Sophie Baratte

GISH Biomedical, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets innovative disposable medical devices for cardiovascular surgery, with a focus on the Perfusionist. The GISH product portfolio also includes targeted solutions for vascular access and orthopedics. All GISH products are single use disposable products or have a disposable component. The company's principal products include oxygenators and oxygenator systems, blood reservoirs, cardioplegia delivery systems, custom cardiovascular tubing systems, central venous access catheters and ports, and blood recovery devices for post-operative use in orthopedic surgeries. With a manufacturing facility and offices in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, GISH markets its products worldwide through a combination of direct sales representatives and specialty medical distributors. GISH has been at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of hospital based and operating room medical devices for over 25 years. From simple sets to complex circuits for open heart surgery, precision and quality in manufacturing is what you can rely on from GISH.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Auriga Partners SA (Auriga) is an independent, management-owned venture capital firm which was founded by Patrick Bamas, Jacques Chatain and Bernard Daugeras in 1998. Headquartered in Paris, the firm's core activity is enterprise creation. In addition to providing a network of contacts capable of accelerating internationalization, and furthering strategic partnerships and business deals, Auriga manages several seed and early-stage funds specializing in information technology and life sciences.

Andera Partners SCA (Andera Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Pierre-Michel Passy. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Mutabilis SA specializes in the discovery and development of anti-infective drugs. It focuses on novel therapeutic approaches for controlling severe and nosocomial infections. The firm offers antibacterial, vaccines, anti-infective agents, gram-positive & negative ant virulence lead series, specific antigens, and screening technologies for antibacterial and virulence targets. The company was founded in 2001 by Xavier Nassif and is headquartered in Romainville, France.

PamGene BV provides biopharmaceutical products and clinical settings. It also provides PamChip biomarkers, such as tyrosine kinases, serine/threonine kinases, nuclear receptors, and reagent kits. The firm provides BioNavigator, a software tool for interpretation of PamChip measurements, as well as for performing data analysis for various PamChip experiments; and Evolve that enables data capture and analysis, as well as for the export of data into third party software formats. The company was founded by Tim Kievits in December 1999 and is headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

Aveni SA designs, develops, manufactures and markets chemical formulations. It enables future technologies with its approach to metallization for semiconductor, MEMS, advanced packaging, and flex applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Massy, France.

Tc Land Expression SA operates as a molecular diagnostic company. It focuses on the development and commercialisation of tests aimed at monitoring patients with immunological conditions. The firm specializes in the area of organ transplantation and immune mediated disorders. Its development programs encompass RA-INF-Dx, IMD Dx2, IMD Dx3, and L-TolX. The company was founded by Marina Guillet and Alain Huriez in November 2002 and is headquartered in Huningue, France.

AlchiMedics SA specializes in coating technologies via electrografting. Its products enables covalent adhesion of nano to micrometric polymer-based layers on surfaces. The firm designs, develops and implements electro-grafting technology for implantable biomedical applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

CYTOO SA operates as a contract research organization which develops physiological cell-based assays. It focuses on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing new technologies for cell analysis for life sciences research community. The company has offices in Bethesda and Grenoble. The company was founded by François Chatelain, Alexandra Fuchs and Jacques Lewiner in 2008 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

AM-Pharma BV operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of proprietary recombinant human Alkaline Phosphatase. The firm’s products include Acute Kidney Injury, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Hypophosphatasia. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bunnik, the Netherlands.

Convertigo SAS provides Internet related software. It delivers a secured and scalable disruptive all-in-one solution, integrating rapid cross platform mobile development tools and a powerful MBaaS covering challenging backend enablement, featuring a middleware optimized for mobility. The company was founded by Olivier Picciotto and Jean-Michel Cohen in 1994 and is headquartered in Orsay, France.

BonitaSoft SA develops open source software. It also provides open source business process management solutions. The firm's product, Bonita open solution, is an open source BPM solution that designs, develops, executes, and monitors business processes; Bonita Studio, a BPM notation solution for drawing processes graphically; and Bonita execution engine with Bonita open solution for integrating new services or BPM standards as they emerge. The company was founded by Rodrigue Le Gall, Charles Souillard, and Miguel Valdes-Faura in 2001 and is headquartered in Boulogne, France.

Biospace Lab SA develops and produces imaging tools. Its products include optical imaging systems and digital autoradiography solutions. The company was founded by Georges Charpak in 1989 and is headquartered in Nesles la Vallée, France.

MedDay Pharmaceuticals SAS operates as a biotechnology company developing new drugs for nervous system disorders. The firm operates for the treatment of neuro-metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Frédéric Sedel and Guillaume Brion in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

SoniVie Ltd. engages in the development of a system for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Its products include Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) system, an intravascular, catheter-based technology that can cause denervation of nerves surrounding blood vessels and other structures like the bronchus. The company was founded by Moshe Arkin in 2014 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

ReViral Ltd. specializes in the areas of virology and antiviral therapies. It offers drugs to treat respiratory synctial virus infection. The company was founded by Neil Matthews and Stuart Cockerill in 2011 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

Imcheck Therapeutics SAS operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops immunotherapeutic anti-cancer strategies for research. The company was founded by Olive Daniel in 2015 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.

Dynacure SA is a clinical-stage company, which engages in developing and commercializing novel therapies to transform the lives of patients with rare diseases who have limited or no treatment options. Its product includes, DYN101, an antisense oligonucleotide, or ASO, designed to be a disease-modifying medicine for treatment of the majority of ntronuclear myopathies patients with multiple mutations in adult and pediatric populations. The company was founded by Belinda Cowling in 2016 and is headquartered in Illikirch-Graffenstaden, France.

Artios Pharma Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm develops a DNA Damage Response (DDR) is a cancer therapy. The company was founded by Niall Martin in May 2016 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Grey Wolf Therapeutics Ltd. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the drug discovery in immuno-oncology. It targets endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases 1 and 2 in the antigen presentation pathway to drive modulation of the neoantigen repertoire on tumour cells. The company was founded by Thomas D. McCarthy and Peter Joyce and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.