Marcello I. Halitzer

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

X-Rite, Inc. engages in the provision of color management solutions. It offers portable spectrophotometers, benchtop spectrophotometers, densitometers, inline measurement, scanning instruments, formulation and quality control software, digital color standards, calibration and profiling, light booths, and visual assessment tools. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.

IntegraMed America, Inc. engages in developing, marketing, and managing specialty outpatient healthcare facilities. It offers a suite of management support and infrastructure such as clinical and business information systems, sales and marketing, facilities and operations management, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, risk management, and quality assurance. The company was founded by Vicki Baldwin and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

Marine Construction Technologies PBC develops technology that reduces noise from impact pile driving to protect marine mammals and other wildlife. The company was founded by Dave Marver and Per Reinhall and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

Bain & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It offers advisory services to the companies on their critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology and mergers and acquisitions, across all industries and geographies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

The Health Industry Distributors Association provides legal information, networking and educational programs. It also hosts conferences for distributors and manufacturers, lobbies government on behalf of the industry, publishes newsletters & special issue reports and conducts research on industry trends. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA

Lansberg, Gersick & Associates provides consulting services. It offers conflict management, communication, and planning & maintaining family control over the business. The company was founded by Ivan Lansberg and Kelin Gersick in 1997 and headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Cardiac Science Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets Powerheart automated external defibrillators. Its offers power heart AED G5, G5 trainer, G3 plus, G3 Pro, G3 trainer, and rescue ready services. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI.

Sagard Capital Partners Management Corp. (Sagard Capital) is a hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Daniel M. Friedberg in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Power Corp. of Canada (TSX: POW; OTCMKTS: PWCDF) in Canada. Sagard Capital identifies and builds great businesses with investors and portfolio companies.

Business Intelligence Advisors, Inc. provides independent investment research and advisory services. It offers learning and development, behavioral intelligence research, expert advisory and investment intelligence services. The company was founded by Cheryl A. Cook, Philip R. Houston and Wilbur M. Swan in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Precision Wire Components LLC manufactures custom medical wire components. They provide services in the areas of assembly, grinding, wire processing and coiling. They also offer metallurgical consulting, process and equipment validation, measurement capabilities, and inventory solutions for the medical devices of original equipment manufacturers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in, Tualatin, Oregon.

Cirtec Medical Systems LLC provides outsourced design and manufacturing services for neuro-stimulation and cardiovascular devices. Its services include products management, design and development, device assemble and product transfers. The company was founded by Laurence S. Derose, Merwin Jerry Hansen and Michael Forman in 2009 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

W Fund Management LLC (W Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mr. Hamburg Robert. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Rubicon Venture Capital LLC (Rubicon Venture Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Vicis LLC designs and manufactures football helmets that mitigate linear and rotational impact forces. The company was founded by Samuel R. Browd, David L. Marver, Jonathan Posner and Per Reinhall in 2013 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

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.

Hampstead Park Capital, Inc. provides capital management services. It invests in small and mid-cap public companies. The company was founded by Daniel M. Friedberg in 2016 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

325 Capital LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Anil Shrivastava in 2018. 325 Capital provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private funds organized via a master-feeder structure and separately managed accounts.

Point Pickup Technologies, Inc. operates as a technology enabled platform (services) company disrupting legacy transportation models to solve middle and last mile delivery. It offers its services to wide range of industries and company sizes like retail, food and grocery, liquor/specialty foods, automotive and pharmaceutical and laboratory markets. The company was founded by Tom Fiorita in 2015 and is headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

Jointmetrix Medical LLC develops medical devices and technology. The private company is based in Seattle.