Karen Spilizewski

RiverVest Venture Management LLC (RiverVest Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Tom C. Melzer, Jay W. Schmelter, Mark J. Mendel and Andrew B. Craig III. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc. operates as a surgical procedure company focused on the development and commercialization of medical devices. It offers STANDARD CLAMP, a laparoscopic surgical device designed to clamp the entire length of the stomach, enabling surgeons to plan and hold the staple line prior to dividing the stomach during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. The company was founded by Jonathan Thompson in 2014 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

VentureMed Group, Inc. designs, develops, and markets interventional devices for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. Its product platforms are designes to reduce procedural costs and improve clinical outcomes. The company was founded by John P. Pigott in 2012 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

BioEnterprise Corp. provides access to capital through both its relationships with venture capital and investment banking firms. It initiates for start up funding, and networking information, recruitment, and emerging support firms, including medical devices companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Securus Medical Group, Inc. develops clinical tools to monitor core body temperature within body cavities. The firm develops tissue temperature monitoring and mapping systems. The company was founded by John T. Garibotto on June 24, 2011 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.