Sisu Global

Your own blood is best; Hemafuse(TM), a surgical device, captures blood from internal bleeding, filters, and returns it to the same patient in the same surgery.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Location Baltimore, MD, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2014
  • Employees 12
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website sisuglobal.health

Company Summary

Your own blood is better than someone else's. Hemafuse provides surgical patients access to fresh, whole blood by capturing it from internal bleeding and giving it back to them immediately in the same surgery. Sisu Global is bringing the proven Hemafuse to the Indian market after success in Africa. Sisu has global awards and recognition from Forbes, GE Healthcare, SXSW Winner, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and Steve Case, amongst others.

Team

  • Gillian Henker
    President & Co-founder

    Gillian Henker is a two-time founder with a proven track record of execution. Gillian is the primary inventor of Hemafuse and two other medical technologies. She led Hemafuse development, global regulatory clearances (including FDA), & launch in 5 countries across Africa, Asia, & Europe. Gillian is an alumna of the University of Michigan College of Engineering and is coined a Baltimore Technologist of the Year.

  • Sajju Jain
    Executive Chairman

    Based in India, Sajju has helped build several impact startups in their early stages that have grown to deliver large-scale global impact. Dlight's solar lights have impacted 125 million people, Embrace's infant warmer helped 350,000+ babies, and Chirag has illuminated 600+ villages. His ventures have been featured or awarded by WSJ, The Economist, CNBC, 60 Minutes, etc. He is alumnus of the Harvard Business School and the University of Iowa.

Advisors

  • Dr. Mark Popovsky
    Past Chief Medical Officer of Haemonetics
    Unconfirmed
    James Reilly
    Vice President of Global Services, AABB
    Dr. Jonathan Waters
    Chief Anesthesiologist at Magee Women's Hospital
    Unconfirmed
  • Dr. Paul Ness
    Director of Transfusion Medicine at Johns Hopkins University
    Unconfirmed
    Dr. Nichodemus Gebe
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

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