Robert A. Michael

VeriFone, Inc. designs and manufactures transaction automation systems. The company was founded by William Melton on April 14, 1981 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

TRIA Beauty, Inc. provides light based therapeutic beauty devices. It offers TRIA Laser Hair Removal System for laser removal of hair and TRIA Skin Perfecting Blue Light for mild to moderate inflammatory acne with a proprietary cleanser and serum for overall complexion improvement. The company was founded in 2003 by Tobin C. Island, Robert E. Grove, Jonathon T. Pearson and Mark V. Weckwerth and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Transcend Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It develops medical devices for the treatment of glaucoma, the cause of adult irreversible blindness. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.

Part of Technology Partners, TP Management VII LLC is a company based in Palo Alto, CA.

Qlt Plug Delivery, Inc. provides ocular punctual plug drug delivery system. Its product is used in the treatment of glaucoma. The company was founded by Henry A. Plain Jr. and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

INTRIX Technology, Inc. provides payment processing services. Its services include merchant services, payment gateway and professional services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Roseville, CA.

Miramar Technologies, Inc. develops and provides medical devices for dermatologic medical conditions. It specializes in microwave energy positioned to be adopted for dermatologic conditions. The company was founded by Henry A. Plain Jr., Mark E. Deem and Steven Kim in 2006 and is headquartered in Half Moon Bay, CA.

Contego Medical LLC develops novel emboli protection devices. Its products include CORGUARD coronary stent system, VANGUARD renal stent system, and PALADIN carotid post-dilation balloon. The company was founded by Ravish Sachar and Jay S. Yadav in 2005 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

ForSight VISION4, Inc. develops novel drug delivery therapies for treatment of retinal diseases. The company was founded on June 26, 009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Incline Therapeutics, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. The firm operates as hospital-focused specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of IONSYS (fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system). The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Seatle, WA.

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.

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.

Technology Partners (Technology Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by William Hart. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Evalve, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets devices. It developed a proprietary system which enables percutaneous repair of cardiac valves. The firm's products reduces the risks, trauma, and costs associated with current open, arrested heart surgical options. The company was founded on June 9, 1999 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Epigenesis Pharmaceuticals LLC develops inhaled respiratory medicines. It also provides treatments for the asthma, obstructive pulmonary disease and other respiratory diseases. The company was founded by Jonathan W. Nyce in 1995 and is headquartered in Cranbury, NJ.

The Foundry LLC provides investment services to medical device companies. It includes the inventor partners of business development, product development and prototyping, market analysis and development, human resources and recruitment and intellectual property enterprise. The company was founded by Allan R Will and Henry A. Plain, Jr. in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Twelve, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the operation as an investment fund for a medical device incubator. It specializes on funding and developing medical device inventions. The company focuses on medical and biotech ventures. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Bavaria Medizin Technologie GmbH engages in design, development, and manufacture of different types of catheters and delivery devices for vascular and non-vascular applications. It offers catheters for coronary, peripheral and cranial indications, dilatation catheters, devices for local drug delivery, stent delivery devices, and ear, nose and throat devices. The company was founded by Hanson S. Gifford, III in 1992 and is headquartered in Wessling, Germany.

Tangible Science, Inc. manufactures contact lenses and provides eye care services. It develops a novel polymer based coating technology for use in contact lenses to treat dry eye disease. The company was founded by D. Michael Ackermann, Brandon M. Felkins, Karen Havenstrite, Victor W. McCray, and Garrett Cale Smith in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Foundry Innovation & Research 1 Ltd. develops novel therapeutic devices. It has evolved into one of the leading clusters for medical devices globally. The company was headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Half Moon Medical, Inc. engages in the provision of health care services. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Reprieve Cardiovascular, Inc. engages in the manufacturing of medical devices. The firm develops device to treat patients suffering from acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). The company is headquartered in Milford, MA.

Foundry Therapeutics 1, Inc. engages in the development of pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

LSV Capital Management LLC (Lightstone Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.