Jeffrey M. Closs

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.

Odyssey Partners LP is a private investment partnership. The company was founded by Jack Nash and Leon Levy in 1982 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC (DKCM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1983 by Marvin Davidson and Thomas Kempner Sr. DKCM provides investment advice and investment management services to private investment funds.

Vascular Therapies, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm that develops and commercialize treatments of patients requiring an AV fistula for dialysis. It provides plan on the hemodialysis vascular access indication. The company was founded by Sriram Iyer in 2001 and is headquartered in Cresskill, NJ.

Acclarent, Inc. engages in manufacturing, designing, and commercializing medical devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose, and throat. Its products include balloon sinuplasty, eustachian tube dilation, airway dilation system, and ethmoid punch. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and John Y. Chang in June 2004 and is headquartered in Irvine, 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.

BioIQ, Inc. develops and markets health screening and medical diagnostic platforms. It offers health improvement technologies, with focus on optimizing investments in corporate health and wellness programs. The firm's technology platform features the Dimensions, Axis, Ecosystem and Advisor components, serving as foundation for outcome-based wellness, performance measurement, population stratification and assignment of targeted health-improvement solutions based on each participant's actual risk. The company was founded by Justin J. Bellante and Raja Jindal in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Aseko, Inc. develops network-based systems for glycemic management. The company was founded by Richard Lee Grounsell in March 2006 and is headquartered in Greenville, SC.

Svelte Medical Systems, Inc. develops balloon expandable stents. It offers balloon control band technologies, hybrid stent design and integrated delivery systems. The firm has locations in Brussels, New Providence and Sao Paulo. The company was founded by Robert E. Fischell, David R. Fischell and Tim A. Fischell in 2007 and is headquartered in New Providence, NJ.

NXThera, Inc. provides technology platform to treat endourological conditions. It develops medical devices to treat patients suffering from urologic conditions, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer, and kidney cancer. The company was founded by John H. Shadduck and Michael Hoey in 2008 and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Earlens Corp. develops medical devices. It offers EarLens Contact Hearing Device that uses light to transmit sound. Its earlens contact hearing device two components: a tympanic membrane transducer, which is nonsurgically placed deep in the ear canal on the eardrum, and a light-based behind-the-ear sound processor placed at the base of the ear canal. The company was founded in 1999 by Rodney C. Perkins and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

RTW Investments LP (RTW) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Dr. Roderick Wong in 2010. RTW provides discretionary advisory services to various RTW Funds.

InterValve, Inc. operates as a medical device company which develops aortic valvuloplasty balloons for treatment of calcific aortic stenosis. Its V8 product is enhanced with leaflet hyperextension without increasing the risk of annulus over-distension. The firm also develops tools for the percutaneous and trans-apical aortic valve replacement procedure. The company was founded by Wes Pedersen, Mark Ungs, Robert S. Schwartz and Robert A. Van Tassel in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices that focus on improving the accuracy of diagnostic blood culture tests. The company was founded by Gregory J. Bullington and Richard G. Patton and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Exploramed NC7, Inc. manufactures wearable breast pumps. It also offers milk bags and accessories, such as flange, flextube, and charger. The company was founded by Josh Makower in 2014 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. manufactures surgical devices and equipments. Its products include the ENDOPATH XCEL access system, CONTOUR curved cutter stapler, HARMONIC ultrasonic cutting and coagulation surgical devices and the MAMMOTOME breast biopsy system. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Millennium Management LLC is a SEC-investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Israel 'Izzy' Englander in 1989 and is a subsidiary of MLM Trust B LLC, itself a subsidiary of MLM Trust B. Millennium Management provides discretionary investment advisory services to private investment funds.

Smith College opened in 1875 with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in Northampton, MA, with students from 48 states and 72 countries. The college remains strongly committed to the education of women at the undergraduate level, but Smith admits both men and women as graduate students.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

The Western Reserve Academy is a top-ranked high school that has been providing innovative education since 1826. The school is located in Hudson, OH. The non-profit company's mission is to prepare students to pioneer in learning and in life. The academy offers community outreach and engagement programs, as well as the Wang Innovation Center.

MetaCure (USA), Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of invasive treatment for diabetes. The company was founded by Shlomo Ben-Haim in 2003 and is headquartered in Orangeburg, NY.

Savitr Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2008 by Andrew Midler and they are a subsidiary of Savitr Partners LP. Savitr Capital provides investment advisory services to certain private investment funds and a separately managed account (SMA). Investors in the funds and the SMA include high net-worth individuals, business entities, corporations and foreign sovereign wealth funds.

Moximed, Inc. develops minimally invasive, joint sparing solutions for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Its Osteoarthritis treatment can minimize joint pain, restore normal activity levels, and slow down disease progression. The company was founded by Anton G. Clifford in 2006 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Carlson Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation with interests in hospitality and travel industry. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

MyMeds, Inc. develops a cloud-based web and mobile application. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company was founded by Rajiv R. Shah. Rajiv R. Shah has been the CEO since incorporation.

ExploraMed Development LLC operates as a medical technology incubation company that provides medical device solutions. The firm’s services include tissue bulking in incontinence and GI Reflux, revascularization technologies including percutaneous coronary and peripheral bypass and cell injection technologies for cardiac regeneration, therapy for osteoarthritis called the Kinespring system and consumer wellness products for women’s health. The company was founded by Joshua Makower in 2004 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Aseko, Inc., Glytec LLC is a healthcare provider company that specializes in improving the quality and cost of care for diabetes patients. The company, founded in 2006 by Robby Booth, is based in Waltham, MA, and has Edmond L. Furlong as its CEO since 2018. Glytec's FDA-cleared titration software and proprietary algorithms deliver personalized diabetes treatment recommendations across the continuum of care, from hospital to home. The company's eGlycemic Management System (eGMS) is an EHR-integrated cloud-based software solution that supports safe and effective glycemic management and insulin dosing. Glytec supports the transition from sliding scale to basal bolus insulin for standardization of insulin therapy across critical and non-critical care settings. The safety and efficacy of Glytec's solutions have been validated by several dozen studies published in medical journals and presented at scientific conferences.

ExploraMed V LLC is engaged in providing healthcare solutions. The company was founded by Joshua Makower and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Fidelis Animal Health, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is based in North Brunswick, NJ. The company was founded by Barry L. Levinson. The CEO is Michael G. Wells.

NC8, Inc. provides health care services. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Tavanta Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a diverse pipeline of specialty drugs. The company is based in King of Prussia, PA and has subsidiaries in Hungary. Lynne M. Powell has been the CEO of the company since 2019.