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Institut Mérieux SA provides solutions for multifactorial management of diseases. The firm provides solutions for diseases, including tuberculosis, liver cancer and hepatitis. It specializes in the field human and veterinary of vaccines. It operates under the activities of diagnostics, immunotherapy and nutrition. The company was founded by Marcel Mérieux in 1897 and is headquartered Lyon, France.

CYTOO SA operates as a contract research organization which develops physiological cell-based assays. It focuses on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing new technologies for cell analysis for life sciences research community. The company has offices in Bethesda and Grenoble. The company was founded by François Chatelain, Alexandra Fuchs and Jacques Lewiner in 2008 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

EnobraQ SAS develops yeast for the production of chemical compounds. The company was founded on November 13, 2015 and is headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France.

Founded in 2004, Cellerix is a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative treatments based on cell therapy. Cellerix was founded within the Genetrix Group, group of biotechnology companies specialising in biomedicine. The Genetrix Group began its activities in 2001 at the National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB), which belongs to the Spanish Research Council (CSIC). One of the main objectives of Genetrix is to convert basic research results into therapeutic realities. Cellerix is leading the development of a new generation of medicines using expanded adult stem cells from adipose tissue (eASCs). Development is at a clinically advanced stage and the results from clinical trials in Phase I and II have been very promising. Obtaining these eASCs has big advantages because the process makes use of tissue that is almost always discarded from surgical procedures such as liposuction. eASCs have the capacity to activate physiological repair mechanisms through interaction with affected tissue. This technology represents a revolution in the treatment of some diseases that cannot satisfactorily be cured at present. Cellerix is working actively to adapt this new therapeutic strategy to treat autoimmune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. The main goal of the company is to market new tools for treating these diseases, which have a considerable negative impact of the quality of life of the sufferers. Cellerix also researches and develops medicines in other areas such as the development of skin equivalents, which are initially intended for the treatment of hereditary diseases such as epidermolysis bullosa.

Proclara Biosciences, Inc. provides treatment of chronic neurodegenerative diseases. The firm develops therapies for protein misfolding diseases, such as chronic diseases of aging and certain orphan indications by harnessing General Amyloid Interaction Motif (GAIM), which is a multi-target approach that reduces levels of pathological misfolded protein deposits. The company was founded by Hampus Jacob Hillerstrom and Jonathan Eithan Solomon in December 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

Elaia Partners SAS (Elaia) is an independent French private equity boutique which was founded in 2002. Named after the Greek word for olive tree, the symbol of resilience, longevity and prosperity, Elaia focuses on software technology companies. The firm is headquartered in Paris and manages Elaia Ventures, a French FCPR fund backed by financial institutions, industrial investors and family offices.

Takara Bio Europe AB is a provider of stem cell derived products and technologies which will drive unprecedented innovation in drug discovery and regenerative medicine today and in the future. The company was first in the world to bring to the market human embryonic stem (hES) cell-derived hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes for use as drug discovery tools. Cellartis is also the single commercial source of ethically derived hES cell lines and has developed cell lines for a range of uses. This hES cell technology platform offers a path to tools and regenerative medicine discoveries of the future. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Mimetas BV develops organ-on-a-chip technology for testing of new medicines in high-throughput on miniaturized organ and disease models. It develops microfluidics-based culture plates that enable culturing and screening of a range of 3D organ and tissue models. The firm offers OrganoPlates microfluidics-based culture plates that serve as early stage screening models predicting toxic side effects and drug efficacy. The company was founded by Paul Vulto and Jos Joore in 2013 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Gimv France SASU operates as a private equity and venture capital firm. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

Turenne Capital Partenaires SA (Turenne Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Turenne Associés SA founded in 1999 by Aymard de Lasteyrie. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

APOS Medical Israel Ltd. is a holding company that provides non-surgical medical treatment services for musculoskeletal disorders. It offers AposTherapy, a non-surgical and drug-free medical program for knee and back pain, which utilizes an individually calibrated, foot-worn biomechanical device. The firm's program treats body's mal-alignment, muscle weakness, impaired neuromuscular control, and the resulted abnormal pathological movement patterns of orthopaedic conditions. The company was founded by Avi Elbaz and Amit Mor in 2004 and is headquartered in Herzliya Pituach, Israel.

