Sridhar Ramanathan

VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. provides medical devices and procedures for the minimally invasive treatment of venous reflux disease, an underlying cause of varicose veins. Venous reflux disease results in symptoms such as leg pain, swelling, fatigue, skin ulcers, and painful varicose veins. The company was founded on January 31, 1995 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Facet Technologies LLC designs, develops and manufactures medical devices. Its products include carefine pen needles, carelet safety lanecets, manatee lancing device and SURESEAL pressure bandages. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

EndoGastric Solutions, Inc. develops natural orifice surgical products and procedures to advance the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. The firm offers EsophyX device and StomaphyX device. The company was founded by Stefan J. M. Kraemer, Clifton A. Alferness, Scott Jordan Wolf, James W. Fitzsimmons and John M. Adams in 2003 and is headquartered in Redmond City, WA.

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

TargeGen, Inc. manufactures vascular biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded by David A. Cheresh and Peter G. Ulrich in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Xoft, Inc. develops Electronic Brachytherapy systems for radiation therapy applications. Its products include the Axxent Controller, which utilizes a miniaturized high dose rate (HDR) X-ray source to apply radiation directly to the cancerous tumor bed; Axxent HDR X-ray Source, a low energy radiation treatment without the use of radioactive isotopes; Axxent Applicators, which provides a channel for the Axxent X-ray Source to deliver high dose rate, low energy radiation directly to the targeted area; and Axxent Accessories, an accessory product line designed to support and aid a physician during a procedure or treatment of cancer radiation. The company was founded by Michael Forman in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Lanx, Inc. develops medical devices for spinal surgery. The company was founded by Michael C. Fulton and Jeffrey J. Thramann on December 28, 2007 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

YourBio Health, Inc. develops health monitoring products. It is developing an array of products based on the company's proprietary TAP? (Touch Activated Phlebotomy) painless blood collection platform. The company was founded by Richard Rox Anderson, Joerg Lahann, Robert S. Langer Jr., Douglas A. Levinson and Samir Mitragotri in 2008 and is headquartered in Medford, MA.

B. Braun Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical products and services. It offers infusion therapy, regional anesthesia and pain management, urinary care, nutrition therapy, renal therapies, ostomy care, and wound management. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA.

Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets liquid pharmaceuticals. Its products include Benadryl, corticosteroid prednisolone, and fluoxetine. The firm distributes its products through wholesalers, chain drug stores, and retailers. The company was founded by Brian Tambi in 1995 and is headquartered in Morton Grove, IL.

Part of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., PharmaResearch Corp is a company that provides pharmaceutical development and research services. The company is based in Wilmington, NC. The company was founded by James Douglas Esinhart. PharmaResearch was acquired by Inveresk Research Group, Inc., part of Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. from October 20, 2004 on July 29, 2003 for $37.10 million.

Independence Technology LLC manufactures electronic wheelchair. The company is located in Warren, NJ.

Chicago Growth Partners LLC (Chicago Growth Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Robert Blank, David Chandle, Arda Minocherhomjee and Timothy Murray. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

A-Bio Pharma Pte Ltd. provides pharmaceutical research services. It offers manufacturing solutions for mammalian cell culture systems, including process development, optimization, manufacturing scale-up, GMP production, quality control and regulatory compliance. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Singapore.

CellCarta Biosciences, Inc. develops proteomics and immune monitoring services. The firm offers integrated platforms in proteomics and immune monitoring services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Its services include biomarker discovery, cell engine software, cellular enumeration, clinical laboratory services, functional profiling, host cell proteins detection, phenotyping characterization and receptor occupancy. The company was founded by Martin LeBlanc in 2000 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Covidien Holding, Inc. manufactures and supplies healthcare products for use in clinical and home settings. It offers medical devices, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies to hospitals, long-term care and alternate care facilities, doctors’ offices and in the home. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Part of WBC Holdings LP, William Blair & Co provides investment banking and asset management services.

Elira, Inc. develops a system to suppress appetite and assist diet adherence. The company was founded by John Faul in 2015 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Molecular Stethoscope, Inc. provides molecular diagnostics services. It offers novel blood-based early detection and disease monitoring tests to detect liver, coronary artery, inflammatory, neurodegenerative, coronary artery, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Stephen D. Phil Quake and Eric J. Topol on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Caprion Proteomics, Inc. provides proteomics and immune monitoring services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. It specializes in proteomics, biomarkers, discovery, validation, services, immune monitoring, flow cytometry and elispot areas. The company was founded by Neil Cashman and Martin LeBlanc in 2000 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

HealthPals, Inc. provides diagnosis and treatment care services. Its application tracks the healthy steps checklist, monitors progress, and closes the loop with the doctor in-between visits; and measure changes in cardiovascular risk factors, such as blood pressure, body weight and lipids, as well as compliance with medication, physical activity, and diet. The company was founded by Rajesh Dash and Sushant Shankar in 2015 and is headquartered in Millbrae, CA.

ReShape Weightloss, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which focuses on technology to treat obesity and metabolic diseases. It operates through the following segments: Lap-Band, ReShape Vest and ReShape vBloc. The company was founded in December 2002 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Healthxcapital SG Pte Ltd. is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2017. Healthxcapital SG Pte Ltd. is headquartered in Singapore.

Healthcubed India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian primary care technology company that provides portable screening systems for disease screening. The devices can be used easily anywhere by anyone with minimal training and in the absence of electricity or internet, making them ideally suited to remote, far-flung locations which lack access to doctors & diagnostic labs. The company is based in Bengaluru, India and was founded in 2015 by Ramanan Laxminarayan. The company's flagship devices, HCXL and HCSE, are India's first point-of-care devices to be approved by DCGI/CDSO and can perform 33+ tests including vitals, biochemical parameters, cardiac & inflammatory, and infectious disease markers. Runam Mehta has been the CEO of the company since 2021.