Rhett M. Schiffman

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

RPS Diagnostics, Inc. develops diagnostic solutions and medical instruments. Its product FebriDx is in-office test that uses a finger stick blood sample to help differentiate viral from bacterial acute respiratory infection. The company was founded by Robert P. Sambursky in 2004 and is headquartered in Sarasota, FL.

Lumos Diagnostics develops and provides diagnostic solutions. It offers assay development, reader development, and point-of-care diagnostic solutions. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Planet Innovation Pty Ltd. is a healthtech innovation and Australian commercialization company that specializes in product development and manufacturing. The private company is based in Box Hill, AU. and has subsidiaries in the United States. It was founded in 2009 by Eduardo Vom, Sam Lanyon, Stuart Elliott, and Troy O'Callaghan, with Stuart Elliott serving as the CEO since its inception.

HeiQ Materials AG develops and manufactures antimicrobial silver and other sustainable textile effects. It offers textile brands innovation research and development, customized chemical manufacturing, and ingredient branding in one. The company was founded by Carlo Centonze and Murray Height in 2005 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Southmore Capital Pty Ltd (Southmore) is a venture capital firm is founded in 2006 by Dr. Jurgen Michaelis. The firm is headquartered in Adelaide.

Invetech Co. distributes bearings and industrial components. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI.

Ocli Vision, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is one of the leading ophthalmology practices in the United States. The American company offers eye care services at multiple locations throughout Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Ocli Vision is led by a large group of highly skilled ophthalmologists and optometrists who provide comprehensive eye care services, including treatment for cataracts, corneal disease, glaucoma, retinal disease, oculoplastics, refractive surgery, and neuro-ophthalmology. The private company's team of professionals serves patients of all ages and genders.

Cavitus Solutions Pty Ltd. develops and commercializes liquid phase industrial applications of high power ultrasound technology. It specializes in applications development, engineering design, manufacture and installation of equipment in the area of HPU for new and existing liquid-phase industrial applications with a focus on industries where products such as palm oil, olive oil, dairy and soy proteins are processed. Its customers include agricultural commodities, FMCG, industrial chemicals and pharmaceutical. The company was founded by Darren M. Bates, Ned Strong, Andrew S. Yap and Richard McLoughlin in 2006 and is headquartered in North Sydney, Australia.

Xylocor Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the biopharmaceutical company that develops gene therapy for people with advanced coronary artery disease. It focuses on developing product for patients with refractory angina with no treatment options and its secondary product for patients with cardiac tissue damage from heart attacks. The company was founded by Ronald Crystal and Todd Rosengart in 2013 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

eTheRNA immunotherapies NV develops novel immunotherapies to overcome cancers and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Carlo Heirman, Kris Thielemans and Sonja van Meirvenne in January 21, 2013 and is headquartered in Niel, Belgium.

BMEYE BV operates as a non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring company. The firm manufactures and distributes non-invasive technology, hemodynamic monitoring equipment and related medical devices. It offers finger arterial pressure and cardiac output technologies. The company was founded in April 2005 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

ONWARD Inc develops medical devices. It also provides stimulation system to rehabilitate individuals with spinal cord injury. The company was founded by Jocelyn Bloch, Sjaak Deckers, Grégoire Courtine, and Vincent Delattre in December 2014 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Aelin Therapeutics NV develops drugs for antibiotics and first-in-class therapeutics. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2017. The CEO is Els Beirnaert.

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides delivery of a treatment option for the unmet need of women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. The company was founded by Cynthia E. Whitehead and Robert S. Whitehead on November 29, 2011 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Xilis, Inc. engages in the development of droplet-based microfluidics technology devices for precision cancer diagnostics and drug development. It offers Xilis platform. The company was founded by Xiling Shen and David Shu and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

EQT Life Sciences Group BV (EQT Life Sciences) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of EQT AB founded in 2022 after the acquisition of LSP by EQT. The firm is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

TrueVision Systems, Inc. provides 3D vision systems for microscopes. It offers pre-operative image registration, intra-operative eye tracking, incision location calculator, surgeon incision preferences and default settings, Phaco SIA compensator, and 3D overlay depth control. The company was founded by Michael A. Weissman on October 14, 2003 and is headquartered in Goleta, CA.

Sickbay Health Media, Inc. provides administrative services to healthcare professionals. The company was founded by Mark R. Basile in 1999 and is headquartered in Melville, NY.

Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island provides eye care services. It offers cataracts, glaucoma, cornea, retina, diabetic eye care, neuro-ophthalmology services. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Bethpage, NY.

PolyActiva Pty Ltd. develops drug-polymer conjugate technology. Its platform technology is used to make plastic components for medical devices from drugs and manufacture process is novel and provides greater flexibility over the composition of the final material and better product outcomes compared with competitor technologies. The firm has built drug-polymer conjugates from a number of drug candidates with different chemical structures and linkage points, demonstrating the plasticity of the technology and developed a number of functional co-monomers and polymer segments, which modularises the production of the final conjugate. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Solenic Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops and commercializes a method for preventing prosthetic joint infection (PJI) based on technology. The firm?s technology offers an apparatus for the eradication of biofilm from metallic implants. The company was founded by David Greenberg and Rajiv Chopra in 2019 and is headquartered in College Station, TX.

Ovuline, Inc. designs and develops applications for women?s health. It designed two applications, Ovia Fertility and Ovia Pregnancy, to track women?s fertility and pregnancy and also provide users with a feedback loop for their symptoms. The company was founded by Alex Baron and Paris Wallace in June, 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

HiDoc Technologies GmbH develops a platform which enables patients to take control of their digestive health through smart mobile applications. The company was founded by Andre Sommer, Dankrad Feist, Jesaja Brinkmann and Orest Tarasiuk in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Rythm SAS develops a device which helps to monitor and analyze the sleep. Its product, Dreem, is a sleep solution that monitors, analyzes, and acts on brain to enhance sleep. The company was founded by Hugo Mercier and Quentin Soulet de Brugière in 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Techsomed Medical Technologies Ltd. develops and manufactures ultrasound based real-time monitoring systems for thermal ablation procedures. It offers monitoring and prediction of the progression of tissue destruction during an ablation procedure. The company was founded by Yossi Abu and Eyal Melamed in 2012 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.