Joseph Samuel Kanfer

Welch Allyn, Inc. develops and manufactures medical diagnostic and therapeutic devices. Its products include physical exam, patient monitoring, blood pressure measurement, thermometry, cardiopulmonary, medical lighting, animal health, and population health management technologies. It also offers batteries, lamps, cables and sensors, power supplies, cords and chargers, connectors and tubing, and probe covers and thermometry. The company was founded by Francis Welch and William Noah Allyn in 1915 and is headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, NY.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. is a registered investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm was founded in 1983 and is a subsidiary of KeyCorp. (NYSE: KEY). KeyBanc Capital Markets provides investment banking, commercial lending, treasury management, derivatives, foreign exchange, equity and debt underwriting and trading and syndicated finance products and services to large corporations and middle-market companies.

Diversey, Inc. engages in the provision of cleaning, sanitation, and maintenance products, systems, and services. The firm offers floor care, dilution control, kitchen care, infection prevention, fabric care, food and beverage production, building care, and personal care. The company was founded by August Koch and Herbert W. Kochs on August 4, 1923 and is headquartered in Fort Mill, NC.

Technion Seed Ltd. (Technion Seed) is an independent Israeli seed-stage investment firm which was established in 1991 as the Technion Incubator. The firm is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

Akron General Health System provides healthcare services. Its facilities include a tertiary hospital, community hospitals, a nursing home, a home healthcare agency, and a rehabilitation hospital. The firm's member hospitals include Massillon Community Hospital, Lodi Community Hospital, Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, and Roselane Health Center. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Diversco Integrated Services was founded in 1969 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Early plans focused on providing janitorial services to the broad base of the textile industry that was prevalent in the Southeast United States at that time. Since then, by listening to customers, staying and studying technology & industry trends. Diversco has developed a portfolio of services and capabilities to offer to prospects in industrial, office, commercial and institutional facilities. Today, Diversco provides janitorial, security guard, yard and grounds, window washing, maintenance and repair services across the United States ranging from single site clients to Fortune 500 national accounts with many locations. Diversco is one of the nation's largest private companies in this industry and while it strives for growth, they also work very hard to keep their customers satisfied and maintain its historical high retention rate.

American Jewish World Service, Inc. provides social and community development services. It offers disaster response, civil and political, land and water, sexual health and rights, and ending child marriage. The company was founded by Larry Phillips and Larry Simon in 1985 and is based in New York, NY.

Evolution Capital Management Partners LLC (Evolution Capital Partners) is a private equity firm is founded in 2005.The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Alcan Aluminum Corp. provides aluminum and packing services. Its operations are in primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum as well as flexible and specialty packaging, aerospace applications, bauxite mining and alumina processing. Alcan Aluminum is a Canadian division of Alcan, Inc. and is located in Montréal, Canada.

Signature Systems Group LLC manufactures and sells modular flooring and matting systems. It offers event ground protection, carpet, and turf, and dance floors products. The company was founded by Arnon Rosan in 1998 and is headquartered in Flower Mound, TX.

Beta-O2 Technologies Ltd. develops implantable bio-artificial pancreas devices. It offers BAir, a bio-artificial pancreas that provides a viable environment for islets of Langerhans to thrive and provide the body with insulin on demand. The company was founded by Pnina Vardi, Konstantin Bloch, and Yossi Gross in 2004 and is headquartered in Rosh-Haayin, Israel.

DG Tech Investors, Inc. develops DNA testing products. It offers RapidTip, a single-use functional pipette tip for purifying polymerase chain reaction amplicons. The firm also develops products for nucleic acid isolation and analysis. The company was founded by Rothberg J. Lewis, Riedlinger D. Michael, Li Hiuxiang and Richmond Rick in 2005 and is headquartered in West Henrietta, NY.

NGT New Generation Technologies Ltd (NGT3) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Nasri Said and Kayid Abu Ayash. The firm is headquartered in Nazareth Eli, Israel.

Pharma Tech Industries, Inc. offers pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and packaging of powder products. Its services include commercial production and technology transfer. The company was founded by Ted Noland in 1972 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.

