Current Holdings Overview
Dempsey actively manages the companies it controls and seeks to be a "value-added" investor in those it does not control through consultative and cooperative participation on Boards or more informally through management interaction on strategic planning, financial and legal compliance and best practices for operations.
SunMed Group Holdings, LLC
Dempsey Ventures is the controlling shareholder of SunMed Group Holdings, LLC, a FDA registered manufacturer of airway management, anesthesia, respiratory and surgical care products sold under the SunMed, Salter, Westmed, IntuBrite, Ventlab, Ethox, Cookgas, Beavers, Monitor Mask, Zefon and InnoMed brands. SunMed is a global business with four manufacturing plants in Mexico, a plant in China, distribution centers in the US, Mexico, China and Europe and over 3,000 employees around the world.
Bay Medical
For over 30 years, Bay Med has sold airway management products directly to the clinicians who use them every day. Bay Med is a catalog business which offers convenient online shopping, outstanding customer service and affordable prices on trusted name brand anesthesia and respiratory products.
TIDI Products
In 2015, Dempsey Ventures co-invested with RoundTable Healthcare Partners in TIDI Products based out of Neenah, Wisconsin. TIDI is a manufacturer and market share leader of innovative infection control and patient safety products for use in hospital, clinical and other environments where infection control is critical. Dan Bowen serves on TIDI’s Board.
VN Industries, Inc./Katt Medical Products, LLC
In 2016, Dempsey Ventures made an investment in VN Industries, Inc., a healthcare textile products business with a 500-employee, 185,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Vietnam (including controlled-environment and dyeing operations). John Sommerdyke serves on the Board and also serves as the company’s General Counsel.
Argentum Medical
In 2017, Dempsey co-invested with the Shore Capital private equity fund in this company with proprietary “Silverlon” impregnated wound care products. Dan is a Board member and Dempsey is the largest individual investor.
eAgile, Inc.
Provides RFID solutions and high-quality, cost-effective auto-identification products covering tag production, data management software and the building of complete RFID infrastructures. John is a member of the Board and is active in the company’s M&A efforts.
Svelte Medical Systems
Is a coronary stenting device company.
Best Metal Products
Is a leader in the design, prototyping, and manufacturing of hydraulic cylinders for OEMs in the industrial and mobile hydraulic cylinder markets.
Ablative Solutions
Is a developer of a new catheter-based approach for percutaneous delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
Mainline Medical
Is a provider of respiratory and anesthesia supplies from many of the well-known manufacturers in the healthcare market. Mainline’s one-stop shopping makes it easy for end users to source high quality products at competitive prices