John J. Savarese

Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It focuses on dental products. The company's OraVerse product (phentolamine mesylate) reverses the effects of local anesthetic with a vasoconstrictor and accelerates the return of normal sensation and function. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

MAKO Surgical Corp. is a medical device company, which develops and markets advanced robotic arm solution, joint specific applications for the knee, hip and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures. It also provides RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system, including a tactile robotic arm utilizing an integrated bone cutting instrument and a patient specific visualization component. The company was founded by Maurice R. Ferre and Rony A. Abovitz in November 2004 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Avantis Medical Systems, Inc. develops and manufactures devices for the detection of cancer in the gastrointestinal tract. Its products include single camera colonoscopy and third eye panoramic device. The company was founded by Fred R. Seddiqui and David Watts in 2004 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

KFx Medical LLC engages in manufacturing soft tissue fixation implants for orthopedic sports medicine surgeons. The company was founded by Ronald R. Giannotti and Alec Piplani in 2003 and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Pivot Medical, Inc. develops and markets novel technologies for a rapidly growing segment of the orthopedic marketplace. It offers services in the non-spine orthopedic areas. The company was founded by Julian Nikolchev on January 29, 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Montreux Equity Partners, Inc. (Montreux Equity Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1993 by Dan K. Turner. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

NeurogesX, Inc. developed and commercialized novel pain management therapies. The company was founded by Wendye R. Robbins on May 28, 1998 and was headquartered in San Mateo, CA.