Michael Kertesz

Verinata Health, Inc. focuses on maternal and fetal health. It develop and offer non-invasive tests for early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The firm's products include 'verifi' prenatal test, a non-invasive test that detects three primary aneuploidies for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks and 'Monosomy X', a test for Turner syndrome. The company was founded by Michael D. Grisham and Richard P. Rava in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc. provides diagnostics services. The firm is developing a new product that uses BACS (buoyancy-activated cell sorting) to acquire target cells from biological samples by using tiny floating spheres called ?microbubbles? and disposable microbubble collectors. The company was founded by Brandon H. McNaughton and John Younger in March 2014 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Carnegie Institution of Washington is engaged in providing technical and scientific research services. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1895 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a company that provides integrated systems for sequencing, flow cytometry, and various types of PCR. The company is based in Foster City, CA. The company's products cover the entire process from sample preparation to data analysis. The company was founded by Chris Yoo, Marvin H. Caruthers, Michael W. Hunkapiller, and Leroy E. Hood. Applied Biosystems was acquired by Invitrogen Corp. from Applera Corp. on November 21, 2008 for $6,417.85 million.

Cellular Research, Inc. operates as a biotechnology research and development company. It offer Precise assays that provides quantitation of mRNA targets in single cells and small samples; precise predefined gene expression panels; and Pixel system, a detection platform for direct mRNA quantitation from single cells and rare samples. The company’s products are used in various applications that include gene expression validation, RNA-seq validation, pathway validation, and rare transcript detection. The company was founded by Stephen P. A. Fodor, Ari Chaney, Stephen R. Quake and Glenn Fu in 2011 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Part of Amazon.com, Inc., ClusterK, Inc. is a company that provides cloud computing platform services. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Dmitry Pushkarev. ClusterK was acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. on April 29, 2015 for $50 million.

Cota Capital Management LLC (Cota Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Babak Poushanchi and Bobby Yazdani. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Molecular Stethoscope, Inc. provides molecular diagnostics services. It offers novel blood-based early detection and disease monitoring tests to detect liver, coronary artery, inflammatory, neurodegenerative, coronary artery, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Stephen D. Phil Quake and Eric J. Topol on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Blueprint Genetics Oy engages in the provision of genetic diagnostics and clinical interpretation of hereditary diseases. It offer dignistic tests for cardiology; dermatology; endocrinology; immunology; metabolic disorder; nephrology; and pulmonology. The company was founded by Tommi Pietari Lehtonen, Juha Koskenvuo, Tero-Pekka Alastalo, and Samuel Myllykangas in 2008 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Agenovir Corp. provides research and developing novel antiviral therapeutics for diseases. The company was founded by Bruce Hironaka and Stephen R. Quake and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Karius, Inc. operates clinical and medical research laboratory. It enables clinicians to diagnose infectious diseases by detecting the DNA of pathogens from a standard blood draw. The company was founded by Michael Kertesz and Tim Blauwkamp and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Bioinflexion Point Partners LLC provides investment services. The private company is based in Belmont, CA. The company was founded by Gary Zweiger.

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub develops technology for medical researchers. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

Fluent BioSciences, Inc. is a privately funded biotechnology company based in Watertown, MA. The company's mission is to revolutionize single-cell biology through accessible, affordable, and scalable solutions for every researcher. Fluent Biosciences aims to accelerate the understanding of biology and disease through its breakthrough pre-templated instant partitions (PipSeq™) technology, which facilitates near-instantaneous self-assembly of individual cells or molecules into millions of uniform partitions without the need for complex instrumentation or expensive consumables. The company was founded in 2018 by Adam Abate, Sepehr Kiani, and Bill Hyun, and Sepehr Kiani has been the CEO since 2018.

IgGenix, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It isolates and transforms allergen-specific IgE antibodies into IgG antibodies that are designed to alleviate and possibly prevent the allergic cascade. The company was founded by Stephen D. Quake, Kari Nadeau, Derek Croote, and Bruce Hironaka in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Mirvie, Inc. provides precise, actionable, non-invasive tests for maternal-fetal health. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Pushplaylabs, Inc. is a company that offers a privacy-focused browser called Sidekick. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The browser includes features to help users with ADHD stay focused and increase efficiency. By installing private extensions, users can prioritize important tasks and improve their productivity. The CEO of the company is Dmitry Pushkarev.

ClearNote Health, Inc. is a company that develops liquid biopsy tests to detect cancers with high mortality rates early when they respond best to treatment. ClearNote Health is based in San Mateo, CA. The company uses its proprietary epigenomics platform to analyze individuals' changing biology that is yet to produce symptoms. The company was founded by Stephen D. Quake, and David Mullarkey has been the CEO of the company since 2022.