Stephen C. Masson

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.

Cardiac Pathways Corp. designs, develops and manufactures cardiac diagnosis systems. Its products consist principally of systems for performing ablation treatment and for diagnostic mapping. Cardiac Pathways is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Aerogen, Inc. develops and manufactures aerosol products for treatment of respiratory disorders in the critical care setting. Its products include Aerogen Solo, Aerogen Ultra, Aerogen Pro, Pro-C controller, and USB controller. The company is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

CardioMEMS LLC designs and manufactures wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body. Its technology platform is designed to improve the management of severe chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure and aneurysms. The firm’s miniature wireless sensors can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and transmit cardiac output, blood pressure and heart rate data that are critical to the management of patients. The company was founded by Mark G. Allen and Jay S. Yadav in 1999 is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Aptus Endosystems, Inc. develops and manufactures medical equipment. It focuses on developing technologies to transform Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR), empowering physicians to perform minimally invasive aneurysm repair while still providing the control and potential long term durability of open surgical repair. The company was founded by Alan Kaganov and Lee Bolduc on August 7, 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

BASIS Science, Inc. develops health tracking products. It offers a wrist-based health tracker and online personal dashboard to help users easily incorporate healthy habits into their daily routine. The company was founded by Nadeem Kassam and Bharat Vasan in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Synergy Venture Partners LLC operates as a venture capital investment firm. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

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.

Ilypsa, Inc. operates a biopharmaceutical firm. It develops renal care pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on March 6, 2003 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital division of Norwest Partners founded in 1961. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with additional offices in Mumbai and Herzliya.

Synergy Management Company I LLC (Synergy Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling and John Onopchenko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

NeoChord, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers NeoChord, a disposable device that replaces damaged chordae through a small incision while the heart is beating. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

Empirical Spine, Inc. develops minimally invasive, flexion-restricting stabilization devices for the spine. It offers LimiFlex Spinal Stabilization System which is a novel implant that provides segmental stability to the lumbar spine while still allowing motion and also used in conjunction with a surgical decompression for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis with or without degenerative spondylolisthesis. The company was founded by Louis Fielding, John Colin Cahill, Ian Bennett and Todd F. Alamin in 2006 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Telcare LLC develops cellular-enabled blood glucose meter for diabetes patients. The firm offers Telcare blood glucose monitoring (BGM) system, a 3G cellular-enabled blood glucose meter that transmits glucose values to a care-management server and provides feedback and coaching to patients with diabetes; and Telcare test strips. Its electronic device keeps a two-way communication between patients and caregivers. The company was founded by David C. Bjork, John R. Dwyer Jr. and Jonathan C. Javitt in 2008 and is headquartered in Concord, MA.

Mammoth Equity Partners LLC (Mammoth Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Andrew Brown and Alex Dodd. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace for outsourcing science experiments. The firm is a community marketplace for scientists to list, discover access, and pay for scientific services from institutions around the world. The company was founded by Elizabeth Iorns, Ryan Abbott and Daniel John Knox in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Neuspera Medical, Inc. is a holding company designs and manufactures neurostimulation devices. It delivers a liberating alternative treatment for certain patients trapped by the symptoms of their disease. The company was founded by Alexander Yeh and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Route 92 Medical, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. The company was founded by Tony M. Chou and Scott Wilson in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Treo Ventures LLC (Treo Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Mudit K. Jain and Brad H. Vale. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Dublin, Ireland.

Monogram Health, Inc. provides healthcare services to the chronic kidney and end-stage renal diseases. The company was founded by Mike Uchrin and Christopher A. Booker and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Noctrix Health, Inc. engages in the development of wearable therapeutics. The company was founded by Jonathan Charlesworth and Shriram Raghunathan and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Shiratronics, Inc. develops therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. It focuses on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. The company was founded by Lynn Elliott and Mudit K. Jain in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Part of Monogram Health, Inc., Monogram Health Holdings, Inc. provides homecare services. The company is based in Nashville, TN. The CEO of the company is Michael Uchrin.

NuXcel, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The American company was founded in 2018 by Mudit K. Jain and Lynn Elliott. Mudit K. Jain has been the CEO since 2018.