Alain Tornier

Apaxen SA is a privately-held biotechnology company that was founded in 2018 and is based in an undisclosed location. The Belgian company has raised €5.4 million in equity and grant funding since its A round in 2019. Apaxen is focused on developing a pipeline of NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors with a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company's clinical candidate, MFC-1040, is an orally bioavailable and selective small molecule NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy in multiple animal models of chronic inflammatory disease and pulmonary fibrosis. The company's team combines the experience required for clinical development of its products and is supported by a world-class team of scientific advisors. Apaxen has a pipeline of products at discovery and preclinical stages of development for the treatment of diseases associated with chronic inflammation that depend on NLRP3 inflammasome activation. The company was founded in 2018 by Gael Jalce, Enrico Jose Adolfo Bastianelli, and Bart Wuurman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Part of Graftys SA, Biologics 4 Life SAS develops injectable biomaterials to treat and prevent fractures caused by osteoporosis. The company is based in Jouques, France. The French company was founded in 2018 by Aurelien Valet, Alain Valet, Sébastien Genesta. Biologics 4 Life was acquired by Graftys SA on November 08, 2021.

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.

Part of Université Libre de Bruxelles, Hôpital Erasme is a medical facility located in Brussels, Belgium. The hospital offers polyclinics in Nivelles and Brussels, as well as specialized centers in psychiatry, geriatrics, and traumatology.

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Its products include Actonel, Asacol, Enablex, Didronel, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Entex, and Ziac. The firm manufactures and markets a variety of over-the-counter and oral care products such as Crest, Oral-B, Prilosec OTC, Vicks, Metamucil, Pepto-Bismol, ThermaCare, and other related products. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

France Biotech Association is an independent association founded in 1997 that brings together healthtech entrepreneurs and their expert partners. The non-profit company is based in Paris, France. The association actively contributes to meeting the many challenges of the healthtech industry, such as companies' financing, innovation-related taxes, regulatory and market access related issues. It offers concrete competition and solutions through its commissions and working groups to help startups and SMEs become international leaders capable of rapidly developing and bringing innovative solutions to patients. The French company was founded by Philippe Pouletty, Pascal Brandys, Denis J. Lucquin.

ACG Management SAS (ACG) is the private equity subsidiary of Vivéris Holding SAS in France. The firm was formerly known as Vivéris Management SAS, established in 2000, and became ACG Management in 2014. Based in Marseille, with additional offices in Ajaccio and St. Denis de la Réunion and subsidiaries in New Caledonia and Tunisia, ACG is a multi-regional firm which provides technology venture capital, development capital, capital transmission and LBO services as well as a range of investment vehicles, including FCPIs, FIPs and FCPRs for institutional investors.

TheClubDeal Capital Advisors SA (Private Equity) is a private equity/venture capital division of TheClubDeal Capital Advisors SA founded in 2016 by Nicolas de Moreau and Jean-Marc Legrand. The firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Gimv (Private Equity) is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Gimv NV (XB: GIMB) founded in 1980. Gimv (Private Equity) is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Credendo Group SA operates as a credit insurance company. It offers trade credit insurance, financing, bonding, investment, financial guarantees, and risk participation solutions. The company was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

SpineCore, Inc. was a privately-owned developer of artificial lumbar and cervical discs located at Summit, NJ. SpineCore was founded in 2001 by Thomas Errico, MD and J.P. Errico

American Medical Systems, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical devices. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Responsive Orthopedics LLC designs and develops knee implant systems for healthcare marketplace. It provides logistical support to physician practices and hospitals. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Responsive Sports manufactures sports equipment. The private company is located in UK.

Urotronic, Inc. provides medical devices. It offers drug coated balloon, stricture, start up, and urology. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Pepric NV develops imaging technology. It offers sensitive imaging systems with a long observation window for in-vivo molecular and functional imaging addressing pharmaceutical applications in drug development, pre-clinical testing, diagnostic imaging and translational medicine in general. The company was founded Stephanie Laura Gerard Claire Teughels in 2009 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Ariba, Inc. provides collaborative business commerce solutions. Its solutions include spend and supplier management, spend analysis, financial supply chain management, sourcing, contract management, supply chain collaboration and invoice management. The company was founded by Keith J. Krach, Robert J. Desantis, Paul Hegarty, Edward P. Kinsey, Robert D. Lent, Boris Putanec and Paul C. M. Touw in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The company was founded by Brian C. de Beaubien and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Part of Implanet SA, Orthopaedic & Spine Development SAS is a French company that manufactures implants for spine surgery. The company is based in Avignon, France. The company was founded in 2005 by Nicolas Papillon. Nicolas Papillon has been the CEO since 2005. Orthopaedic & Spine Development was acquired by Implanet SA on May 18, 2021 for $3.65 million.

Home EOS NV is a company based in Farciennes, Belgium. Home EOS specializes in providing a serene and healthy living environment with effective and ecological acoustic insulation. The Belgian company was founded in 2014 and Pierre P. de Kettenis de Hollaeken has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

DoseVue NV is developing innovative technologies for convenient and accurate in-vivo dosimetry. It offers DoseWire Series 100 & DoseWire Series 200. The company was founded by Emiliano D Agostino in March 2013 and is headquartered in Turnhout, Belgium.

Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm headquartered located in Schaerbeek, Belgium.

BioMAdvanced Diagnostics SAS produces molecular diagnostic and biomarker tests related to the immune system. The company is based in Nantes, France. The French company was founded by Nicolas Bouler, Frédéric Pette, Sophie Brouard, Jean-Michel Bouler. Frédéric Pette has been the CEO since incorporation.

The Medical Device Manufacturers Association operates as a trade association. The private company is based in Washington. The American company was founded by Thomas C. Thompson.

K2M, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. It offers deformity correction systems, spinal stabilization systems, lateral access systems, minimally invasive systems, and, constrained and translational cervical plates. The company was founded by John Philip Kostuik and Eric Major in January 2004 and is headquartered in Leesburg, VA.

Cartiva, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It provides devices for patients with osteoarthritis, cartilage damage and other musculoskeletal conditions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

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.

9402-4874 Québec, Inc. operates as an investment holding company. The company was founded on July 31, 2019 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.