Ellen E. Koskinas

Hearst Corp. /Venture Capital/ (Hearst Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in New York.

EnteroMedics, Inc. is a medical device company, which in the design, and development of devices that use neuroblocking technology to treat obesity,metabolic diseases, and other gastrointestinal disorders. It offers vBlock system, which is a therapy to limit expansion of hte stomach, help control hunger sensations between meals, reduce the frequency and intensity of stomach contractions and produce a feeling of early and prolonged fullness. The company was founded by Mark B. Knudson, Robert S. Nickoloff, Timothy R. Conrad, Katherine S. Tweden and Richard R. Wilson on December 19, 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Welltok, Inc. is a consumer activation solutions company that improves people's total wellbeing. It offers proprietary data, advanced analytics, software-as-a-service software, and professional services to engage consumers in personalized and rewarding ways to drive action. The company was founded Jeff Cohen, Carlos C. Cardona, Scott Rotermund, Chris Rotermund, Christopher Coloian, Stanley J. Nowak III, Paulo Matos, Patrick D. Mize, and John DiBiasi in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

CardioMind, Inc. manufactures therapeutic devices for cardiovascular diseases. It offers stent delivery systems, which are designed for the use in lesion applications, as well as for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery diseases. The company was founded by Julian Nikolchev in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Applied Spine Technologies Inc. provides medical treatment devices. Its products include Stabilimax Dynamic Spine Stabilization System, a posterior dynamic stabilization device designed to support an injured or degenerated spine without eliminating motion. The company was founded by Thomas E. Wood and Manohar Panjabi in February 2004 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.