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Gynecare, Inc. designs medical devices for the treatment of uterine problems. The company was founded on March 8, 1994 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Cardiogenesis Corp. designs, develops, and distributes surgical products for the treatment of refractory angina in patients with chronic cardiac ischemia caused by coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Randy J. Kesten in April 1989 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Microgenics Corp. manufactures and markets immunodiagnostic tests for drugs. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

SynergEyes, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells contact lenses. It offers hybrid contact lenses that transform vision for patients with astigmatism, presbyopia, and irregular cornea conditions. The company was founded by Jerome Legerton, Ali Dahi, Barry Chen, and Joe Collins in 2001 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Gauss Surgical, Inc. engages in mobile health operation which specializes in blood and hemoglobin loss monitoring during surgery. Its services include research and development, publications, clinical performance, feature extraction technology, rapid integration with surgical workflow, and inoperative mobile platform. The company was founded by Siddarth Satish in 2011 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Ciel Medical, Inc. solves unmet clinical needs in the ICU. It is a biotechnology company which develops a medical device to treat ventilator associated pneumonia. The firm’s products include The Sherpa Suction Guide and The NEMO Gauge. The company was founded by Kate Garrett and Dan Azagury in 2012 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

G.I. Windows, Inc. develops and markets a technology which involves a series of self assembling magnets (SAMSEN) for incision less bypass procedures within the digestive system. It specializes in non-surgical bypass and nitial clinical applications. The company was founded by Christopher Thompson and Marvin Ryou and is headquartered in West Bridgewater, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

De Novo Ventures LLC (De Novo ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Frederick Dotzler, Richard Ferrari and David Mauney. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Loma Vista Medical, Inc. develops and provides medical balloons for Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. It develops cutting-edge products in medical inflatables. The company was founded in 2007 by Alexander Tilson and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

ReCor Medical, Inc. develops novel therapeutic ultrasound catheter technologies The firm develops a therapeutic non-focused ultrasound system for performing renal denervation in patients with resistant hypertension. The company was founded by Mano Iyer and Jacques Seguin in July 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

BioParadox, Inc. develops treatment for cardiovascular disease. The company was founded by Allan Kumar Mishra and Todd J. Brinton in 2008 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Reflexion Medical, Inc. develops medical devices. Its products include marketwired resonate and influencers, news distribution, IR and PR hosted newsroom and media database. The company was founded by Akshay Nanduri and Samuel Mazin in 2009 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Tissium SA engages in the development and commercialization of biodegradable sealants and adhesives for invasive surgery. It offers biomimetic wound closure solutions. The company was founded by Bernard J. Gilly, Robert S. Langer, Christophe Bancel, Jeff Karp, Jacques Marescaux, Maria Pereira, and Patrick Houvet in 2013 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Avail Medsystems, Inc. engages in medical device companies to support physicians through its nurep mobile platform. It specializes in mobile communications, customer engagement, hospital supply chain, operating room and medical devices. The company was founded by David Paul Schultz, Nick Damiano, Adam Daniel John, and Sainath Shenoy in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Sonder Capital Management LLC (Sonder Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Part of Sonder Capital Management LLC, Sonder Spv Z LP functions as a venture capital fund. The company is based in Burlingame, CA.