Avi Huppert

Candela Corp. develops and manufactures lasers for aesthetic and cosmetic procedures. It offers LEDs, ballasts, fluorescents, HIDs, miniature lamps, sockets, incandescent, fixtures and induction lighting solutions. The company was founded by Horace Furumoto in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayland, MA.

Finjan Software, Inc. provided web security solutions and also offers web and email content security in the world. Its solutions provided unified web security by combining productivity, liability and bandwidth control via URL categorization, content caching and applications control technologies. The firm enabled quick deployment, simplified management and reduction of operational costs. The company was founded by Shlomo Touboul in 1996 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

InspireMD Ltd. is a medical device company, which engages in the development and commercialization of platform technology for the treatment of vascular and coronary disease. It offers MicroNet stent, a device designed to trap and seal thrombus and plaque against the vessel wall, preventing embolization. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

RiverVest Venture Management LLC (RiverVest Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Tom C. Melzer, Jay W. Schmelter, Mark J. Mendel and Andrew B. Craig III. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Part of AUO Corp., Replicom Ltd. develops server management solutions based on innovative KVM over IP embedded technology. The company is based in Akiva, Israel. Replicom was acquired by Minsys Ltd. on February 17, 2005.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Tulip Ltd. produces meat products. Its products include fresh pork, sausages, slow cooked, gammon, bacon, cooked meats, snacking and canned. The firm’s brands include Danepak, Tulip and cherry Tree farm. The company was founded in1958 and is headquartered in Warwick, the United Kingdom.

OrSense Ltd. develops and markets non-invasive monitoring systems for measurement of hemoglobin. Its products include NBM 200 is a non-invasive finger blood analytics monitor measures and displays arterial blood hemoglobin and pulse rate values; Glasswing offers a unique, breakthrough non-invasive solution for hemoglobin measurements; and SpectOLight Sensor non-invasive optical measurement platform includes a ring-shaped sensor probe fitted around the subject's finger. The company was founded in Shimon Eckhouse, Ilya Fine and Alex Sternberg in 1996 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

Color Chip (Israel) Ltd. designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components. It develops application specific photonic integrated circuits. The firm delivers optical high-speed transceivers to the datacom/telecom markets and passive optical splitters to the FTTx markets. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse, Moshe Price and Shlomo Ruschin in January 2001 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

RDC - Rafael Development Corp. Ltd. (RDC - Rafael Development Corp) is a private equity/venture capital subsidiary of Elron Ventures Ltd. founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

WideMed Technologies Ltd. is a medical device company that develops and manufactures information systems for monitoring, diagnosis and analysis of sleep disorders. The company’s products include Morpheus Modules, Morpheus Hx and Morpheus Ox. Its Morpheus modules are automatic scoring and data management systems for data analysis, data mining and reporting. WideMed’s Morpheus Hx is web-based computer software used as an aid to the diagnosis of respiratory-related sleep disorders. The company’s Morpheus Ox is a home sleep diagnostic and monitoring solution. Its products provides hospital solutions such as computerized automatic clinical and interpretation reports, sleep and wake signal, respiratory events detection and minimal disruption to clinical flow. The company offers products for laboratories and hospitals. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Solta Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets energy-based medical device systems for aesthetic applications. Its brands include Clear + Brilliant pélo, Thermage, Liposonix, VASER, Fraxel, Clear + Brilliant, and Isolaz systems which are used to address various aesthetic issues. The company was founded by Edward W. Knowlton on January 11, 1996 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

UltraShape redefines aesthetic medicine by developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative non-invasive technologies for fat cell destruction and body sculpting. The company develops and markets clinically proven safe and effective solutions that enhance the lives of patients. The UltraShape proprietary technology employs pulsed (non-thermal) focused ultrasound that instantly, selectively and permanently destroys fat cells without affecting surrounding structures. Founded in 2000, UltraShape has sold Contour I devices in more than 50 countries, demonstrating safety and efficacy. The UltraShape Contour I system, is authorized for marketing outside the U.S. It is the first clinically proven non-invasive solution that offers measurable lasting body sculpting results for men and women with no need for maintenance treatments. The UltraShape system has been shown to be safe and effective in a multi-center controlled trial and numerous other peer-reviewed published independent clinical studies. The device is designed to produce mechanical, non-thermal, acoustic effects which target and selectively destroy (breakdown) fat cells, leaving surrounding critical structures such as skin, blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissue intact. The latest Contour I V3 system uses Vertical Dynamic Focus™ (VDF) pulsed (non-thermal) focused ultrasound that instantly and permanently destroys fat cells providing patients a convenient noninvasive no-downtime solution to reduce localized fat deposits and body circumference. The UltraShape procedure is based on a natural fat clearance process where triglycerides and cell debris from the destroyed fat cells are processed by the body's natural physiological and metabolic pathways. These pathways are the same that handle fat during weight loss. Results from UltraShape's peer-reviewed published multi-center controlled clinical trial and other independent clinical studies show that the released triglycerides do not accumulate to a clinically significant extent in the blood or liver. Over 200,000 patient treatments have been performed worldwide with the Contour I showing high patient satisfaction while demonstrating safety and efficacy. The UltraShape procedure is guided by proprietary real-time tracking and guidance technology designed to deliver smooth, uniform body contouring results. The software guides the operator through a pres-determined treatment algorithm designed to minimize risk of contour irregularities, a common side effect of invasive and non-invasive procedures. The UltraShape procedure is performed during a convenient, 'walk-in, walk-out' session carried out in an office-based environment; it requires no anesthesia or sedation. After treatment, patients immediately resume their daily routines with no need for maintenance treatments. The UltraShape Contour I received the CE Mark in 2005 and a medical device license from Health Canada in 2007. The Contour I system is not available for sale in the U.S; the Contour Plus system is an investigational product limited by U.S. law to investigational use only.

Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd. develops and manufactures minimally-invasive replacement aortic valves for heart disease patients. The company is based in Netanya, Israel. The Israeli company was founded in 2004 by Ehud Shvemental, Rafi Benary, Shimon Eckhouse. Medtronic Ventor Technologies was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 27, 2015 on February 23, 2009 for $325 million.

Fluorinex Active Ltd. develops dental care technology. It produces a teeth whitening device that comes in a home-use and in-office professional version. The company was founded in April, 2004 and is headquartered in Yokneam ilit, Israel.

Starlet Derma Ltd. develops a novel marine extracted microinjection system for Intra-dermal penetration. It provides its services through its wholly owned subsidiary, NanoCyte Ltd. The firm's products are used for various cosmeceutical applications, such as acne treatments, whitening, pain relief, anti-aging treatments, and slimming treatments. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse, Chen Porat, and Amid Lotan in 2000 and is headquartered in Caesarea, Israel.

NanoCyte Ltd. develops transdermal drug delivery platform technology solutions. The firm offers cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical applications such as whitening, acne, anti-aging, and slimming treatment. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse and is headquartered in Zemach, Israel.

Comet Capital Ltd. is an Israeli investment management company founded in 2004. The private company manages investment activities and is based in Haifa, Israel.

ClearCut Medical Ltd. develops proprietary technology and tools for removal of cancer. Its product ClearSightTM MRI System, focuses on breast cancer lumpectomy for intraoperative margin assessment of surgically removed lumps. The firms applications include breast cancer biopsies, margin assessment of skin cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer tissue microstructure. The company was founded by Eyal Kolka and Erez Golan in 2010 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Rapid Medical Ltd. develops neurovascular interventional medical devices for endovascular treatments. Its products include Tigertriever and Comaneci. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse and Ronen Eckhouse and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Alon Medtech Ventures Ltd (Alon Medtech Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Shimon Eckhouse. The firm is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

OptiCul Diagnostics, Inc. engages in the medical device company. Its product is optidet that can identify microorganisms immediately from primary culture plate, at the clinical lab, within minutes after applying the sample on the disposable/removable unit. The company is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

RealView Imaging Ltd. operates diagnostic imaging centers. The firm’s proprietary technology projects hyper-realistic, dynamic 3D holographic images “floating in the air” without the need for any type of eyewear or a conventional 2D screen. The company was founded by Carmel Rotschild, Shaul Gelman And Aviad Kaufman in 2008 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Theranica Bio-Electronics Ltd. develops wearable medical devices. Its product is Nerivio Migra. The company was founded by Alon Ironi, Ronen Jashek, Rotislav Barabash, and Shimon Eckhouseand in 2016 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

Owlytics Healthcare operates personalized physiology-tracking health detection platform. The company was founded by Gill Zaphrir and Yaron Recher in 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Filterlex Medical Ltd. develops embolic protection devices to reduce the risk of stroke and other complications during catheter-based structural heart procedures. It offers CAPTIS is a next-generation full-body embolic protection device. The company was founded by Sigal Eli, Eyal Teichman, Giora Weisz and Ron Davidson in 2015 and is headquartered in Yoknea, Israel.

Anchora Medical Ltd. engages in the development of intra-abdominal automatic suturing devices for minimal invasive surgery. It specializes in simplifying of suturing in both endoscopic and open surgery applications. The company was founded by Lior Yankelson and Yoni Epstein in 2014 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Qart Medical Ltd. is a medical, a clinical-stage medtech company, addressing the global infertility epidemic. The company was founded by Alon Shalev and Natan T. Shaked and is headquartered in Israel.

CardiacSense Ltd. is a digital health company based in Caesarea, Israel. The Israeli company has developed a medical watch that integrates proprietary patent-protected sensors and software algorithms to provide continuous measurement of parameters such as core temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and heart rate at CE and FDA-mandated accuracies. This provides an alternative to costly and complex invasive devices, addressing the increasing demand for remote patient monitoring and tele-health. The private company was founded in 2009 by Eldad Shemesh and Liat Shemesh, with Eldad Shemesh serving as the CEO since incorporation.