Joseph A. Sesi

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Champ Car World Series LLC organizes wheel racing series. Its drivers compete in single-seat, open-wheeled race cars. They drive for racing teams, some of which feature celebrity owners such as Paul Newman. In addition to the Bridgestone races, Open Wheel Racing operates the Toyota Atlantic championship development circuit. The company is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

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.

HandyLab, Inc. develops and manufactures novel clinical diagnostic testing products. It serves medical, industrial and bio-defense markets. The company was founded by Kalyan Handique and Sundaresh Brahmasandra in 2000 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Coherix, Inc. provides 3-Dimensional (3D) measurement and inspection solutions. It offers solutions for assembly verification, error-proof for automotive, semiconductor and electronics industries. The firm?s inspection solutions include Tru3D, a platform which facilitates assembly verification and error proofing, ShaPix, a 3D planar surface metrology, 3DX and OPIS for 2D and 3D vision inspection. The company was founded by Dwight D. Carlson, Douglas Davidson and Alice M. Grisham on October 30, 2003 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Accuri Cytometers, Inc. develops and manufactures personal flow cytometers for researchers. It operates as a life sciences company which develops and markets high performance cell analysis systems designed to bring the power of flow cytometry into life science and biomedical laboratories. The firm offers C6 Flow Cytometer, a bench-top cell and bead analysis system used in various applications, such as immunophenotyping, bacteria analysis, cell cycle analysis, proliferation assays, apoptosis, DNA analysis, target multiplexing, gene expression, lineage analysis, viability, absolute cell counts, intracellular cytokines, membrane potential, yeast and algae analysis, and phagocytosis. The company was founded by Jennifer A. Baird and Collin A. Rich in 2004 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

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.

Tangent Medical Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes IV therapy products. It offers NovaCath, a peripheral intravenous catheter system that integrates catheter stabilization, tubing management, closed system blood control, and passive needle encapsulation on IV start. The company was founded by Adrienne Harris, Elyse Kemmerer, Merrell Sami, and Steven White in 2009 and is headquartered in Columbus, MI.

nVision Medical Corp. operates as a venture-backed medical device company. It develops a technology that can be used in the office of the gynecologist to diagnose the cause of infertility as well as ovarian cancer. The company was founded by Surbhi Sarna in January 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company. The firm engages in the provision of hospital and clinical reference laboratory testing services. It offers solution for in vitro molecular diagnostic (MDx) testing. The company was founded by Jeffery Williams in 2012 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It also makes cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Arbor Partners LLC (Arbor Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Richard Eidswick and Richard Crandall. The firm is headquartered in Ann arbor, Michigan.

American Bankers Association, Inc. represents, assists and provides support services to banks of different sizes and charters. Its membership includes community, regional, and money center banks and holding companies, as well as savings associations, trust companies, and savings banks. The company was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Trinity Health System provides health care services in Eastern Ohio through Trinity Medical Center East and Trinity Medical Center West. It offers patients behavioral medicine services, cardiac and physical rehabilitation, general medical, surgical, and women's health services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Steubenville, OH.

Ann Arbor Spark operates as a non profit organization which provides economic development services. It offers services to the entrepreneurs and regional businesses. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Ann Arbor Spark Business Accelerator (Ann Arbor Spark Business Accelerator) is the venture capital arm of Ann Arbor Spark founded in 2005 by Mike A. Finney. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Michigan Venture Capital Association operates as a non-profit trade organization designed to bring together venture capital industry participants in the state of Michigan. The company was founded by 2002 by Terry Cross and David P. Weaver in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Ann Arbor Angels provides financing for businesses. The company was founded by Michael Cole is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center operates as a cardiovascular research and product development consortium. It focuses on the formation, attraction, expansion and retention of cardiovascular companies to create jobs and facilitate economic development in the State of Ohio. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Life Magnetics, Inc. was provided testing bacterial infections devices for antibiotics. The company was founded by Brandon H. McNaughton in 2009 and was headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

RareCyte Inc. develops life science research and diagnostic that focuses on characterizing and isolating rare cells in the blood. It engages in bringing its technology to the life sciences research, drug development and diagnostic markets providing new tools to answer difficult questions related to cancer and cardiovascular disease. It's ground-breaking sccuCyte system is an open platform for the unbiased discovery and isolation of circulating tumor cells and circulating endothelial cells from whole blood. The company was founded by Ronald Seubert in 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of insomnia. It engages in the development of regional cerebral thermal therapy (RCTT) device for use in insomnia and sleep disorders. The company was founded by Eric A. Nofzinger in 2008 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Strata Oncology, Inc. manufactures oncology drugs. It provides comprehensive testing, portfolio of treatments, peace of mind. The company was founded by Daniel D. Rhodes, Scott Tomlin and Keith T. Flaherty in 2015 and is headquartered Ann Arbor, MI.

Integrated Care Alliance LLC provides disability therapy services. Its services include skill building, medication monitoring, individual, occupational and physical therapy. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Francis Medical, Inc. develops an innovative and patented vapor ablation therapy to treat a variety of endourological cancers, beginning with prostate cancer. The company was founded by Michael F. Hoey and is headquartered in Maple Grove, MN.

Koya Medical, Inc. is a privately held healthcare company founded in 2018 with the aim of transforming lymphatic and vein care through innovative patient-centric platforms. Koya Medical is based in Oakland, CA. The company is developing breakthrough treatments for venous diseases and lymphedema, and personalized care that is unavailable with traditional treatments. The company's first treatment, Dayspring, is a mobility-enabled active compression system that provides a treatment solution for lymphedema and CVI patients that won't interfere with their daily life. Anand Doraiswamy founded the company in 2018 and has been the CEO since then.

Arboretum Ventures LLC (Arboretum Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Jan L. Garfinkle and Tim B. Petersen. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.