Carlos José Fialho da Costa Faro

Critical Software SA develops and provides operations support software solutions. It serves clients from the aerospace, defense, transportation, telecommunications, energy, healthcare, and finance industries. The firm offers solutions for business intelligence, data security, energy management, network administration, application development, infrastructure auditing, and systems migration. The company was founded by Gonçalo Quadros and Diamantino Costa in 1998 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

RSP Systems A/S provides non-invasive solutions for sugar and insulin blood level measurements. Its products are used to make measurements of molecules in terms of identification and quantities. The company was founded by Olav Storm Kjestrup, Stefan Banke, and Morten Henneberg in May 2006 and is headquartered in Odense, Denmark

Part of ValiRx Plc, ValiRx Finland Oy provides medical and clinical services, and distributes pharmaceutical drug preparations. The company is based in Oulu, Finland. ValiRx Finland was acquired by ValiRx Plc on August 18, 2011.

Part of Med Group Oy, Med Group Holding Oy functions as an investment holding Finnish company. The company is based in Vantaa, Finland.

Lino Biotech AG provides foal molography technology. It is a novel label-free biosensor platform for direct imaging of biomolecular interactions in living cells. The company was founded by Mirko Stange, Volker Gatterdam, and Andreas Fruter and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Klinik Healthcare Solutions Oy operates a health website that helps consumers to identify their health issues, gives guidance about treatment, and connects to health specialists. It also offers a marketing platform for health products, devices, over-the-counter medications, and health professionals. The company was founded by Hannu Sakari Nissinen and Petteri Matias Hirvonen on March 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Proterris (Portugal) - Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Produtos Farmacêuticos, Sociedade Unipessoal Lda. develops Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules (CORMs) for therepy. The company was founded by Carlos José Rodrigues Crispim Romão, Werner Ernest Hass, Nuno Manuel de Castro Santos Arante e Oliveira and Stan Kugell on January 4, 2002 and is headquartered in Oeiras, Portugal.

Oceano Fresco SA develops and produces bivalves varieties for shellfish farmers. The company was founded by De Carvalho Bernardo Ferreira in 2015 and is headquartered in Mira, Portugal.

Critical Ventures - Sociedade de Capital de Risco SA (Critical Ventures) is the venture capital subsidiary of Critical SGPS Lda. It was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Critical Manufacturing SA develops software of manufacturing execution systems. It offers integration and networking of machines and systems, IT systems, and cloud solutions. The company was founded by Adélio Marco da Costa Fernandes, Lau Yong Wun, João Rafael Ribeiro Cortez, Teresa Isabel de Jesus Carreiro, Francisco Sobrinho Simões de Almada Lobo and Reiner Joachim Missale on March 11, 2009 and is headquartered in Maia, Portugal.

Retmarker SA provides ophthalmology-specific software solutions for clinical decision support and electronic medical record. Its products include RetmarkerC, deals with the process of automatically co-registering (overlapping) different images and RetmarkerAMD Research automatically counts lesions (in number and area) by lesion type and location (sub-field). The company was founded by Diamantino Costa, Manuel Goncalo Lopes de Almeida Quadros and Ricardo Cunha-Vaz in 2008 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

VideoVisit Oy engages in the provision of digital telehealth solutions. It offers remote care platform that offers all necessary tools for social and healthcare service providers to deliver care beyond hospital walls including VideoVisit HOME, VideoVisit LIVE, and VideoVisit REMOTE. The company was founded by Esa Ojala and Juhana Ojala in 2010 and is headquartered in Finland.

Critical Links SA provides information technology services. It offers solutions to aerospace, energy, health-care, and telecom sectors. The company was founded by João Fernando Viegas Carreira in 2006 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Luzitin SA provides photodynamic therapy and photodiagnosis solutions. The firm develops new compounds to improve the efficiency of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by Luís Arnaut in 2010 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Treat U SA develops targeted nanotechnology-based platforms for the specific delivery of drugs in the oncology area. It offers PEGASEMP, a platform conceived for delivering a cytostatic agent specifically to the tumor microenvironment, targeting two distinct cell populations: the cancer cell and the endothelial cells from the tumor blood vessels. The firm operates through its offices in Cantanhede and Coimbra. The company was founded in January 2010 by Vera Moura and Sérgio Paulo de Magalhães Simões and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Enoforum Comércio e Exportação de Vinhos SA produces and exports wines. Its brands include Alente, Bom Juiz, Finisterra, Monsaraz, Olaria, Patria, Real Forte and Terra Lenta. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Evora, Portugal.

