Ken Pugh

VertiFlex, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It offers minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), which is the cause of spinal surgery in the elderly. The firm specializes in minimally invasive, motion preservation, spine and medical device. The company was founded by Moti Altarac in 2005 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Osteobiologics, Inc. provides medical services. The company develops and manufactures bioabsorbable polymeric scaffolds, films and related instrumentation for the repair and replacement of bone, soft tissue, and articular cartilage. The company was founded by Barbara D. Boyan in 1993 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Marani Health, Inc. develops wearable and textile-based products to measure key vital statistics of women and the developing fetus for use during pregnancy, labor & delivery. The company is headquartered in Stillwater, MN.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Capita3 Venture Fund I LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of digital health, telehealth, health tech, human health, genomics and bio IT, food-as-medicine, and other health sectors. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Cardiomech AS develops the next generation of interventional devices for structural heart disease. It provides transfemoral transcatheter alternative to cardiac surgery for the placement of artificial chords for the mitral valve. The company was founded by Nikolai Hiorth and Jacob Bergsland and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

Visura Technologies LLC operates as a medical device company. The firm provides visualization to improve the safety of transesophageal echocardiography procedures. The company was founded by David Marmor and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Fourth Element Capital Management LLC (Fourth Element Capital) is a venture capital firm founded 2017 by John Arthur Deedrick and Kathleen A. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Agitated Solutions, Inc. is an American healthcare company that specializes in providing micro bubble treatment for patients suffering from hypoxemic respiratory failure. The CEO of the company is Morgan Evans.

DyaMX, Inc. provides health care services. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Suros Surgical Systems, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. Its products include consoles, hand pieces, MRI, and biopsy markers. The company was founded by Joseph L. Mark, Michael E. Miller, and Timothy Goedde in 2000 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Healogics LLC provides wound healing services to hospitals in the United States. It specializes in chronic wound treatment, operates wound care centers, collaborates with hospital and home care providers, and serves as a resource for wound care research. The firm offers treatment for various chronic and non-healing wounds, including venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, osteoradionecrosis, necrotizing infections, surgical wounds and burns, soft-tissue radionecrosis, diabetic lower extremity ulcers, and chronic refractory osteomyelitis. It manages wound care centers through a connected network of centers, partner hospitals, academic medical centers, patients, and families. The company was founded on June 10, 1996 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

Inova Health System provides health care services. It operates a network of hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care physician practices, emergency and urgent care centers, home health care, mental health and blood donor services, wellness classes, and more. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

US Endoscopy Group, Inc. manufactures and distributes endoscopy devices. Its products include bleed management and irrigation, endoscope care and accessories, enteroscopy and capsule delivery, ERCP, feeding, foreign body management, laparoscopy, polypectomy and tissue acquisition, and nerve net retrieval devices. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Mentor, OH.

Hollister, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products and services. Its products include Ostomy, continence, wound, skin and critical care products. The company was founded by John Dickinson Schneider in 1921 and is headquartered in Libertyville, IL.

ConvaTec, Inc. engages in the manufacture of medical products and technologies focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions. It specializes in the wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion devices. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Ethicon Corp. manufactures and markets surgical sutures. The company is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Suburban Hospital Healthcare System (Maryland) provides medical and healthcare services. It offers emergency, primary and specialty care, outpatient services. The company was founded on December 13, 1943 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Intellihealth, Inc. is a company that is changing the perception of obesity and redefining how it is treated. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company offers a clinically proven medical obesity treatment approach that is three times more effective than lifestyle intervention alone. The company's product, Evolve, enables healthcare providers to offer effective medical obesity treatment to new and existing patients, both via telehealth and in person. Additionally, their clinical services affiliate, Flyte Medical, provides business and healthcare systems the services of experienced clinicians who are passionate about obesity medicine, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered dietitians. The company was founded in 2017 by Louis J. Aronne, Vasudev Bailey, Katherine Saunders, Sloan Saunders.

Medsite LLC provides online e-pharmaceutical marketing and educational services. The company was founded by Sundeep Bhan, Sanjay Pingle and Sameer Shariff in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ghost LLC is a lifestyle sports nutrition brand that offers a range of products to support overall wellness. The company is based in Henderson, NV and was founded by Daniel Lourenco and Ryan Hughes, with Lourenco serving as CEO since incorporation. The company's GLOW V2 formula is a skin-boosting, antioxidant-packed supplement that includes ingredients like Hyaluronic Acid, Astrion, Setria L-Glutathione, Inositol, and Verbasnol. Ghost was acquired by ZX Ventures LLC on May 19, 2020.

SpringTide Capital Management LLC (SpringTide Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Austin Walters, Daniel Lambert and Yiannis Monovoukas. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Visana Health, Inc. engages in the provision of health, wellness and fitness solutions. It empowers women with endometriosis and other menstrual pain conditions to take control of their healthcare by building habits proven to reduce symptoms and connecting patients with specialist physicians. The company was founded by Joseph M. Conolly in 2019 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Venture Investors LLC (Venture Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

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.