Daphna Heffetz

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.

Rainbow Medical Ltd. (Rainbow Medical) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Efi Cohen Arazi and Yossi Gross. The firm is headquartered in HaMerkaz, Israel with an additional offices in China and United States.

NDS Group Ltd. manufactures and distributes video and content security software. It offers end-to-end and modular solutions as well as technology support services. The company was founded on 26th, September 1985 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

Two Sigma Investments LP (TSI) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by John Overdeck and David Siegel in 2001. TSI provides advisory services to private investment funds, that consists of commingled vehicles and funds of one, typically organized as Delaware limited partnerships, Delaware limited liability companies, Cayman Islands exempted companies or other similar structures.

American Type Culture Collection operates as a global biological materials resource and standards organization offering a collection of products and services. Its services include production and characterization, testing, biorepository, and deposit. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Manassas, VA.

The Institut Pasteur is a private non-profit foundation which contributes to the prevention and treatment of disease, through research, education, and public health activities. The firm was founded in 1887, and is based in Paris.

Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company provides research and development of generic pharmaceutical products for controlling pain. Its product includes Lidoderm, Percocet, Percodan, Frova, DepoDur, and Zydone. The company is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Israel Healthcare Ventures Ltd. (Israel Healthcare Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Hadar Ron. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Health Advances LLC provides consulting services to the health care industry. It offers clinical development strategy, lifecycle management, partnering and licensing, portfolio planning, product positioning, strategic and business planning, technology commercialization, valuation and financial analysis. The company was founded by Paula Ness Sprees and Mark S. Sprees in 1992 and is headquartered in Weston, MA.

Gardia Medical specializes in the development of catheter-based delivery systems that easily integrate with the standard workflow of stenting and other cardiovascular intervention procedures. It offers wire-independent distal filtration Embolic Protection Device (EPD), compatible with standard guide wires. The company was founded by Benjamin Spenser and Uri Rosenshein in 2006 and is headquartered in Hadera, Israel.

Etubics Corp. develops commercial prophylactic vaccines and immunotherapy products. It offers proprietary immunization platform technology called the etubics platform that develops therapeutic vaccines for colon and breast cancers and preventative vaccines for H1N1 Influenza and HIV. The company was founded by Frank R. Jones in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Synamedia Technologies Israel Ltd. engages in the development of video and security solutions for the pay-television Industry. The company was founded on January 6, 1988 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

GS1 Canada operates as a electronic supply chain. It develops and maintains European consumer centres network industry manage solutions for global business communication. The company was founded by N. Arthur Smith and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd., The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Clearing House Ltd. provides financial investment services. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Part of Syneron Medical Ltd., Syneron Beauty, Inc. manufactures and sells beauty products.

Caerus Discovery LLC develops a subtractive immunization platform. The private company is based in Manassas, VA. The company was founded by Cohava Gelber. Cohava Gelber has been the CEO since incorporation.

Two Sigma Ventures LP (Two Sigma Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Two Sigma Investments LP founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Serpin Pharma, LLC develops therapeutics for autoimmune, inflammatory, and infectious diseases. The private company is based in Manassas, VA. The company was founded by Soren Mogelsvang.

SP Nano Ltd. research and develops nanotechnology. It uses its stable protein SP1, to integrate carbon nanotubes in composite materials via fabric coating or dispersion in the matrix. The firm has demonstrated its technology using carbon fabric, a critical component to industries such as construction, transportation, aerospace, wind energy and sports equipment. Its technology has many other applications, including to glass and aramid fabrics, and can be implemented in various industries. The company was founded by Nimrod Litvak, Oded Shoseyov, Arie Altman, and Amnon Wolf in November 2007 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Sapir Venture Partners LLC (Sapir Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Aaron Zucker. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Sanara Ventures Ltd.(Sanara Ventures) is a venture capital, a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips NV founded in 2014 by Assaf Barnea. The firm is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel.

Windular Research & Technologies, Inc. provides energy power supply solutions. It offers wind turbines and solar trackers to telecommunications tower owners, operators, and carriers. The company was founded by Jack Grover and Rick Gagnon and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Canada.

Elron Electronic Industries (venture capital) (Elron Electronic Industri) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Maruho Israel Innovation Fund engages in investments in dermatology-related technologies, biotech, medical devices, digital health, and cosmetics. The company was founded by Junichi Hamada, Eran Perry, Doron Friedman, and Masanobu Ogawa in 2018 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Discure Technologies manufactures medical equipment. The company is based in Herzliya, Israel. The Israeli company was founded by Yossi Gross. The CEO is Yuval Mandelbaum.

Opna Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in the US that focuses on discovering and developing novel oncology therapeutics. Opna's lead clinical compound, opn-2853, a bromo and extra terminal (bet) domain inhibitor, is currently in a phase 1/2 trial with ruxolitinib (jakafi®) in myelofibrosis, a chronic bone marrow disorder. The American company's team has a proven track record of scientific expertise and commercial value creation, having advanced multiple FDA-approved drugs to market. The company has a broad portfolio that targets multiple drivers of cancer, including a novel oncology discovery program focused on the fragile-x mental retardation protein (fmrp) and a diversified pipeline of validated oncology assets acquired from plexxikon.