Pitango Venture Capital (Pitango) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Rami Kalish. The firm is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Sofimac Innovation SAS is an independent, early-stage venture capital firm which was created in 1998 by Eric Harlé and Didier Moret. Headquartered in Paris, France, Sofimac Innovation manages venture capital funds which provide equity financing for start-ups and early-stage companies in the Information and Communication Technologies (Software, SaaS, Multimedia and Telecom) sector.

L Catterton Europe SASU is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Catterton Management Co. LLC founded in 1989 by Philippe Franchet. L Catterton Europe SASU is headquartered in Paris.

Innis & Gunn Holdings Ltd. is a holding British company that produces and sells beer. The private company is based in Edinburgh, UK. and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom and Canada. The company was founded in 2007.

Magenta Medical Ltd. develops medical devices for the treatment of acute and congestive heart failure. It offers a temporary venous catheter-based therapy for hospital-admitted patients. The firm?s novel therapeutic principle is aimed at addressing renal venous congestion and its deleterious effects on renal and cardiac function that is a pathophysiological core element of acute heart failure. The company was founded by Ehud Schwammenthal and Yosi Tuval in October 2012 and is headquartered in Kadima, Israel.

Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS (Cathay Capital PE) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Mingpo Cai and Edouard Moinet. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Echosens SA engages in the manufacture of medical imaging equipment. It focuses on developing FibroScan. The company was founded by Laurent Sandrin and Sylvain Yon on June 20, 2001 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

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.

ProDigest BVBA provides customized solutions related to gastrointestinal research, bioavailability and metabolism. The firm serves the operators in the market of food, functional food, feed and pharmaceutical industry. The company was founded by Sam Possemiers, Massimo Marzorati and Massimo Marzorati on September 24, 2008 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Triple Ring Technologies, Inc. operates as an imaginative research and development firm. It works across the development process in regulated markets including medical devices, in vitro diagnostics and life science tools, imaging and industrial applications. The company was founded in February 2005 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

General Inception Management LLC (General Inception Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Vikram Chaudhery, Paul A. Conley and Jim Buzzitta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

ImaginAb, Inc. develops engineered antibody fragments for diagnostic imaging and novel therapeutic applications. It products offer actionable data to facilitate diagnosis of disease, inform better treatment decisions, and monitor response to therapy. The firm also offers a range of pre-clinical (animal imaging) reagents for use with microPET, microSPECT, and optical imaging systems. The company was founded by Christian P. Behrenbruch, Tove Olafsen, Anna M. Wu, and Robert E. Reiter in 2007 and is headquartered in Inglewood, CA.

Lavorel Medicare SA provides medical home care services. The firm provides nursing care and ambulatory services at home. The company was founded by Jean-Claude Lavorel and Stanislas Lavorel in 2012 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

Biotheranostics, Inc. develops and provides diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests that support physicians in the treatment of cancer patients. It has commercialized two proprietary, highly differentiated products focused on early stage breast cancer and all metastatic cancers, Breast Cancer Index (BCI) and CancerTYPE ID (CTID). The company was founded by Thomas M. Baer in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Invent SAS is a French company that provides fund management services. The private company is based in Lyon, France. The company was founded in 2010.

Part of Schneider Electric SE, Schneider Electric USA, Inc. is a specialist in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is based in Salisbury, NC. The company offers integrated energy solutions across multiple market segments.

Les Nouvelles Éditions Indépendantes SASU operates as a holding company, with interest in newspaper publishing. The company was founded on July 27, 2009 and is headquartered in Paris, France.