David S. Thrower

Venrock Associates is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1969. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Curon Medical, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. Its products consist of radiofrequency generators and single-use disposable devices. The company was founded on May 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Synecor LLC (Synecor) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling, and Judith L. Swain. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

NovaCardia, Inc. develops drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases. The company provides treatment for the patients by developing and commercializing clinical stage drug diseases. It also develops small molecule drugs. the company was founded in November, 2001 by Eckard Weber & Howard C. Dittrich and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Semprae Laboratories, Inc. provides consumer products for female sexual health. The company was founded by Rachel Braun Scherl and Mary Wallace Jaensch in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Apama Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The firm focuses on the electrophysiology market and offers a vastly superior catheter-based solution for the fastest growing market segment, atrial fibrillation ablation. The company was founded by Amr Salahieh in 2009 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Spirox, Inc. develops medical devices. Its product LATERA Absorbable Nasal Implant is designed to address causes of nasal obstruction today, nasal valve collapse caused by weakened lateral wall cartilage. The company was founded by Donald Albert Gonzales and Iyad Saidi on November 3, 2011 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Carmenta Bioscience, Inc. provides biotechnology services. It offers technology that medical need in maternal and fetal health. The company was founded by Matthew Cooper, Atul J. Butte, and Bruce Ling in 2012 and is headquartered Palo Alto, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

TherOx, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on developing and commercializing therapies to treat ischemic and oxygen deprived tissue. Its SSO2 therapy consists of TherOx DownStream system, a mobile hardware device that interfaces with the TherOx DownStream Cartridge that controls cartridge operation wherein SSO2 solution is created and mixed with the patient's blood to create superoxygenated blood for delivery to the coronary arteries. The company was founded by David B. Musket, Paul J. Zalesky and J. Richard Spears in 1994 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Cutlass Capital LLC (Cutlass Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Jon Osgood and David Hetz. The firm is headquartered in Boston.

Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver.

Group Outcome LLC provides financial advisory services. The company was founded in April 1999 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Advanced Medical Technology Association is a trade association which provides medical technology solutions. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Mission Bay Capital Management Inc (Mission Bay Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Automate Scientific, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes biomedical equipment. The private company is based in Berkeley, CA. The company was founded by Heath Lukatch.

Corvidia Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focusing on cardiovascular therapies. It develops treatments for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, inflammation in chronic kidney diseases, and high triglyceride-induced acute pancreatitis. The company was founded by Michael H. Davidson, Rahul Kakkar, Matt Devalaraja, and Ram Aiyar in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Engage Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of rescue therapy for uncontrolled epileptic seizures. The company was founded by Gregory T. Mayes III and Jouko Isojarvi in 2017 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

HBS Global Properties LLC is an American company that specializes in the development, brokerage, and management of residential and commercial properties. The private company is based in New York.

Ocelot Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on improving outcomes for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), particularly those suffering from hepatorenal syndrome with acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) and refractory ascites. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company is developing therapeutic peptides to treat complications of decompensated cirrhosis, a condition in which the liver is scarred and permanently damaged, leading to liver failure. HRS-AKI is a life-threatening consequence of portal hypertension, which causes a significant drop in arterial pressure and renal perfusion. Ocelot Bio is in early-stage development of OCE-205 for the treatment of ascites, a complication of ESLD-induced portal hypertension that leads to the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. The company was founded by Geoffrey Harris, and Katherine Vega Stultz has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Mahzi Therapeutics is a private biotechnology company that focuses on genetic therapies for rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. The company was founded by Yael Weiss and is based in San Mateo, CA. The company unites patient and family groups, academic researchers, diagnostic companies, other industry members, and its internal team of experts to develop therapies for patients with these serious diseases. Mahzi's team is experienced in all aspects of biopharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing and is driven to make a difference in the lives of patients with rare genetic diseases. Yael Weiss has been the CEO since incorporation.