Venture Capital - Very early stage, special interest in Medical Devices

Innovative Devices for Gynecology

Next Generation treatment for BPH

Innovative New tools for Arthroscopy

GUARD HILL HOLDINGS is a team of experienced operating and financial partners that have invested their own capital in over 40 private equity transactions during the past 20 years. Guard Hill is focused on making controlling equity investments in industrial manufacturing companies.GUARD HILL IS UNIQUE because our $50 million of committed equity capital comes from the active partners and a small group of related outside entities. Guard Hill does not collect management fees from investors. Our focus is exclusively on capital appreciation, closely aligning our interests with lenders and management teams.THE GUARD HILL TEAM relies on its hands-on operating heritage to provide proven management expertise to help grow and improve the profitability of each of its investments. We prefer to invest in corporate divestitures, turnaround situations, family owned companies and partner with lenders on workout opportunities.

Novel therapy for BPH

Innovative Medical Devices for Womens HealthcareMinerva Surgical Inc. is a medical device start-up company based in the Silicon Valley in Cupertino CA. The company's efforts are focused on women's healthcare. Currently Minerva Surgical's development projects are aimed at delivering next generation products for the treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding, a condition that affects almost 1 in 5 women.The company was founded in 2008 by a group of experienced medical device industry veterans. These founders have successfully delivered numerous medical device based therapies to patients over the span of 30 years.

Founded in 1946, Stainless Foundry & Engineering is a financially sound, environmentally compliant, non-union, privately owned United States sand casting, investment casting and machining service provider. Stainless Foundry produces 100% for-sale castings used in the Valve, Pump, Chemical, Petrochemical, Nuclear, Pulp & Paper, Pharmaceutical, Food & Dairy, Metering, Military and Instrumentation industries. Over 250 different compositions of Stainless, Low Alloy, Corrosion-Resistant, Heat-Resistant and Wear-Resistant Steel and Cobalt-alloy castings are produced in weights ranging from grams to 1,000 Kg / 2,200 lbs.

Next generation hearing device

Innovative treatment for Sleep Apnea

Worlds leading manufacturer of Pool Deck Equipment

The Richland Center Foundry, LLC specializes in low to medium volume gray and ductile iron castings.

IOGYN, Inc. is a medical device start-up company located in Cupertino,California. The company has developed the Mistral™ hysteroscopic morcellator system to remove uterine fibroids and polyps in a minimally invasive manner to improve women's quality of life.

Whitley Products is the largest Tier Two supplier of precision tubular products to the diesel engine, agricultural equipment, off-highway, construction equipment and HVAC markets.With its strong and highly capable engineering team, state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and strategic US locations, Whitley enjoys the reputation of being the premier supplier of low-cost, top quality tubular products to Fortune 500 manufacturers of heavy equipment engines.

A Political Action Committee

Bioabsorbable Coronary and peripheral stents

Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. was founded to pioneer new minimally invasive therapies for Interventional Neuroradiology. Chestnut's mission is to develop technologies that are easier to use while improving outcomes and reducing complications in the treatment of neurovascular disease.

Partner with Jack Melchor in Melchor Venture Management General Partner of the Portola Venture Fund.

Corporate Finance in San Francisco working for Tully Friedman and Robert Matschullat.

Commercial Loan Officer in the Berkely Main Office