Will Clifton

Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc. provides solutions for biological contaminant removal in the wastewater treatment process. ITS solutions include sensors and instrumentation audit, diagnostic process analysis, performance monitoring and data management and process optimization. The company was founded by Steven H. Boyd, Michael Moreau and A. R. M. Azad in 2003 and is headquartered in Bourne, MA.

Nortek Security & Control LLC provides wireless security, home automation, and personal safety systems and devices. It offers 2Gig Security and Control; Gocontrol Smart Products; Linear Access Solutions; Elan; Gefen; Linear Pro Access; Panamax; Xantech; Proficient; Speakercraft; Furman; and Sunfire. The firm also provides wireless security solutions, stand alone smart solutions, commercial access control, personal safety, and health and wellness solutions. The company was founded by by Ted Farrell in 1961 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Azevan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel therapeutics to treat disorders of stress, mood, and behavior. Its first clinical compounds selectively block the effects of arginine vasopressin, a peptide neurohormone involved in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases and a broad range of stress-related affective disorders, including Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Intermittent Explosive Disorder, and major depression. The company was founded by Craig F. Ferris and Neal Gordon Simon in 1999 and is headquartered in Bethlehem.

Anterios, Inc. develops botulinum-based products for medical dermatology and aesthetic medicine. Its products include ANT-1207 which treats hyperhidrosis, and AI-09 which is a novel injectable formulation for therapeutic indications. The company was founded by John Edelson and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

Cure DM, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops new therapies that may prevent, ameliorate or reverse diabetes and allow for the discontinuation of insulin. The company was founded by Loraine V. Upham, Claresa S. Levetan and Rita El-Hajj in 2004 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

LiveProcess Corp. provides online applications for healthcare emergency management. The firm’s healthcare mobile apps enable personnel to take control of situations and collaborate to resolve operational disruptions, urgent health needs and routine transitions in patient care. Its mobile communication and collaboration solutions allow nurses, physicians and staff to coordinate using their mobile devices to reduce response times, facilitate care transitions including discharge, and improve patient throughput. The company was founded by Nathaniel Weiss in 2004 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.

Fannin Partners LLC (Fannin Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Leo E. Linbeck III. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Vinson & Elkins LLP provides legal services. It maintains civil practice, covering areas such as litigation, public policy, transaction, and energy law. The firm serves the clients including companies from the aviation, energy, financial services, health care, and technology industries. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Numera, Inc. develops specialized software applications for various types of organizations, including accounting firms, law firms, manufacturing operations, small firms, and professional organizations. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Marc D. Boroditsky. Numera was acquired by Innova Pure Water, Inc. on June 29, 2005.

Greater Houston Community Foundation provides community improvement services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Scientific Health Development (SHD) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Stuart Fitts and Philip Romano. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Aquinas Cos. LLC provides construction services. It provides project planning, project management and construction management services to clients developing real estate assets that serve corporate, hospitality, retail, healthcare, education and cultural markets. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of Becton, Dickinson & Co., Deseret Medical, Inc. is a company that sells medical equipment. The company is based in Salt Lake, NJ.

Preventice Solutions, Inc. develops mobile health applications. It integrates technology from industries in health care, pharmaceuticals, medical device companies and mobile phone technology in an open, secure cloud-computing framework. The firm also offers HealthClips Rx, an interactive patient education platform that feeds data about patient compliance and post-surgical complications back into the clinical system. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Burrichter, Dan Spors, Jonathan P. Otterstatter and Greg Wobig and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Channel Medsystems, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare technologies. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers Burnett and Brian Michael Neil on March 15, 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Saranas, Inc. develops medical devices to improving patient outcomes through early detection of internal bleeding complications. The company was founded by Mehdi Razavi and Alex Arevalos and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SHD Management LLC is a venture capital firm that was formed in 2006. The private company is based in Dallas, TX. The company invests in early-stage medtech companies. J. Carter Meyer has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Decisio Health, Inc. provides clinical surveillance visualization system. Its solutions include population surveillance, analytics dashboard, virtual care/telehealth, and point of care monitoring. The company was founded by John Holcomb, Gray Hancock, and Bryan Haardt in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Pulmotect, Inc. develops clinical stage, novel, pathogen-agnostic, inhaled compound for the prevention and early treatment of acute, severe viral and bacterial respiratory infections. It provides safe, broad-spectrum, fast-acting protection against bacterial pneumonia (including MRSA), influenza, fungal pneumonia, and Class A bioterror agents (including anthrax, tularemia, and plague). The company was founded by Brenton Scott and Magnus Hook in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Potrero Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company which develops critical care monitoring systems. It specializes in critical care monitoring, fluid balance, acute kidney injury, sepsis, intra-abdominal pressure, urine output measurement, core body temperature, fluid resuciation, big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company was founded by Daniel Rogers Burnett and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Eirion Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that is developing prescription products for aesthetic dermatology. The company is based in Woburn, MA. The company has a pipeline of products that focus on treatments for wrinkles, primary axillary hyperhidrosis, androgenic alopecia, and hair greying. Eirion plans to pursue additional indications that address other major unmet clinical needs for physicians and their patients. The company was founded in 2016. Jonathan T. Edelson has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Texas Medical Center (Venture Capital) (Texas Medical Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Texas Medical Center founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Proxima Clinical Research, Inc. is a contract research organization that provides regulatory and clinical research expertise to life sciences companies of all sizes and stages. The private company is based in Houston, TX, within the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. Proxima CRO partners with medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostic firms across 18 countries and five continents to further advance the $130 billion industry. The company was founded by Kevin Coker, Jaye L. Thompson, Larry Wayne Lawson, and Kevin Coker has been the CEO since incorporation.

ECM Biosurgery, Inc. develops a proprietary technology platform for bio surgery products. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The CEO of the company is David J. McQuillan.

Altitude Ventures (Altitude Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Artella Solutions, Inc. provides a range of solutions and services for patients and healthcare providers. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company's innovative devices and industry-leading data platform offer real-time data monitoring for physicians and healthcare providers. Artella revolutionizes remote cardiac monitoring with small, smart, and non-restrictive one- and two-lead patches providing real-time cardiac telemetry for immediate physician review. The company was founded by Sepand Moshiri. Sepand Moshiri has been the CEO since incorporation.

HeartcoR Solutions LLC is a leading-edge ECG core lab that provides 24/7 research and clinical trial management services to pharma, medical device, and biotech companies worldwide. The private company is based in Schaumburg, IL. HeartcoR delivers non-invasive cardiovascular safety and efficacy services that enhance data capture, review, and management in clinical research. The company was founded in 2015 by Larry Wayne Lawson, who has been the CEO since 2015.