Gaurav Aggarwal

Alvine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for inflammatory diseases. It offers ALV003, tTG Inihibitors and HLA-DQ2 Blockers. The company was founded by Blair Stewart and Kevin R. Kaster in 2005 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company which focuses on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah on September 25, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for the treatment of orphan diseases. The company was founded by Sepehr Sarshar, Thomas G. Gant and Manouchehr M. Shahbaz on February 28, 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Microlin Bio, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the development of miR-based diagnostics and therapeutics, including both antimiRs and miR mimics, to diagnose and treat cancer. The company was founded by Joseph Hernandez on July 30, 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hazelwood, MO.

Vivo Capital LLC (Vivo Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Frank C. Kung and Edgar G. Engleman. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Sierra Oncology, Inc. was a clinical stage drug development company of therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The firm focused on advanced targeted therapeutics for the treatment of patients with significant unmet medical needs in hematology and oncology. Its product Momelotinib, a selective and orally-bioavailable JAK1, JAK2 & ACVR1 inhibitor with a differentiated therapeutic profile in myelofibrosis encompassing robust constitutional symptom improvements. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Patricia Industries AB (Patricia Industries) is a private equity subsidiary of Investor AB founded in 1972. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Investor Growth Capital Asia Ltd. (IGC Asia), with offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing, is the wholly-owned venture capital arm of Investor AB (SSE: INVE), which was founded in 1916 by the Wallenberg family and is headquartered in Stockholm. IGC was established in 1995. They are organized in three units: Investor Growth Capital Asia, Investor Growth Capital Europe and Investor Growth Capital US. Other IGC offices are in New York, California and Amsterdam. The Hog Kong office opened in 2000.