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Xgen Venture Sgr SpA (XGEN Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Federica Draghi, Paolo Fundarò and Daniele Scarinci. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

EryDel SpA offers medical research. It develops drugs and diagnostics delivered through human red blood cells via a medical device technology. The company was founded by Luigia Rossi and Mauro Magnani in 2007 and is headquartered in Bresso, Italy.

Genextra SpA (Genextra) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Franceso Micheli and Saverio Minucci. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Congenia SRL operates as pharmaceutical company, is engaged in the development of novel therapeutics for diseases associated with mitochondrial stress-induced dysfunction. The company develops small molecule drugs that target the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a protein channel with various macromolecular components that along with mitochondrial protein p66, appears to be associated with oxidative stress-induced cell death. The company was founded in 2004 by Saverio Minucci, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Marco Giorgio and Paolo Bernardi and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Conor Medsystems LLC develops vascular drug delivery technologies. Its products include controlled vascular drug delivery technologies and novel stent that are used in the treatment of coronary artery disease and delivery of a broad spectrum of therapeutic agents. The company was founded by John F. Shanley in 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Applango Systems Ltd. develops software tools for enterprise organizations. It offers Appalango for Adaption which empowers sales managers, tracks usage over time, identifies the frequency of user updates, and pinpoints issues and areas of improvement. The company was founded by Daniel Sarfati in 2012 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Applango USA, Inc. develops salesforce applications. It offers Appalango for Adaption which empowers sales managers, tracks usage over time, identifies the frequency of user updates, and pinpoints issues and areas of improvement. The company was founded by Daniel Sarfati in 2012 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Dac SRL is an Italian company that manufactures and sells car, bike, motorbike accessories, and spare parts. The private company is based in Cavriago, Italy.

Targimmune Therapeutics AG engages in the drug development using novel targeted onco-immunotherapies. The company was founded by Andreas Emmenegger and Peter Kash and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Lifearc provides research services. It specializes in intellectual property management, drug discovery, medical diagnostics and antibody engineering. The firm services include complete technology transfer service for scientists in MRC units and institutes, Awards to Inventors, Collaborative drug discovery and antibody engineering, Funding early stage research with commercial/translational potential and protecting new ideas. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Assobiotec is an organization that represents approximately 130 companies and technological and scientific parks in the biotech sector. Assobiotec is based in Milan, Italy. The Italian company focuses on various areas such as health, agriculture, environment, and industrial processes. The private company was founded in 1986, and the CEO is Leonardo Vingiani.

Mentor Worldwide LLC develops, manufactures and markets science-based products. It offers surgical and non-surgical medical procedures such as breast implants, skin and tissue expanders and facial and dermal implants. The company was founded by Christopher J. Conway in 1969 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Cordis Corp. develops and manufactures devices for interventional vascular medicine and electrophysiology. The firm's products include guidewires, balloons, forceps, catheters, and stents to treat a variety of circulatory system problems including coronary artery disease and cerebral aneurysms. The company was founded by William P. Murphy Jr. in 1959 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

CID SpA engages in the manufacture and marketing of medical devices. Its products include peripheral vascular stents, closed system catheters, and vascular grafts. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Saluggia, Italy.

Vivasure Medical Ltd. manufactures medical devices to enable deployment of vascular implants. It offers an absorbable implant and delivery system for use in a range of medical applications, primarily in minimally invasive and percutaneous procedures, such as percutaneous closure of arteriotomies. The company was founded by Gerard Brett and Christopher Martin on August 27, 2008 and is headquartered in Galway, Ireland.

Panakes Partners Sgr SpA (Panakes Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Alessio Beverina, Fabrizio Landi and Diana Sareceni. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Aileens Pharma Srl is a holding company, which engages in the research and development of treatments for dermatological diseases. The company was founded by Sonia Longo Sormani in 2018 and is headquartered in Nova Milanese, Italy.

Endostart SRL manufactures medical devices for gastrointestinal endoscopy. It specializes in medical devices based on ferrofluid and magnetic fields to guide a colonoscope along the colon, avoiding incomplete colonoscopies. The company was founded by Alessandro Tozzi on May 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Certaldo, Italy.

Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. provides investment services. It offers securities underwriting and trading, mergers & acquisitions advice, research, private equity investment & derivative, and risk management services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tethis SpA engages in the provision of nanobiotechnology solutions. It develops devices for liquid biopsy, molecular diagnostic, and proteomic and microbiology. The company was founded by Emanuele Barborini, Simone Vinati, and Massimo Gatelli in 2004 and is headquartered in Milan Italy.

Vessl, Inc. engages in manufacturing soft drinks. It offers peach ginger black tea, pomegranate acai white tea, unsweetened black tea, citrus mint green tea, and recovery formula. The company was founded by Walter Apodaca and Don Park on February 10, 2014 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

VESSL Therapeutics Ltd. develops cell-based therapies for large patient populations. Its solutions include MultiGeneAngio fo Peripheral Artery Disease and MultiGeneGraft for end-stage renal disease. The company was founded in August 2000 by Moshe Y. Flugelman and Basil S. Lewis and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

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.

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.

SoundBite Medical Solutions Inc. offers medical devices. It develops and commercializes proprietary shockwave device and generator technology. The company was founded by Steve Arless, Martin Brouillette, Louis-Philippe Riel and Steven Dion and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

415 Capital Management GmbH (415 Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Frank Gabriel Groenewegen, David P. Thompson and Frederik Justin Gabriel Groenewegen. The firm is headquartered in Oberhaching, Germany.

Croivalve Ltd. develops medical device for treatment of tricuspid regurgitation. The company was founded by Lucy O'Keeffe and Martin Quinn in 2016 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Moray Medical is a company that aims to revolutionize catheter technology by offering physicians a robotic catheter-based approach to an otherwise challenging and traumatic operation. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. Moray Medical's robotic system provides physicians with the dexterity and precision needed to treat hundreds of thousands of patients who are too frail to survive the trauma of conventional surgery. The company was founded by Keith Phillip Laby and Mark Barrish, with Mark Barrish serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Protembis GmbH develops and manufactures medical devices for surgical heart procedures. Its device ProtEmbo is intended to protect patients from the risk of suffering a stroke during these procedures. The company was founded by Karl von Mangoldt and Conrad Rasmus in 2013 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

The British Cardiovascular Society functions as a society for cardiology. The non-profit company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1922. The CEO is Rachael O'Flynn.

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.