Ari Melamud

Vertos Medical, Inc. develops and markets minimally invasive devices for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis. Its product is called mild devices, which conists of mild Tissue Sculpter, mild Portal, mild Trocar and Handle, mild Bone Sculpter Rongeur, mild Portal Stabilizer, mild Depth Guide, and mild Surgical Clamp. The company was founded by David Solsberg and Donald F. Schomer in 2005 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Click Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments for people with unmet medical needs. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pitango Venture Capital (Pitango) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Rami Kalish. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Erel N. Margalit. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

LifeWave Ltd. engages in the development and manufacture of a medical device for the treatment of chronic wounds. The company was founded on May 24, 2000 and is headquartered in Petach-Tikva, Israel.

LifeBond Ltd. engages in the development of medical devices designed to restore and repair tissues to reduce post-operative complications. The company was founded by Nir Mashkif, Orahn Preiss-Bloom and Ishay Attar in 2007 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

EarlySense Ltd. provides patient monitoring systems. It offers continuous patient monitoring for heart rate, respiratory rate and motion, to potentially allow the clinical team to manage early detection of patient deterioration, fall prevention and pressure ulcers prevention. The firm develops system specifically for medical surgical, general care patients who are usually monitored by nurses once every four to six hours. The company was founded by Avner Halperin, Daniel H. Lange, Guy Shinar and Yossi Gross in 2004 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Lumenis, Inc. provides clinical solutions. Its products include M22, ResurFX, UltraPulse, Femtouch, AcuPulse, and LightSheer WAIRE. The firm also offers intense pulsed light, non ablative and diode lasers, acne scars treatment, blepharoplasty, laser hair removal, pigmentation, rosacea, scar revision, and tattoo removal. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Idgene Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is an Israeli company that identifies and develops drugs for genetic basis common diseases. The private company is based in Jerusalem, Israel. The company was founded by Rami Epstein.

83North Management Ltd (83North) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Greylock Management Corp, founded in 1965. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya with additional office in London.

MediSafe, Inc. develops a cloud-synced mobile medication management system. The firm is a cloud-based application that monitors an individual's medicine intake to prevent potentially fatal incidences of under-dosing or overdosing. It helps address the global issue of medication non-adherence. The company was founded in August 2012 by Rotem Shor and Omri Shor and is headquartered in Nofit, Israel.

Visby Medical, Inc. operates as a healthcare technology company. It develops diagnostic products for professionals and consumers. The company was founded by Gregory Loney and Adam de la Zerda in 2008 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Medisafe Project Ltd. develops a cloud-synced mobile medication management system. Its platform helps the user manage and take medication on time. The company was founded by Omri Shor and Rotem Shor in 2012 and is headquartered in Matam, Israel.

CarboFix Orthopedics Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of solutions for trauma and spine. Its products include CarboClear cervical plate, CarboClear pedicle screw, proximal humerus plate, CarboClear lumbar cage, and distal fibula plate. The company was founded Mordechay Beyar in 2011 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Clew Medical Ltd. provides healthcare providers and administrators with high-accuracy predictive clinical analytics. It focuses on big data and real time analytics in healthcare and provide a set of services for care givers, nurses, physicians, and administrators. The company was founded by Gal Salmon and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

Innovopro Ltd. engages in the distribution of plant-based protein ingredients to the global food market. It offers chickpea protein and starch. The company was founded by Ascher Shmulewitz and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Centure Applications Ltd. engages in the development of artificial intelligence technology to disrupt the agricultural pest control process. It uses cameras to identify and spray only weeds using a proprietary data set of weeds in the world. The company was founded by Nadav Bocher, Itzhak Khait, and Alon Klien Orbach in March 2016 and is headquartered in Canada.

ImmuneID, Inc. is a precision immunology company that combines next-generation sequencing with protein display technologies to develop novel therapies for immune diseases. The company's proprietary platform identifies millions of antibody-target interactions to build the map of human immunity, which helps to improve and personalize patient diagnoses for precise treatments. The company was founded in 2020 by Longwood Fund and is headquartered in Boston, MA. James S. Scibetta has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Biobetter Ltd. is a start-up that pioneers novel protein expression platforms to address the fast-growing demand for complex recombinant proteins. The company is based in Israel and participates in the Israel Innovation Authority program and the Good Food Institute, which also helps support the company's financing. The new technology will alleviate one of the biggest bottlenecks in advancing cultured meat to mass production. The CEO, Amit Yaari, joined in 2016 and co-authored the core technology patents. The start-up is a winner of several awards and grants, including the joint GFI-EIT Cultivated Meat Innovation Challenge (Sept 2022) and the 2022 Foodtech Calcalist and Tnuva competition. The Israeli company was founded in 2015 by Dana Yarden, Oded Shoseyov, and Avi Tzur, with the aim of putting tobacco plant to positive use.

Altesa BioSciences, Inc. develops oral recombinant vaccines. The company is based in College Park, GA. The company was founded by Dennis C. Liotta, George R. Painter, Seth A. Rudnick, John M. Clerici, Samuel Candler Dobbs. The CEO is Brett P. Giroir.

Kinoko-Tech Ltd. is an Israeli company that has created a super nutritious product using the powers of plants and the magic of fungi. The company is based in Rehovot, Israel. The product is rich in protein and unique dietary fibers. The company was founded by Hadar Shohat, Jasmin Ravid, Daria Feldman. Jasmin Ravid has been the CEO since incorporation.

Protai Bio is an Israeli company that is focused on drug discovery and development. The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company aims to improve the way new drugs are developed by comprehensively mapping the course of a disease on the protein level, unmasking deep cellular function. Protai Bio was founded by Eren Seger and Kirill Pevzner, with Eren Seger serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Agrint, Inc. provides early and precise detection solutions to combat fruit-pests that attack stone and pome fruits grown in temperate regions of the world. Agrint is based in Rockville, MD and was founded by Yehonatan Ben-Hamozeg, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's mission is to create a positive impact on pesticide use, the economy, and society.

TransAlgae Ltd. is an Israeli biotech company that develops enhanced algae products for the growing animal health markets. The private company is based in Rehovot, Israel. The company was founded by Noam Gressel.