William Starling

IDEA Fund Partners LLC (IDEA Fund Partners) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2007 by David P. Rizzo, John Cambier and Lister Delgado. The firm is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

TransEnterix is advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery through exploration, innovation and collaboration. Based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, TransEnterix is a rapidly growing medical device company founded in 2006. Since its inception the company has designed, received FDA approval and launched the groundbreaking SPIDER Surgical System, which provides surgeons with enhanced capabilities by creating triangulation via single site access with flexible articulating instruments. The platform enables a whole new class of less invasive surgery - Flexible Laparoscopy - which builds on the proven technologies of laparoscopic surgery and catheter based medical treatments.

SafeStitch Medical, Inc. operates as a developmental stage FDA-registered medical device company, which is focused on the development of medical devices that manipulate tissues for the treatment of obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hernia formation, esophageal obstructions, Barrett's Esophagus, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and other intraperitoneal abnormalities through endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery. It products include AMID Stapler, SMART Dilator, and standard and airway bite blocks. AMID Stapler is used to fix mesh in place, which helps prevent the recurrence of a hernia. SMART Dilators are used when an endoscopy demonstrates the narrowing of the esophagus. The bite blocks are used to protect the endoscope used in transoral gastrointestinal procedures and are required in all such procedures. SafeStitch Medical was founded by Charles J. Filip and Jeffrey G. Spragens in August 1988 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Interventional Autonomics Corp. supplies pharmaceutical products. The American company was founded in 2008 by William N. Starling.

Atrius Health, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers a variety of programs for patients with asthma, heart disease, diabetes, AIDS, and cancer. Its services include CT scan, endoscopy, mammography, and weight management. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Aegis Surgical Ltd. develops healthcare equipment for the treatment of symptomatic aortic stenosis. The company was founded by William N. Starling Jr. and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Novacor, Inc. is an American company that develops artificial heart and related technologies. The company is based in CA. Novacor was acquired by World Heart Corp., a subsidiary of Medtronic Plc from Edwards Lifesciences Corp. on June 30, 2000 for $58 million.

Atrius Ltd. operates a healthcare center. The company is based in Ledbury, UK. The British company was founded in 2003 by William N. Starling, who has been the CEO since 2003.

Part of NeuroTronik, Inc., Neurotronik Ltd. is an Irish company that manufactures medical and surgical equipment as well as orthopedic appliances. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The company was founded by William N. Starling.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It also makes cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ventritex, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets implantable defibrillators and related products for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.

Cardiac Pathways Corp. designs, develops and manufactures cardiac diagnosis systems. Its products consist principally of systems for performing ablation treatment and for diagnostic mapping. Cardiac Pathways is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

InnAVasc Medical, Inc. designs and develops products for vascular access for hemodialysis. Its technology vascular access graft is designed to create one contiguous flow lumen without transition points. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

i360medical Ltd. provides healthcare and medical device solutions. It offers medical device companies, SMEs and entrepreneurs the opportunity to have specialist clinicians and medical device engineers collaboratively validate their devices and assist them with their clinical investigation and commercialization needs across six development stages. The company was founded by Derek Young in 2012 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Yor Labs, Inc. offers an ultraportable-handheld device for diagnostic care. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Aqua Medical, Inc. develops disruptive, vapor-based, endoscopic, ablation technology to treat gastrointestinal disease and prevent GI cancers. The company was founded by Virender K. Sharma and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Synergy Life Science Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of medical device and drugs. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Conveyor Cardiovascular Ltd. is an Irish company that engages in research and development of natural sciences. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The CEO of the company is William N. Starling.

SonoVascular, Inc. provides endovascular treatment services. The company is based in Chapel Hill, NC. The CEO of the company is Daniel E. Estay.