Tim A. Benner

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Veran Medical Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets soft tissue equipment. The firm's main focus is assisting physicians in the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. The company was founded by Ben Heavrin, Bruce Lynskey, Jerome R. Edwards, and Evan Austill, Jr. in 2005 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Trireme Medical LLC develops and manufactures novel stent technology for the treatment of atherosclerotic disease. It offers coronary stent systems, balloon catheters, and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon catheters for the treatment of coronary and peripheral arterial disease. The company is focused on the United States and the emerging Asian markets. The company was founded by Eitan Konstantino and Feld Tanhum in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA,

Spinal Modulation, Inc. engages in the development of spinal cord stimulator systems for the treatment of chronic intractable pain. It offers Spinal Modulation Axium neurostimulator system, which is an intraspinal neuromodulation therapy that stimulates the dorsal root ganglion to provide pain management. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Daniel H. Kim in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Autonomic Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes innovative therapies for the treatment of severe headache. Its product, the ATI Neurostimulation System, is used for the treatment of acute pain of cluster headache. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Nuvaira, Inc. develops medical devices for treating lung diseases. It works on a novel catheter-based system that has the potential to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Steven Dimmer and Martin L. Mayse in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Respicardia, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of cardiovascular ultra-sound diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Theodore C. Skokos, Mark Gelfand, Dr. Howard R. Levin and Dr. Danny Sachs in 2006 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

USVP Management Co. LLC (US Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1981 by Bill Bowes. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver.

Monteris Medical US, Inc. engages in the provision of medical services for patients with neurological diseases. It develops MRI-guided, laser-based brain lesion therapy. The company was founded by Mark Torchia and Richard Tyc in 1999 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Lucile Salter Packard Children''s Hospital at Stanford engages in the provision of hospital services. It focuses on the obstetric and pediatric areas: brain and behavior, cancer, heart, pregnancy and newborn, pulmonary, and transplant. Its practices and services include anesthesia, cancer and blood diseases, cardiology, cardiovascular intensive care, dialysis, labor and delivery, neonatology, perinatal diagnostic center, pharmacy services, pulmonary function laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation services, social services, speech and language, and before and after surgical care. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

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.

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation operates as a civic and social association. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Charles A. Simonton.

Sequent Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops catheter-based neurovascular technologies. The company was founded by Robert F. Rosenbluth and Brian J. Cox in August 2007 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Part of Stryker Corp., OtisMed Corp. is a company that provides software solutions for joint replacement clinical problems. The company is based in Alameda, CA. OtisMed was acquired by Stryker Corp. on November 10, 2009.

Beaver-Visitec International, Inc. develops and manufactures products for ophthalmic and specialty microsurgical procedures. Its products include I-Ring pupil expander, knives and blades, electrosurgery, forceps, manipulators, specula, scissors, needle holders, diagnostic lights, and punctal occlusion. The firm offers following brands: Atomic Edge, Beaver, Maxi-Lite, Blu-Spot, Blu-Slit, C-Line, Ocutek, CustomEyes, OcuSeal, MultiVisc, Visc, Aqueo Premium, Merocel, Keracel, Weck-Cel, Visitec, Wet-Field, Accu-Temp, Endo Optiks, and Odyssey. The company was founded on July 29, 1965 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

MD Start SA develops medical device technology. It has collaboration between venture capital, institutional investors and industry to the development of innovative medtech ideas in Europe. The company was founded by Tim Lenihanin 2010 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc. develops novel surgical tools for arthroscopic procedures. It offers NovoStitch Pro Meniscal Repair System, a device designed to address complex meniscal tear patterns not adequately served by other repair systems. The company was founded by Justin Saliman and John G. McCutcheon in October 2010 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Monteris Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company that develops laser-based systems to treat brain tumors. It offers the AXiiiS Stereotactic Miniframe, a single use platform for image-guided, stereotactic brain biopsy, and the AtamA Stabilization System for MRI-guided neurosurgical procedures that require rigid head fixation. The company was founded by Mark G. Torchia in 1999 and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Beaver-Visitec International (UK) Ltd. is based in Abingdon, UK, and has subsidiaries in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Beaver-Visitec International (UK) Ltd. operates as a holding company through its subsidiaries. The company manufactures and sells microsurgical knives, instruments, and procedure kits.

metavention, Inc. develops novel interventional therapies and sympathetic nervous system. The company was founded by Bobak Azamian in 2011 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Moxe Health Corp. provides integrated technology and services to serve the health care industry. The company was founded by Daniel Peadar Wilson and Mark Olschesky in 2012 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Versant Venture Capital VI (Canada) LP operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Okami Medical, Inc. operates as a development stage company which focuses on advancement of interventional devices and therapies in cardiovascular markets. The company was founded by Robert F. Rosenbluth in 2014 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Kedalion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company. It focuses on the development and commercialization of topical ophthalmology therapies based on its proprietary AcuStream platform. The company was founded by Mark Blumenkranz and Ehud Ivri and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Alleviant Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which is developing potential therapies for congestive heart failure. The company was founded by Christopher Alex Arevalos, Albertien Greijdanus, Avni Patel and Jacob Kriegel in February 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Vensana Capital Management LLC (Vensana Capital) is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 2019 by Peter Klein Justin & Kirk G. Nielsen. The firm is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

4c Medical Group Plc engages in the operation of integrated healthcare delivery network that provides care to patients in acute, post-acute, ambulatory, and home-based care settings. The firm also offers primary and urgent care, specialty care, and wellness services. The company was founded by Vishal Chaurasia in 2002 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Spyglass Ophthalmics, Inc. develops products for vision and eye care. The company was founded by Malik Y. Kahook and Glenn Sussman and is headquartered in Mission Viejo, CA.