Dave Shanahan

Longboat Clinical Ltd. develops software for doctors to interact with patients through online. It specializes in clinical trials, protocol compliance, investigator site engagement, protocol-specific training, investigator meetings, and patient engagement. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Synergy Management Company I LLC (Synergy Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling and John Onopchenko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Shiratronics, Inc. develops therapies to combat debilitating migraine headache. It focuses on commercializing novel neuromodulation technologies to treat this large unmet clinical need for patients and physicians. The company was founded by Lynn Elliott and Mudit K. Jain in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, MN.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Noctrix Health, Inc. engages in the development of wearable therapeutics. The company was founded by Jonathan Charlesworth and Shriram Raghunathan and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Aptus Endosystems, Inc. develops and manufactures medical equipment. It focuses on developing technologies to transform Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR), empowering physicians to perform minimally invasive aneurysm repair while still providing the control and potential long term durability of open surgical repair. The company was founded by Alan Kaganov and Lee Bolduc on August 7, 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Avivomed, Inc. develops neuromodulation therapy to treat unmet clinical needs. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The CEO of the company is Stephen C. Masson.

CardioMEMS LLC designs and manufactures wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body. Its technology platform is designed to improve the management of severe chronic cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure and aneurysms. The firm’s miniature wireless sensors can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and transmit cardiac output, blood pressure and heart rate data that are critical to the management of patients. The company was founded by Mark G. Allen and Jay S. Yadav in 1999 is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Partners For Growth (PFG) is a private equity firm founded in 2004 by Don Campbell and Andrew Kahn. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Neuspera Medical, Inc. is a holding company designs and manufactures neurostimulation devices. It delivers a liberating alternative treatment for certain patients trapped by the symptoms of their disease. The company was founded by Alexander Yeh and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

NuXcel, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The American company was founded in 2018 by Mudit K. Jain and Lynn Elliott. Mudit K. Jain has been the CEO since 2018.

NeoChord, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers NeoChord, a disposable device that replaces damaged chordae through a small incision while the heart is beating. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.

Cardiac Pathways Corp. designs, develops and manufactures cardiac diagnosis systems. Its products consist principally of systems for performing ablation treatment and for diagnostic mapping. Cardiac Pathways is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Synergy Venture Partners LLC operates as a venture capital investment firm. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

KPMG International Cooperative focuses on the promotion of the economic interests of its members. It engages in the protection, promotion, improvement, and expansion of the KPMG Group. The company was founded on February 8, 1988 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Part of Frosch Ireland, Vernon Travel Ltd. is a travel agency. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The Irish company was founded in 1994. The CEO is Clare Dunne. Vernon Travel was acquired by Frosch Ireland on April 26, 2024.

Part of SAS Rue la Boétie, RBC Investor Services Ireland Ltd. is an Irish company that provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Xtremepush Ltd. operates as an analytics and engagement firm. It offers web and app analytics, mobile, web and social engagement, location technology services and email marketing. The company was founded by Tommy Kearns and Kevin Collins in 2014 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Allergy Standards Ltd. operates as a certification company. It prepares independent standards for testing a wide range of products to determine the sustainability for asthmatics and individuals. The firm has devised a series of proprietary testing protocols and suitability specifications for products to meet in order to be eligible for certification as asthma & allergy friendly. The company was founded by John McKeon and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Gardin Ltd. is a British company that aims to provide high quality and nutritious food that is good for both people and the planet. The company believes that there is a need for change in our environmental issues and they promise to create a step-change by using their technology. The company was founded by Sumanta Talukdar and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Vaultree Ltd. is an Irish data security company that provides enterprises, including those in the financial services and healthcare/pharmaceutical sectors, with a solution to mitigate the risks of a data breach. Vaultree is trusted by companies worldwide, including Google, and is based in Dundrum, Ireland. The company enables organizations to securely process, search, and compute structured and unstructured encrypted data without surrendering encryption keys or decrypting server-side. Vaultree's data-in-use encryption persists even if a leak occurs, rendering the data unusable to bad actors. The company's technology allows for powerful encrypted search, data processing analysis, and machine learning/artificial intelligence to be performed in real-time. The company was founded by Kevin Curran, Tilo Weigandt, Maxim Dressler, Ryan Lasmaili, and Shaun McBrearty, with Ryan Lasmaili serving as CEO since incorporation.

Founded in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university located in the heart of Boston. Northeastern teaches worldwide experiential learning, urban engagement, and interdisciplinary research that meets global and societal needs. The University offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

NTera, Inc. Develops advanced, printable electro chromic materials enabling display and color change applications for smart cards. It provides nanotechnology, inks, printed electronics, flexible displays, electronic displays, electrochemistry services. The company was founded by David M. Corr and Donald Fitzmaurice and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Sustainable Venture Development Partners Ltd (Sustainable Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Andrew Wordsworth. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.