Helmut Giersiefen

Candela Corp. develops and manufactures lasers for aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. It offers LEDs, ballasts, fluorescents, HIDs, miniature lamps, sockets, incandescent, fixtures and induction lighting solutions. The company was founded by Horace Furumoto in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

Seagate Technology LLC engages in the development and manufacture of data storage solutions. It products include network-attached storage hard drive, solid state drives, hybrid cloud backup solutions, and express recovery appliances. The company was founded by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner in 1978 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Split Rock Partners LLC (Split Rock Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Jim Simons, Michael Gorman, David Stassen. The firm is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

SetPoint Medical Corp. operates as a biomedical technology company, which engages in the development of therapies for patients with inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn?s disease. The company was founded by Kevin J. Tracey, Shaw H. Warren, and James W. Broderick in 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA.

Adimab LLC provides human therapeutic antibodies. The firm has discovered antibodies for a wide variety of therapeutic targets within many disease areas, including oncology, immunomodulation, inflammation, neuroscience and pain, cardiovascular and metabolic disease and infectious disease. The company was founded in 2007 by Tillman Gerngross, Dane Wittrup and Errik Anderson and is headquartered in Lebanon, NH.

Miramar Technologies, Inc. develops and provides medical devices for dermatologic medical conditions. It specializes in microwave energy positioned to be adopted for dermatologic conditions. The company was founded by Henry A. Plain Jr., Mark E. Deem and Steven Kim in 2006 and is headquartered in Half Moon Bay, CA.

Metamark Genetics, Inc. provides molecular diagnostics services. It develops prognostic and predictive diagnostic tests that will enable personalized treatment planning for cancer patients. It transforms cancer diagnosis and treatment by developing pioneering diagnostic products based on its prognosis determinants platform. The company was founded by Kenneth E. Weg, Raju S. Kucherlapati, David Rimm, Lynda Chin and Ronald A. DePinho in November 2007 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Penumbra Brands, Inc. engages in the provision of cell phone radiation protection cases. The firm develops various products with built-in antenna technology that include pong cases, which embedded with a micro thin gold-plated antenna to reduce exposure to potentially harmful cell phone radiation. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Encinitas, CA.

Fitness Food Holdings LLC operates as a food retail stores. The company was founded by Bradley Louis Radoff and Martin Berson and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Catterton Management Co. LLC (L Catterton) is a private equity subsidiary of L Catterton Management Ltd. founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Evalve, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets devices. It developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The firm's products reduces the risks, trauma, and costs associated with current open, arrested heart surgical options. The company was founded on June 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Emphasys Medical, Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on developing and commercializing minimally invasive therapeutic devices for the treatment of patients with emphysema and other breathing disorders. It offers Zephyr Endobronchial Valve system, which is designed to block air from passing through the opening in the lung and into the chest cavity, resulting in the reduction or elimination of airflow through the leak to allow the tissue to heal. The company offers its products through distributors and dealers in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Emphasys Medical was founded in 2000 and is based in Redwood City, CA. Emphasys Medical, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Pulmonx Corp.

The Foundry LLC provides investment services to medical device companies. It includes the inventor partners of business development, product development and prototyping, market analysis and development, human resources and recruitment and intellectual property enterprise. The company was founded by Allan R Will and Henry A. Plain, Jr. in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace engages in the analysis and development of policy ideas and engagement and collaboration with decision makers in the government, business, and civil society. It refers to issues such as climate and energy, defense and security, democracy and governance, economy, foreign polocy, global governance, nuclear weapons, political reform, society and culture, and technology. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1910 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc. engages in the designs development and manufacture of platform-agnostic, regulatory-cleared molecular diagnostic tests. The company was founded by Alice A. Jacobs Nesselrodt in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Greenblum & Bernstein Plc offers legal counseling and services. The firm specializes in intellectual property law concentrating in patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The company was founded by Neil F. Greenblum in 1978 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Questbridge (United States) is a non-profit organization. It operates charitable organization that connects low-income youth with colleges and opportunities. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

The National Mentoring Partnership, Inc. provides public voice, developing and delivering resources to mentoring programs nationwide and promoting mentoring through standards, cutting-edge research and tools. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Corvia Medical, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of heart failure. It also offers transcatheter treatment of heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction. The company was founded by David S. Celermajer and is headquartered in Tewksbury, MA.

Part of Excelitas Technologies Holding Corp., PerkinElmer, Inc. /IDS Business/ provides analytical and laboratory solutions. Prahlad Ramadhar Singh has been the CEO of the American company since 2009.

Snap Kitchen Investments LLC operates as a food retail stores. The firm offers meals, snacks, and cold-pressed juices that are made fresh daily, portion controlled, and nutritionally balanced. Its menu is gluten free with a selection of vegetarian, vegan, paleo, dairy free, carb conscious, and sodium conscious options. The company was founded by Martin Berson and Bradley Louis Radoff in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The Volcker Alliance is a non-profit organization based in New York, NY. The company's mission is to support the public sector workforce by strengthening public service education, championing public service values, and providing strategies to help public servants deliver better results. The company's programs work in service of their four main strategies to educate, connect, empower, and inspire current and aspiring public servants. The company builds partnerships with government and universities and inspire others with the story of Mr. Volcker's commitment to public service.

Paxos Trust Co. LLC operates as a global exchange marketplace for virtual currencies trading. It flagship products is Bankchain, a distributed network that expedites and secures the clearing and settling of assets. The firm also offers bitcoin exchange and OTC trading services. The company was founded by Richmond Teo and Charles G. Cascarilla in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Berg LLC operates as a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on taking a bold back to biology approach to therapeutic discovery using its Interrogative Biology platform. Its therapeutics include cancer metabolism and BPM 31510, chemotherapy induced alopecia and BPM 315453, neurology-discovery program, and metabolic disease-discovery program. The company was founded by Carl Edwin Berg, Mitch Gray, and Niven R. Narain in 2006 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.