John Merritt

Split Rock Partners LLC (Split Rock Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Jim Simons, Michael Gorman, David Stassen. The firm is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

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.

Colorescience, Inc. engages in the provision of cosmetics and sunscreen products. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Piper Sandler & Co. operates as an investment company, which engages in the provision of securities brokerage and investment banking services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

DFINE, Inc.engages in the development and commercialization of medical device system for treating vertebral compression fractures. The company was founded by John H. Shadduck and Csaba Truckai in 2004 and is headquartered in South Jordan, UT.

Upstream Medical Technologies Ltd. engages in the commercialization of novel biomarkers for cardiac disease diagnosis. It focuses on the identification of patients with unstable angina. The company was founded by Chris Pemberton in 2015 and is headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. develops medical devices that focus on improving the accuracy of diagnostic blood culture tests. The company was founded by Gregory J. Bullington and Richard G. Patton and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ightLine Partners LLC (SightLine Partners) is an independent venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1992 by Buzz Benson and Maureen Harder. The firm is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Viewpoint Medical Assessment Services, Inc. provides independent medical and functional assessments. Its medical services include independent medical evaluations, independent psychiatric evaluation, neuropsychological evaluation, fit to work, post offer employer testing, vocational rehabilitation evaluation, document review, further medical services, multidisciplinary services and auto injury medical. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

AEGEA Medical, Inc. develops technology that utilizes convective water vapor to treat menorrhagia. The firm focuses on the development of its proprietary and innovative water vapor treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding. It has vapor system delivers controlled, low-pressure natural water vapor to the uterine cavity to efficiently ablate the inner lining of the uterus. The company was founded by Paul M. Goeld in 2008 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Grünenthal GmbH engages in the research and development of pharmaceutical products. It specializes in pain, gout, and inflammation. The company was founded by Hermann Wirtz in 1946 and is headquartered in Aachen, Germany.

GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. It offers methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Assay an in vitro diagnostic test for the direct detection of MRSA from a nasal specimen. The company was founded on 2001 and is headquartered in Franklin Lakes, NJ.

Pacific Channel Ltd (Pacific Channel) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Brent S. Ogilvie. The firm is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Curtana Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the provision of therapies for the treatment of brain cancer. It focuses on the development of small molecule therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells in the central nervous system for the treatment of glioblastoma and other brain cancers. The company was founded by Gregory Stein in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

NeuroMedix, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. The company makes therapeutic agents for the treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis. It also develops therapies for the treatment of other degenerative neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Parkinson's. NeuroMedix was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of OPKO Health, Inc., Waratah Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Calgary, Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Susan Dana Jones. Waratah Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Transition Therapeutics, Inc., part of OPKO Health, Inc. from September 01, 2016 on January 28, 2002 for $15.46 million.

Part of Baxter International, Inc., Clintec International, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in Deerfield, IL. The company specializes in the development and distribution of pharmaceutical products.

Hunter Immunology Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops immune modulators for treatment of respiratory diseases. The company was founded by Phillip Comans in 2003 and is headquartered in Victoria, Australia.

Peplin, Inc. develops drugs and pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by James Harrison Aylward in 1998 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Sova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of human therapeutic drugs. It provides internal clinical plan on therapies supported by the mechanism, our preclinical findings, and the development of compounds reported to act on the molecular targets of H2S that include postherpetic neuralgia, chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathic pain (CIPN pain) and diabetic neuropathy. The company’s pre-clinical findings support large-market indications, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuropathic pain and migraine, that we would seek to develop with a strategic partner. The company was founded by Gary W. Pace and Solomon Snyder in 2010 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Footfalls & Heartbeats (UK) Ltd. designs, develops, and manufactures smart textiles. The firm uses nano-scale interactions within the textile to make the fabric itself the sensor, avoiding the need for wires or miniature electronics. The company was founded by Simon McMaster in 2010 and is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

Engender Technologies Ltd. engages in the research and development of gender selection especially in the dairy industry. The company was founded by Miriam Cather Simpson on October 6, 2011 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.