Nick Hopkins

Life Sciences, Inc. is a private company that is committed to saving lives and futures by providing superior products and services for scientific research. The company is based in St. Petersburg, FL. The company's offerings include AMV-RT, T7 RNA Polymerase, RNase H, NASBA, Lyophilized Products, and Services. The company was founded by Roderick N. Carter.

Interventional Spine, Inc. designs, develops, and markets patented implantable devices for the spine that can be deployed via both surgical and minimally invasive techniques. The company was founded by Victor V. Cachia and Michael R. Henson on February 4, 2000 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Access Closure, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices for cardiovascular and peripheral vascular markets. Its products include Mynx ace, Mynx grip, Mynx sealant technology and flash ostial system. The company was in founded in 2002 by Farhad Khosravi and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Qlt Plug Delivery, Inc. provides ocular punctual plug drug delivery system. Its product is used in the treatment of glaucoma. The company was founded by Henry A. Plain Jr. and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

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.

Augmenix, Inc. develops hydrogel technology to improve outcomes in radiation oncology and surgery. Its products include TraceIT Tissue Marker and SpaceOAR System, which is an absorbable hydrogel spacer that reduces radiation injury to the rectal wall in men undergoing prostate radiotherapy. The company was founded by Amarpreet S. Sawhney in 2008 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Neurolutions, Inc. develops revolutionary platform of devices, based on Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology, which promise to restore function to patients who are disabled as a result of neurological injury. The company was founded by Eric Leuthhardt, Daniel J. Moran, and Gerwin Schalk on October 1, 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Nuvaira, Inc. develops medical devices for treating lung diseases. It works on a novel catheter-based system that has the potential to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Steven Dimmer and Martin L. Mayse in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

Claret Medical, Inc. develops a cerebral protection technology designed to protect patients from the risk of stroke during left heart procedures and vascular interventions. It focuses on addressing the problem of stroke during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a significant unmet clinical need. The company was founded by Farhad Khosravi and Randy Lashinski in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA.

Apama Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The firm focuses on the electrophysiology market and offers a vastly superior catheter-based solution for the fastest growing market segment, atrial fibrillation ablation. The company was founded by Amr Salahieh in 2009 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Earlens Corp. develops medical devices. It offers EarLens Contact Hearing Device that uses light to transmit sound. Its earlens contact hearing device two components: a tympanic membrane transducer, which is nonsurgically placed deep in the ear canal on the eardrum, and a light-based behind-the-ear sound processor placed at the base of the ear canal. The company was founded in 1999 by Rodney C. Perkins and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., Quanam Medical Corp develops medical devices using novel polymer technology. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA. Quanam Medical was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on April 02, 2001 for $390 million.

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP provides legal services. The firm specializes in intellectual property law service and representation activities in transactional and contested legal matters. It serves clients in industry groups, including aesthetics, chemical, biotechnology, chemical, food and beverage, media and entertainment, optics, pharmaceuticals, restaurant and hospitality, sporting goods and recreation, software, and information technology. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Center for Strategic & International Studies, Inc. provides strategic insights & policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society. Its projects focus on areas such as AIDS, arms control, conflict resolution, NATO, the environment, immigration, intelligence, trade, health care, OPEC, space policy, and terrorism. The company was founded in 1962 by David M. Abshire and Admiral Arleigh Burke and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

ForSight Labs LLC operates as an ophthalmic technology incubator. It focuses on developing and applying solutions to improve the sight, care, and quality of life of visually impaired patients. The company was founded by Eugene de Juan, Hanson S. Gifford and Henry A. Plain in 2005 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a professional organization that provides education, advocacy, and networking opportunities for intellectual property (IP) law practitioners. The organization is based in Arlington, VA and offers a variety of resources for its members, including access to committees focused on specific areas of IP law, continuing legal education (CLE) courses, and publications such as the quarterly journal and Innovate magazine. AIPLA also advocates for policies that support the protection of IP rights and provides resources for students and the public.

Transcend, Inc. provides training, consulting, and investigation services. The private company is based in Honolulu, HI. Plain. The company was founded by Henry A.

Moximed, Inc. develops minimally invasive, joint sparing solutions for patients with knee osteoarthritis. Its Osteoarthritis treatment can minimize joint pain, restore normal activity levels, and slow down disease progression. The company was founded by Anton G. Clifford in 2006 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Twelve, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the operation as an investment fund for a medical device incubator. It specializes on funding and developing medical device inventions. The company focuses on medical and biotech ventures. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

JenaValve Technology, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets transcatheter aortic valve replacement systems. The company was founded on March 27, 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Affinivax, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which develops novel conjugation technology. The company is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Bain Capital Life Sciences LP (Bain Capital Life Sciences) is a private equity subsidiary of Bain Capital Private Equity LP, ultimately held by Bain Capital Holdings LP, founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Instylla, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. Its focus is to leverage hydrogel technology to create differentiated liquid embolics for interventional radiology with a specific initial focus on interventional oncology and peripheral hemostasis. The company was founded by Amarpreet Sawhney and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Tulavi Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to treat neurally mediated diseases. It helps to treat aberrant neural reflex arcs in peripheral and visceral diseases. The company was founded was founded by Corinne Bright, Fred Khosravi and Henry Chen and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Rejoni, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It focuses on developing products that improve the outcomes of minimally invasive and other gynecological surgical procedures. The company was founded in June 2020 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

LSV Capital Management LLC (Lightstone Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.