Premchandran Ramiya

Conceptus, Inc. develops and markets minimally invasive devices for reproductive medical applications. It sells its products through direct sales force and distribution networks to physicians and hospitals. The company was founded by Kathryn A. Tunstall in 1992 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Part of Nokia Oyj, Mosaix, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and supports call center systems and application software. The company is based in Redmond, WA. The company was founded by Frank R. Fulton, Kamran Kheirolomoom, Scott T. Toborg. Mosaix was acquired by Lucent Technologies, Inc. on July 16, 1999 for $199.14 million.

Vivo Capital LLC (Vivo Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Frank C. Kung and Edgar G. Engleman. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, which engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing medical products and technologies, within the areas of interventional oncology, wound closure and ophthalmology. The company was founded by William L. Hunter and Cruz F. Tony in 1992 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

TRIA Beauty, Inc. provides light based therapeutic beauty devices. It offers TRIA Laser Hair Removal System for laser removal of hair and TRIA Skin Perfecting Blue Light for mild to moderate inflammatory acne with a proprietary cleanser and serum for overall complexion improvement. The company was founded in 2003 by Tobin C. Island, Robert E. Grove, Jonathon T. Pearson and Mark V. Weckwerth and is headquartered in Dublin, CA.

Neomend, Inc. develops surgical wound healing products. It offers adhesion prevention products for hospitals and medical facilities. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Silicon Valley Bank provides commercial banking services. It offers banking services to the hardware and infrastructure, software and internet, life science and healthcare, energy and resource innovation, private equity and venture capital, and premium wine industries. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. manufactures surgical devices and equipments. Its products include the ENDOPATH XCEL access system, CONTOUR curved cutter stapler, HARMONIC ultrasonic cutting and coagulation surgical devices and the MAMMOTOME breast biopsy system. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

ReLign Corp. operates as medical equipment manufacturer. The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

WS Investment Management Co. (WS Investment) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corp. founded in 1978 by Larry W. Sonsini. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc. designs and develops equipment for orthopedic and neurological spine surgery. It also manufactures and markets spinal devices. The company was founded by Henry A. Klyce Jr., Ken Hsu, Charles J. Winslow, and James Zucherman 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company which focuses on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah on September 25, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vicept Therapeutics Inc. develops dermatologic therapeutic products. The firm develops topical agents for the treatment and prevention of a number of medical and cosmetic indications including bruising of the skin. The company was founded on July 1, 2009 by Neal Walker, Stewart D. Shanler, and Christopher V. Powala and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.