John N. Hendrick

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp. provides products for the diagnosis of pregnancy related and female reproductive disorders. The company also designs, develops, and manufactures women health care products. It was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, 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.

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.

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

Corvion, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage medical device company that focuses on bringing fully implanted heart assist technology to the worldwide market for mechanical circulatory support. The company is based in Webster, TX. The company aims to improve patient outcomes and quality of life by developing a highly efficient implantable rotary blood pump that is three times more efficient than competitors, coupled with a robust and flexible transcutaneous charging technology. Corvion offers an option for end-stage heart failure that gives back freedom and no longer limits the quality of life. The company was founded by Greg S. Aber, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

ReliantHeart, Inc. develops and manufactures ventricular assist devices. The company was founded by Richard M. Smith, Sailesh Saxena, Bryan E. Lynch and Anthony Williams in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Beth Israel Hospital provides healthcare services. The private company is based in Boston, MA.

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.

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital provides medical and healthcare services. Its services include home health care, outpatient, surgical, cancer care, pulmonary care, rehabilitation therapy, and other health care services. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Houston, TX

PTV Sciences LP (PTV Healthcare Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Matthew S. Crawford and Evan S. Melrose. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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

Texas Heart Institute provides an avenue for exchange of ideas relating to the clinical and research activities. It provide an avenue for exchange of ideas relating to the clinical and research activities among the present and former Cardiology fellows, trainees, and teaching staff of the Texas Heart Institute. The company was founded by Denton A. Cooley in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

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.

SHVMS, LLC (Sante Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Joe Hal Cunningham, Kevin Myles Lalande and Doug Dewitt French. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

TVA Medical, Inc. engages in the development of invasive therapies for end-stage renal disease and peripheral vascular disease. It provides catheter-based system that allows physicians to create an arterio-venous fistula to deliver hemodialysis to patients suffering from kidney failure. The company was founded by William E. Cohn and Adam L. Berm In 2008 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Myelin Repair Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization that operates to provide funds for research that lead to publications of scientific articles. It offers discovery biology, translational medicine, and clinical researches. The company was founded by Scott Johnson in 2004 and is headquartered in Saratoga, CA.

SinuSys Corp. develops medical device therapies to improve the sinus health of patients with chronic sinusitis. Its products include Vent-OS sinus dilation system, Restora steroid-eluting spacer, and SinuSys product pipeline. The company was founded by Jerome Hester and Thomas A. Schreck in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

BiVACOR, Inc. develops and manufactures medical device. The firm specializes in rotary blood pumps, biomedical engineering. The company was founded by Daniel Timms in 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Blackthorn Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures and markets medicines for neuro developmental disorders. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Decisio Health, Inc. provides clinical surveillance visualization system. Its solutions include population surveillance, analytics dashboard, virtual care/telehealth, and point of care monitoring. The company was founded by John Holcomb, Gray Hancock, and Bryan Haardt in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Medical Technology Venture Partners (MedTech Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Radu Cautis and Thomas Heinrich Glanzmann in 2017. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.