Jay Watkins

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.

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.

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.

Luminous Medical is developing an Automated Blood Glucose Monitor (ABGM) that addresses the rapidly growing clinical demand for better, safer glycemic control in the intensive care unit (ICU), Operating Room (OR) and Intermediate Care Units. Compelling clinical evidence has demonstrated significant morbidity and mortality benefits from normalizing glucose levels in hyperglycemic patients. As a result, clinicians have rapidly adopted glycemic control procedures but struggle with time consuming and inadequate manual glucose monitoring methods.

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.

Origin Medsystems, Inc., is a manufacturer of the products used in hernia repair surgery. This company is a subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co.

Hansen Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells medical robotics designed for positioning, manipulation, and stable control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. It offers Sensei Robotic Catheter System which allows physicians to instinctively navigate flexible catheters with stability and control in interventional procedures within the atria heart chambers. The company was founded by Frederic H. Moll, Daniel T. Wallace, Marvin J. Slepian, and Robert G. Younge on November 18, 2002 and is headquartered in Redwood City, 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.

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.

Sonder Futures I Partners Fund LP operates as investment firm. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

C2 Therapeutics, Inc. develops treatment for esophageal cancer. Its Coldplay CryoBalloon Focal Ablation System sets a new standard for simplicity in ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus. The company was founded by Peter Garcia-Meza in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Guidant Compass Group (Guidant Compass Group) is a venture capital subsidiary of Boston Scientific Corp. founded in 1994. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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

Shockwave Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company, which concentrates on developing and commercializing products intended to transform the way classified cardiovascular disease is treated. The firm offers M5 catheters for treating above-the-knee peripheral artery disease, C2 catheters for treating coronary artery disease, and S4 catheters or treating below-the-knee peripheral artery disease. The company was founded by Daniel Hawkins, John M. Adams, and Todd J. Brinton in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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