Jeffrey D. Smith

California HealthCare Foundation (California HealthCare Fdn) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Oakland, California.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Stanson Health, Inc. operates as a health IT company. It develops and markets clinical decision support solutions for physicians and other healthcare providers. The company was founded by Scott Weingarten and Darren Dworkin and is headquartered in Los Angels, CA.

Aphelion Capital LLC (Aphelion Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Ned Scheetz and Rodney Altman. The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley, California.

Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers.

Freespira, Inc. operates as a digital therapeutic company, that focuses on revolutionizing the mental health industry with clinically proven, non-invasive, drug-free solutions. The firm's first commercial product, Freespira, is a treatment for panic attacks and the symptoms of panic disorder. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Danville, CA.

Explorer Surgical Corp. engages in the development of a cloud-based software platform that provides workflow management for surgical procedures. It focuses on gathering data, improving training, reducing disruption, and eliminating waste in procedures. The company was founded by Jennifer Fried, Alexander Langerman, and Marko Rojnica in 2015 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

CyMedica Orthopedics, Inc. operates as medical device company. It has developed Cy-Motion muscle activation and patient engagement system to speed recovery and reduce complications. The firm?s products include e-Vive and QBI. The company was founded by Struan Coleman, Ronald Yagoda and Jeremy Fryer-Biggs in January 2013 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Catheter Connections, Inc. develops vascular access products. Its flagship product DualCap, designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. It disinfects both IV tubing end connectors and needle-free valves. The company was founded by Michael W. Howlett, James Mercer, Vicki Farrar, and Robert Hitchcock in 2008 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mercator MedSystems, Inc. develops medical injection devices. The firm focuses on the treatment of peripheral artery disease using its catheter-guided, micro-infusion systems for site-specific, non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents directly across any blood vessel. It offers bullfrog micro-infusion device and blowfish trans-bronchial micro-infusion device. The company was founded by Kirk Patrick Seward, Michael Vestel, and Albert P. Pisano in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

ClearFlow, Inc. develops surgical and medical devices. Its products are based on proprietary tube clearance technologies to resolve catheter clogging in other medical market segments, including urinary catheters, gastrointestinal catheters, and wound drainage. The company was founded by Andrew D. Firlik, Marc A. Gillinov and Edward M. Boyle Jr. in 2006 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Part of Philip Morris International, Inc., Kraft General Foods Corp. manufactures cigarettes, food, and brewing. The company is based in New York, NY.

Curant, Inc. develops medical devices for urinary incontinence. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ightLine Partners LLC (SightLine Partners) is an independent venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1992 by Buzz Benson and Maureen Harder. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

OrthoScan, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the development and manufacture of orthopedic surgery equipment. It provides Orthicon-HD Mini C-Arm, which is used for fluoroscopic imaging of the extremities in orthopedic surgery and digital diagnostic imaging. The company was founded by Larry Grossman and in 2002 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

VasoNova, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded by Sorin Grunwald and Bradley B. Hill in 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

The California Hospital Association represents hospitals and health systems. The non-profit company is based in Sacramento, CA. Carmela Coyle has been the CEO of the company since 2017.

Suros Surgical Systems, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. Its products include consoles, hand pieces, MRI, and biopsy markers. The company was founded by Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, and Timothy Goedde in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Pacmed Clinics provides medical care services. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA.

Providence St. Joseph Health operates as a non-profit organization which provides mental healthcare services. It operates hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice and home health programs, housing units, and physician clinics. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Renton, WA.

Providence Health & Services provides healthcare services. It offers assisted and independent living; express care; hospice and home health care; hospitals and medical centers; nursing homes and traditional care; PACE and adult day programs; providence medical group; and supportive housing. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered Renton, WA.

Saint John's Health Center provides treatment and diagnostic services in the areas of cancer care, spine, orthopedics, women’s health, cardiac care and specialized programs. The company was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

Stanmore Development LLC is an active venture capital firm. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Jupiter, FL.

BrightSpec, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures laboratory instrumentation equipment. The firm engages in the commercialization of products and technologies for the analysis of pharmaceutical and high value chemical compounds that affect human health and well-being. It provides K-Band BrightSpec Discovery, W-Band BrightSpec Discovery, BrightSpec One, and BrightSpec Chiral Broadband. The company was founded by Robert Lloyd, Matt Muckle, Dave McDaniel, and Justin Neill in 2012 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

ZKR Ortho is an American medical device company that specializes in the treatment of Chondromalacia Patella, a degenerative knee disease. The private company's minimally invasive technology is currently in clinical trials and aims to help patients avoid knee replacement surgery. David F. Cash has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

OrthAlign Corp. engages in the provision of precision alignment technology and products. It offers orthopedic services. The company was founded by Pieter Wolters and Curt Stone in 2008 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Founded in 1969, CIBC World Markets Corp. is a broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm provides a range of credit and capital market products, investment banking and merchant banking services in North America and worldwide. They offer a range of advisory services, as well as underwrite debt, credit and equity products for corporate, government and institutional clients. CIBC world Markets Corp. also provides equity products and services, fixed-income services, foreign exchange products and solutions, securitization and credit structuring services, as well as trades and distributes short-term debt instruments. In addition, the firm originates financial solutions including credit products for medium-sized businesses in Canada. They also provide private equity, mezzanine and bridge financing to companies in North America, Europe and Australia. The company is based in New York City

Stanmore Medical Investments LLC (Stanmore Medical Investments) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida.

AlterG, Inc. develops weight reduction athletic equipment. Its products are used by major medical centers, leading physical therapy clinics and professional, collegiate, and individual sports and fitness programs. The firm?s products include anti gravity treadmill, bionic leg and accessories. AlterG was founded by Michael Brenton Looney, Fritz Moore, Edward Liou and Sean Whalen in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Mission Hospital provides health care services including cancer asthma, maternity, cancer center, endoscopy, and emergency services. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Mission Viejo, CA.

Aardvark Medical, Inc. manufactures sinus and nasal care consumer products. It offers drug-free relief from colds, allergies and sinusitis. The company was founded by Richard R. Treadwell and Christensen Peter Baker in 2006 and is headquartered in Ross, CA.

Spencer Health Solutions, Inc. provides pharmaceuticals, health insurance, clinical trials, robotics, and aeronautics services. The company was founded by Tom Rhoads in 2015 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

SurgiQuest, Inc. engages in developing, manufacturing, and marketing of access technologies for minimally invasive surgery. It offers laproscopic surgical access system, enabling a variety of complex laproscopic procedures. The company was founded by Kourosh Azarbarzin on April 17, 2006 and is headquartered in Utica, NY.

Cedars Sinai Health System provides patient care services. The firm offers healthcare services, biomedical research and education and training to physicians. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.