartered in Northbrook, IL.

CardioPolymers, Inc. provides novel biocompatible polymer implant therapies to treat cronic heart failures. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Laguna Hills, CA.

Caremessage is a 501c3 non-profit organization that focuses on improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care for underserved populations. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA, and the CEO of the company is Vineet Singal. The company offers a unique mobile messaging technology that enables health centers to remind patients of upcoming appointments, fill gaps in care, provide education, and allow one-to-one provider-to-patient communications. The company operates under the guiding principle that everyone should have access to quality healthcare, regardless of their ability to pay, where they live, and the language they speak. Caremessage has reached more than 30 million underserved patients and helps safety net organizations be more efficient with their time.

Altamar Private Equity SGIIC SA (Altamar Private Equity) is a private equity arm of Altamar Capital Partners SL founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Spain with additional offices in New York and Santiago de Chile.