Austen BioInnovation Institute In Akron provides an innovative solutions for patient-centered discovery and invention. It offers biomaterials for medicine, invention acceleration, strategic regulatory, and medical simulation services. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Team NEO is a private, nonprofit economic development organization that works to accelerate business growth and job creation in the 18 counties of the Ohio region. The non-profit company is based in Cleveland, OH. The company aims to build a more vibrant regional economy that is talented, equitable, competitive, innovative, resilient, and prosperous. As the designated JobsOhio network partner, they align and amplify local economic development efforts, conduct research and data analysis, market the Northeast Ohio region, and work to increase access to jobs, education, and training for the region's 4.3 million people.

Virility Medical Ltd. engages in developing intimate skin patch for the treatment of premature ejaculation. The company was founded by Tal Gollan and is headquartered in Nazareth Elit, Israel.

Paragate Medical Ltd. engages in the development of implantable device for the treatment of fluid overload in patients suffering from chronic heart or kidney failure. The company was founded by Nitai Hanani and Yair Feld in 2016 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

Aqueduct Medical Ltd. develops a technology for use in dilating the uterine cervix and various other body cavities. The company was founded by Omer Harpaz and is headquartered in Nazareth Elit, Israel.

Nurami Medical Ltd. develops surgical scaffold platform for the repair, regeneration and healing of soft tissues following internal surgeries. Its product pipeline include Artifascia and Artifix. The company was founded by Amir Bahar and Nora Nseir in 2014 and is headquartered in Haifa, Israel.

ParaSonic Ltd. engages in the development of a device for lice infestations. It offers CARELY a home-use device that kills lice and their eggs in a single combing treatment. The company was founded by Mor Cohen and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

A.R Guide In Medical Ltd. operates as a medical device company engaging in the development of non-invasive guided intubation device. The company was founded by Ariel Shrem, Elchanan Fried, and Itai Hayut in 2015 and is headquartered in Nazareth, Israel.

Eio Biomedical Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company developing a medical device for the prevention of post-surgical adhesions. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Nazareth, Israel.

Plas-Free Ltd. develops revolutionizing massive bleeding treatment medical devices. The company was founded by Abd Al-Roof Hijazi and is headquartered in Nazareth, Israel.

Tendomend Ltd. is developing an invasive implant and a corresponding deployment system to replace the current suturing approach in tendon repair. The company was founded by Valavanis Ioannis and Almon Ehud on February 17, 2019 and is headquartered in Nazareth, Israel.

OTTek Ltd. is an Israeli medical device company that specializes in state-of-the-art innovative practical GI endoscopy solutions. The company is based in Nazareth, Israel. The company has developed the FIoT (Flow in Over Tube), a versatile, on-demand, easy-to-assemble, cost-effective colonoscopy assist device. The company was founded in 2018, and the CEOs are Yoav Lichtenstein and Zohar Gendler.

Ark Surgical Ltd. is an Israeli medical device company that specializes in the commercialization of the LapBox tissue containment removal system. The company is based in Israel and was founded by Abraham Yaari, Aaron Feldman. The LapBox is a safe and minimally-invasive alternative for gynecologists using laparoscopic surgery. The company was founded by medical device veterans with hands-on experience in the clinical setting and operates as a portfolio company of the NGT³ venture capital fund. The CEO is Stav Tori.

Intragel Therapeutics Ltd. is an Israeli science-based company that develops an innovative, state-of-the-art treatment for solid tumors based on an intra-tumoral injectable delivery system with extended release of anticancer drugs. The company is based in Nazareth, Israel. The company's technology can be applied to a wide range of anti-cancer drugs and is suitable for various types of solid tumors. Intragel's formula is loaded into a ready-to-use pre-filled syringe, which is applied directly into the tumors. The drug is slowly released, shrinking the tumor without side effects. Intragel was founded by Peter Siman, Avi Domb, and Avner Geva, and Peter Siman has been the CEO since incorporation.

Nina Medical Ltd. specializes in ultrasound imaging of the prostate and pelvic floor, as well as non-invasive, focal therapy of the prostate using high-intensity focused-ultrasound (HIFU). The company is based in Nazareth, Israel. The Israeli company is a pioneer in ultrasound imaging of HIFU, where the therapeutic field is captured and displayed by the diagnostic field. Nina Medical introduces the concept of the therapeutic pillow, a membrane-covered integrated applicator for diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound, which delivers HIFU energy to the prostate while providing treatment planning, guidance, and control. Shmuel Ben-Ezra has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

The Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce organization. The non-profit company is based in Akron, OH.