Eric Carlson

Maverix Biomics, Inc. provides cloud-based platform to manage, analyze and visualize genomic data. It also builds communities of discovery and place its data in context with the latest public data from the full spectrum of life, including human, plant, animal or microbial organisms. The company was founded by David Mandelkern, Todd Michael Johnson Lowe and Patricia Pak Lee Chan in 2010 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Glyphic Biotechnologies Inc is an American biotechnology company that develops a protein sequencing platform to provide researchers with new insights into biology and disease. Glyphic Biotechnologies was founded by Joshua Yang and Daniel Estandian, with Joshua Yang serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Caliper Technologies Corp. is a leading provider of microfluidic technology and laboratory automation solutions. The private company is based in Mountain View, CA. The company serves a broad range of markets in the worldwide life science, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded by J. Michael Ramsey.

Intabio, Inc. develops bio therapeutic drugs. The frim utilizes microchip platform to seamlessly integrate capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) and mass spec, two pillars of analytical methods in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing. The company was founded by Lena Wu and Erik Gentalen and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Clinverse, Inc. provides automated financial management technology solutions for clinical trials. The firm’s products include ClinPay, ClinDebit and ClinViz. The company was founded on July 10, 2008 by Stephen Ayala and Tim S. Immel and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

CR Certification Corp. provides online portals for archiving, beready training, and cardioready training. The private company is based in Malvern, PA. The company also offers assistance in selecting automated external defibrillators (AEDs) through their ultimate buyer's guide and resource center pages.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Vital Venture Capital LLC (Vital Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vital Financial LLC founded in 2007 by Craig Asher, Nathaniel Brinn and Cyrus Brinn. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Circadence Corp. provides WAN and network optimization solutions for commercial, healthcare and government customers. Its WAN optimization portfolio includes patented Transport Morphing Protocol (TMP), which is built into the Circadence MVO solution. The company was founded by Christopher T. Blisard, Tony Harman and Michael J. Moniz in 1993 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

HealthTell, Inc. develops healthcare diagnosing tools for individuals to monitor their health status. It offers OneTest, a new technology for the early detection and monitoring of progressive diseases and the test is simple and inexpensive, and can be performed with only a single drop of blood. The company was founded in 2010 by Stephen Albert Johnston and Neal Woodbury and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Trancos Ventures LLC (Trancos Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Charles R. Lamphere, Norman L. Norris and Donald Asher. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Maxygen, Inc. is a biotechnology company. It is focused on the potential further development of its MAXY-G34 product, a next-generation pegylated, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, G-CSF, for the treatment of chemotherapy induced neutropenia and acute radiation syndrome. G-CSF is a natural protein that functions by stimulating the body's bone marrow to produce more white blood cells. The company was founded on May 7, 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

TARA Biosystems, Inc. develops organ-on-a-chip platform. It focuses on cardiac toxicology, heart failure drug discovery and personalized cardiology. The company was founded by Misti Ushio, Milica Radisic, Yimu Zhao, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Kacey Ronaldson, Boyang Zhang and Blake Stevens on October 22, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OMX Ventures LLC (OMX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Shoefitr, Inc. helps online shoppers to find the correct size and best fitting shoes. Its technology is used on retailer's websites to assist online shoppers and will be the basis for a comparative shopping site that allows customers to search and compare shoes by fit. The company was founded in 2010 by Matt Wilkinson, Nick End and Breck Fresen and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Cardioready, Inc. supplies cardiac equipment to organizations to reduce the impact of sudden cardiac arrest. The private company is based in Wallingford, PA.

Pillar Co Management LLC (Pillar VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jamie Goldstein. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of ANSYS, Inc., Apache Design, Inc. manufactures and distributes power analysis and optimization software. The company is based in San Jose, CA.

SurroMed, Inc. provides pharmaceutical research. It focuses on discovering & applying biomarkers to improve the drug discovery and development process and enable the precise diagnosis and personalized treatment of disease. The company's research process yields biological markers and information that enable accelerated, cost-efficient discovery and development of new therapeutic products, as well as development of diagnostic tests for early disease detection, disease staging, patient stratification, guiding and monitoring therapy. SurroMed was founded in 1997 and is located in Menlo Park, CA.

Quadriga BioSciences, Inc. is a privately held pharmaceutical company based in an undisclosed location. The American company is focused on developing proprietary targeted cancer therapies by exploiting the biology of aggressive forms of cancer cells that over-express certain unique amino acid transporters on their cell surfaces. The company's mission is to develop safer and more effective treatments for patients with cancer. The company was founded by Bernd Jandeleit, Kerry J. Koller, and Wolf-Nicolas Fischer. Gordon Ringold has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Alavita Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceutical therapeutic products. The company was founded on October 9, 2007 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Part of GSK Plc, Affymax Research Institute is a company that researches and develops pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. Affymax Research Institute was acquired by Affymax, Inc. from GSK Plc on July 30, 2001.

Oxonica Ltd. is an advanced materials business, which engages in licensing of patents related to nanomaterials. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Apexigen America, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery and development of innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer with a focus on immuno-oncology. Its product portfolio includes humanized antibodies, targeting diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases and ophthalmic disease. The company was founded by Xiao Dong Yang in July 2010 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Okava Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American clinical stage biotechnology company.

Rapafusyn Research & Development, Inc. develops non-degrading molecular glues. The company is based in Baltimore, MD. The CEO of the company is Sean X. Hu.

Apache Design Solutions, Inc. provides power analysis and optimization software solutions. Its solutions include software tools and methodologies that enable design engineers to reduce power consumption, ensure delivery of power to ICs and electronic system components, and mitigate power-induced signal interference. The company was founded by Andrew T. Yang, Norman Chang and Shen Lin in January 2001 and it is headquartered in San Jose, CA.