Rick A. Hillstead

The Innovation Factory LLC (The Innovation Factory) is an incubator firm headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. The firm is founded by Thomas D. Weldon and Charles E. Larsen in 1999.

Georgia Venture Partners LLC(Georgia Venture Partners) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2004 by John P. Richard and Thomas H. Callaway. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta.

Biofisica, Inc. is a world leader in using innovative technology to treat hard-to-heal wounds. At Biofisica, they understand the lives of patients and the needs of the clinicians who manage them. The firm is to develop, manufacture and supply medical devices that trigger the healing process in wounds that fail to heal on their own. These exclusive devices use bio-electric stimulation therapy (bio-current) to restore the conditions which promote natural healing. Founded in 2000, the company headquarters are in Georgia, USA, and its European office is in Hampshire, England. At present their unique devices are available for commercial sale in the European Union, with arrangements being made for launches further a field.

Accuitive Medical Ventures LLC (Accuitive Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Thomas Weldon, Gerard van Hamel Platerink, John Arthur Deedrick, Steven Waite and Charles Larsen. The firm is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia.

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Epitek, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets surgical instruments. It offers The Anchorage Closure Device, which enables physicians to ligate soft tissue in a minimally invasive manner. The company is headquartered in Medford, NJ.

Cerebral Vascular Applications, Inc. develops medical devices. It has developed a set of minimally invasive tools for atrial appendage sealing for stroke prevention. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.