Sociedade Altitude Software Sistemas e Serviços SA develops electronic customer relationship management software. It develops unified customer interaction (uCI) software suite and contact center solutions for businesses in Portugal and internationally. The firm offers Altitude uCI, a cloud based software suite that enables users to manage enterprise functions, such as customer service, help desk, collections, telesales, and surveys; Altitude vBox, a software IP switch for contact centers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oeiras, Portugal.

TP Sociedade Termica Portuguesa SA develops cogeneration and wind power projects. The firm also provides installation and maintenance services for the cogeneration plants. The company was founded in July 1991 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Stemmatters - Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA develops biomaterials, medical devices and advanced therapy medicinal products. It focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The firm also provides contract manufacturing services regarding tissue processing, manufacturing (cells and cell based products), and stem cell banking. The company was founded by Rui Amandi Sousa and Rui L. Reis in 2007 and is headquartered in Guimarães, Portugal.

Talkdesk, Inc. engages in the provision of browser-based call center software solution for small businesses. Its products include intelligent routing, reporting and analytics, workforce management, outbound dialer, voice analytics, quality management, omni channel, and agent productivity. The company was founded by Tiago Paiva and Cristina Fonseca in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mérieux Equity Partners SAS (Mérieux Equity Partners or MxEP) is a Private Equity and Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Mérieux Développement SASU founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional offices across the country.

Egalet Ltd. engages in manufacturing of basic pharmaceutical products. It focuses on the commercialization and development of abuse resistant formulations of opioids and other pain care drugs. The company was founded on July 15, 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

MERLIN Diagnostika GmbH operates as a microbiological diagnostics company, manufactures and supplies diagnostic equipment to identify bacteria and yeasts. Its products include MICRONAUT-E, which identifies enterobacteriaceae and other gramnegative bacteria; MICRONAUT-NF that identifies non-fermenting and gram-negative bacteria; MICRONAUT-IDS, which identifies gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria; MICRONAUT-RPO that identifies gram-positive bacteria; and MICRONAUT-Candida, which identifies clinically relevant yeasts. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Bornheim-Hersel, Germany.

Rumen Oy provides waste treatment technology solutions. It offers composting plants for organic waste handling as well as sorting and processing plants for municipal solid waste treatment. The company is headquartered in Lahti, Finland.

MAP Medical Technologies Oy engages in the development and manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical products. It provides positron-emission tomography diagnostic agents and single-photon emission computed tomography products. The company was founded by Mika Nyyssönen and Jarmo Haukka on March 13, 1991 and is headquartered in Tikkakoski, Finland.

Med Group Oy provides healthcare services. It offers ambulance, home, dental, and eye care as well as medical personnel staffing services. The company was founded by Atte Kustaa Piha and Ali Omar in 2007 and is headquartered in Vantaa, Finland.

Ventac Partners GMBH offers life sciences consultancy services. Its consulting services include due diligence, education and training, market analysis, product development and valuation. The company was founded by Mikael Oerum in 2002 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Ginolis Oy develops and provides disposable test platforms for the global diagnostic and medical technology industries. The firm offers production and laboratory automation solutions for manufacturing, laboratories and end-user instruments. The company was founded by Teijo Ilkka Sakari Fabritius and Matti Ahti Koivu in 2010 and is headquartered in Oulunsalo, Finland.

Magnasense Technologies Oy provides a platform for lateral-flow immunochromatographic tests utilizing paramagnetic particles as a label. The firm’s products include CRP product specifications, Magnia reader and product specifications, and assay development. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vantaa, Finaland.