John R. Barr

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.

Surgical Specialties Corp. manufactures medical products. It specializes in designing and manufacturing of surgical knives and wound closure products. The firm offers suture needles, sutures, microsurgical cutting instruments, eye garters, and ophthalmic cannulas. The company is headquartered in Westwood, MA.

AGA Medical Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company for manufacturers of medical devices for the treatment of heart defects and vascular diseases. The companies AGA Medical Holdings operates sell devices, which are used by pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons. The company was founded in July 2005 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. is a medical technology company, which focuses on the design, development, and commercialization of medical devices to advance gastrointestinal therapeutic endoscopy. It offers Endoscopy, Surgical and Other products. The firm's endoscopy product portfolio consists of the OverStitch Endoscopic Suturing System, the OverStitch Sx Endoscopic Suturing System, and the Orbera Intragastric Balloon System. Its products are used by gastroenterologists and bariatric surgeons in a variety of settings to treat multiple gastrointestinal conditions including closure of acute perforations and chronic fistulas, inadvertent perforation of the GI tract, tissue closure after the removal of abnormal lesions in the esophagus, stomach or colon, the treatment of swallowing disorders, esophageal stent fixation, and obesity. The company was founded by Christopher J. Gostout and Dennis L. McWilliams in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Valeritas Holdings, Inc. develops and commercializes insulin delivery devices. The company was founded by Leisa Swanson and Robert R. Gonnelli on August 2, 2006 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Altamont Capital Management LLC ( Altamont Capital Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Jesse T. Rogers, Randall Eason and Keoni Schwartz. The firm headquartered located in Palo Alto, California.