Amit R Patel

Great North Ventures is an early-stage tech venture fund investing in entrepreneurs using breakthrough technologies to innovate industries dominated by inefficient processes. We believe the next generation of startups can grow anywhere, including places like the Twin Cities, Chicago, Madison, Fargo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Toronto. Our management is based in Minnesota and Silicon Valley, and has decades of operator experience including M&A and Fortune 100 companies. By drawing on our operating experience, navigating networks, and implementing investment intelligence, our team guides startups to scale and exits.

The YMCA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit social services organization dedicated to Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. The YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities (YGTC) is a new YMCA association as of January 1, 2012. It is the result of an integration of the YMCA of Greater St. Paul (established in 1856) and the YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis (established in 1866) to enhance our ability to serve our community. Our cause and passion is to strengthen our communities through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. We are one of the largest nonprofit social service organizations in Minnesota and one of the largest Y associations in the United States. More than 220,000 members and participants are connected annually throughout the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin region with opportunities to be healthy, active, and engaged. We support our communities through 27 membership branches, seven resident camps, nearly a dozen day camps, and dozens of child care locations and youth development program sites. The Y nurtures the potential of every youth and teen, improves the communitys health and well-being, and provides opportunities to give back and support neighbors. The Y is for everyone. We believe that everyone, regardless of age, income or background, has the opportunity to be healthy, welcomed, confident, connected, and secure.

Great North Ventures is an early-stage tech venture fund investing in entrepreneurs using breakthrough technologies to innovate industries dominated by inefficient processes. We believe the next generation of startups can grow anywhere, including places like the Twin Cities, Chicago, Madison, Fargo, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Toronto. Our management is based in Minnesota and Silicon Valley, and has decades of operator experience including M&A and Fortune 100 companies. By drawing on our operating experience, navigating networks, and implementing investment intelligence, our team guides startups to scale and exits.

Vios Medical is a Murata Company, focused on lowering the cost of care by optimizing the management of patients through the FDA-cleared vital signs monitoring solution: The Vios Monitoring System. The Vios Monitoring System (VMS) is a cost-effective vital signs monitoring solution designed to detect the early signs of clinical deterioration in patient populations in hospitals, medical-surgical units, step-down units, specialty care units, long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and ambulatory surgery centers. Healthcare facilities can leverage their existing IT infrastructures when deploying the VMS throughout care settings. The Vios Chest Sensor is a wireless, FDA-cleared medical device that allows for continuous monitoring of a patient’s physiological vital signs data. 93% of patients prefer our sensor to tethered monitors. The Vios Bedside Monitor (BSM) runs an FDA-cleared application that receives, analyzes, and displays physiological vital signs data via our wireless chest sensor or third-party devices. Our bedside monitor runs proprietary algorithms that can alarm for rate-based arrhythmias and when vital signs exceed thresholds. Our bedside monitor displays physiological vital parameters, including 7-Lead ECG Waveforms (I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF, and one of V1-V6), heart rate, respiratory rate, SpO2, pulse rate, body temperature (via third-party devices or manual input), non-invasive blood pressure (via third-party devices or manual input) and patient posture. The Vios Central Station Monitor (CSM) runs an FDA-cleared application that allows for remote viewing of all patient data via a centralized dashboard run on any computer. Our central station software includes a Vitals and Waveform Review module, a Vitals Trending module, and generates ECG Waveform and Patient Summary Reports.

HeartFlow is a medical technology company transforming the way cardiovascular disease is diagnosed and treated. With our HeartFlow Analysis, a non-invasive personalized cardiac test, physicians are able to make better care decisions for their patients with suspected coronary artery disease--the number one killer of men and women worldwide. HeartFlow is backed by decades of scientific research and development and leverages the latest advancements in technology to help set a new standard of care for diagnosing cardiovascular care worldwide. Cleared for use in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan and with offices in Redwood City, Austin, London and Japan, HeartFlow’s footprint is growing rapidly. HeartFlow has received more than $240 million dollars in funding in a recent Series E financing round, is pre-IPO and leverages the latest technology including deep learning and computational fluid dynamics. We try to embody the best of both technology and healthcare companies and hire people who are passionate about living our mission to save lives, improve the patient experience and reduce the overall cost of care. For more information, visit www.heartflow.com.