Art Spivy

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Gravitas Medical, Inc. is a medical device company based in Silicon Valley, CA. The American company is committed to transforming enteral feeding into enteral nutrition intelligence by using technology to provide actionable insights for caregivers. Gravitas Medical aims to revolutionize the field of gut-related information. The private company was founded by Daniel Burnett and Saheel Sutaria.