Lukas Guenther

Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco.

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.

Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto.