Todd Berg

Torax Medical Inc. designs and develops medical devices to treat chronic diseases related to defective sphincter muscles. Its technology platform, Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation (MSA), uses attraction forces to augment weak or defective sphincter muscles to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and fecal incontinence (FI). The firm's products include LINX, a reflux management system for the treatment of GERD; and FENIX, a continence restoration system for the treatment of FI. The company was founded by Todd Berg in 2002 and is headquartered in Shoreview, MN.

Lumen Biomedical, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices. The company was founded on July 23, 2003 and is headquartered in Burnsville, MN.

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Vascular Science, Inc. develops suture-free devices to facilitate coronary artery bypass grafting. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN. The company was founded by Daniel J. Sullivan, Simon H. Stertzer, Rudy A. Mazzocchi. Vascular Science was acquired by St. Jude Medical LLC, part of Abbott Laboratories from January 05, 2017 on September 27, 1999 for $100 million.

St. Jude Medical LLC develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and neurostimulation medical devices for the management of chronic pain. The company was founded by Manuel A. Villafana in 1976 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Part of Boston Scientific Corp., SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in artery cleaning angioplasty catheters. The company is based in Osseo, MN. The company was founded by Lawrence L. Horsch. SCIMED Life Systems, Inc. (Minnesota) was acquired by Boston Scientific Corp. on February 27, 1995 for $865 million.

Softscope is developing novel endoscopic products using its patented Continuous Rolling over sleeve technology. Products incorporating this technology are easily attached to existing endoscopes and can be used in a variety of endoscopic procedures. The first CROS enabled device will make passage of a colonoscope faster and easier for physicians and more comfortable for patients. Another CROS device in development will allow reliable and complete small bowel enteroscopy

metavention, Inc. develops novel interventional therapies and sympathetic nervous system. The company was founded by Bobak Azamian in 2011 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN.

Vensana Capital Management LLC (Vensana Capital) is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm founded in 2019 by Peter Klein Justin & Kirk G. Nielsen. The firm is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.