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Apaxen SA is a privately-held biotechnology company that was founded in 2018 and is based in an undisclosed location. The Belgian company has raised €5.4 million in equity and grant funding since its A round in 2019. Apaxen is focused on developing a pipeline of NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors with a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The company's clinical candidate, MFC-1040, is an orally bioavailable and selective small molecule NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy in multiple animal models of chronic inflammatory disease and pulmonary fibrosis. The company's team combines the experience required for clinical development of its products and is supported by a world-class team of scientific advisors. Apaxen has a pipeline of products at discovery and preclinical stages of development for the treatment of diseases associated with chronic inflammation that depend on NLRP3 inflammasome activation. The company was founded in 2018 by Gael Jalce, Enrico Jose Adolfo Bastianelli, and Bart Wuurman has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

reMYND NV engages in the development of disease-modifying treatments against alzheimer's, parkinson's, diabetes and other protein misfolding disorders. Its drug and development unit focuses on innovative, disease-modifying drugs for treating degenerative disorders. The company was founded by Fred Van Leuven, Stefaan Wera and Joris Winderickx in 2002 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Sopartec SA is the investment and technology valorization arm of Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) and was founded in 1942. Sopartec SA is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Roslin Technologies Ltd. engages in the provision of agriculture biotechnology solutions. It offers genome sequencing, genotyping, gene editing, transgenics, phenotyping, and bioinformatics. The company is headquartered in Midlothian, the United Kingdom.

Novartis Venture Funds (NVF) is a venture capital firm with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and an additional office in Cambridge, MA. The firm was founded in 1996. NVF is a subsidiary of Novartis AG (VX: NOVN) and was created following the 1996 merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz.

Capricorn Partners NV (Capricorn) is an independent European licensed manager of private and public equity investment funds which was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Dr Jos B. Peeters and Baring Venture Partners Ltd. In 1999, Capricorn became a fully partner-owned, independent firm. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

c-LEcta GmbH operates as a industrial biotechnology company that discovers, optimizes, produces, and sells enzymes for research, development, bio-catalysis, diagnostics, and industrial applications. The firm focuses on the utilization of proteins with catalytic properties. It offers recombinant RNases, exonucleases, alcohol-dehydrogenases, lipases, and proteases for applications in research and development; biocatalysts for the production of chemicals; and starch, cellulose, and hemicellulose hydrolyzing enzymes, as well as lipases and proteases to use as components in detergents and cleaning products for the food and feed industry. The company was founded by Marc Struhalla and Thomas Greiner-St?ffele in 2004 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Caloritum NV offers innovative technology to industrial customers. The firm provides transform wasted heat into useful process heat and reduces the total energy bill by saving fossil fuels and CO2 emissions. The company was founded by Wouter Ducheyne and Christian Heeren in 2012 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Porphyrio NV engages in the development of management software solutions for the agricultural sector. It offers Smart Farm Assistant , Smart Broiler Chain Optimizer, Lay-Insight, and Broiler-Insight. The company was founded by Bart Kemps and Kristof Mertens on August 03, 2013 and is headquartered in Herent, Belgium.

ADx NeuroSciences NV develops proprietary state-of-the-art biomarker-assays diagnosing a wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases and conditions. The ADx tests provide unique access to early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and traumatic brain injury. The company was founded in 2011 by Paul Appermont, Koen Dewaele, Hugo Vanderstichele and Eugeen Vanmechelen and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc. develops integrated systems and solutions for the detection of animal diseases. The firm engages in the researching, developing and commercializing on-farm diagnostic tests, such as QScout MLD for early detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows. It also provides solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of veterinary health problems including mastitis and other animal diseases. The company was founded by Rodolfo Rodriguez and Victor M. Minton in July 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

DName-IT NV engages in the research and development of genetic diagnostic tests. It offers D name molecules, accessory consumables, and software for improving the quality of workflow of genetic diagnostic tests based on next generation sequencing. The company was founded by Harry Cuppens on December 11, 2014 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

ArtiQ NV engages in the design and manufacture of respiratory medicine, medical devices, and artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Marko Topalovic, Bart Swaelens, Wim Janssens and Marc Decramer in 2019 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Elanco Tiergesundheit AG manufactures animal vaccines. The firm provides pet health, livestock and Bioprotection products. The company's products include Atopica, Capstar, Deramaxx, Fortekor, Interceptor, Milbemax, Parc-tic and Sentinel. It is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Ifast NV develops and commercializes intellectual property, technology and know-how related to the organoleptic and functional properties of foods and beverages. It offers services to the corporate and public sectors. The company was founded by Pascal Mertens in 2012 and is headquartered in Roosdaal, Belgium.

INVESTSUD SA (INVESTSUD) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1983. Investsud SA is headquartered in Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium.

Caselia SA is a Belgian company that specializes in real estate property development and building construction services. The private company is based in Oudergem, Belgium and has subsidiaries in France. Caselia was founded in 2007 and Louis Amory has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Seventure Partners SA (Seventure) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Natixis SA founded in 1997. Seventure Partners SA is headquartered in Paris.

Etablissementen Adriaens SA engages in the operation of a slaughterhouse for pork and beef processing. The company was founded on November 17, 1960 and is headquartered in Zottegem, Belgium.

NeuVasQ Biotechnologies SA develops pharmaceutical products to treat neurological disorders by repairing neurovascular function. The company is based in Gosselies, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2021 by Benoit Vanhollebeke.

Inhatarget Therapeutics is a Belgian company that is developing targeted inhalation formulations to improve treatment for severe respiratory diseases, with a first focus on lung cancer. The company is based in Brussels, Belgium. The company is currently conducting clinical trials in 5 hospitals. The company's main objective is to create an inhaled chemotherapy for the treatment of lung cancer.

Theodorus Investment Funds is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Part of Maatschappij voor Roerend Bezit van de Boerenbond CVBA, Aktiefinvest CVBA is a Belgian company that provides real estate services. The company is based in Louvain, Belgium and was founded in 1990.

Aveve NV supplies agricultural and horticultural products. The firm specializes in farming industry, retail, agriculture, horticulture and animal feed. The company was founded by John F. Mellaerts on July 20, 1890 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Graftys SA designs, manufactures and markets calcium phosphate-based synthetic bone substitutes to the global orthopedic and dental surgery markets. Its research and development projects include injectable and resorbable synthetic bone substitutes, biological repair of cartilage and of the spine, as well as bone substitutes combined with pharmaceutical agents. The company was founded by Jean Marc Ferrier, Alain Valet, Jean-Michel Bouler and Aurélien Valet in September 2005 and is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Diversigen, Inc. provides microbiome and metagenomics services. The firm also offers data analysis, focused on solutions to improve human and animal health, environmental conditions and agriculture production worldwide. It offers metagenomics, single organism genome, microbial RNA, and viral metagenomics sequencing services. The company was founded by Joseph F. Petrosino in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of SC Group, Inc., Stonehaven Consulting AG is a Swiss company that provides life sciences management consulting services. The company is based in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. The company was founded in 2015 by George C. Gunn, Paddy Holahan. The CEO is Matthias Manuel Hofer.

Nuritas Ltd. provides bioinformatics technology services. It offers products for human health and nutrition, cosmetics and personal care, animal health and nutrition. The firm’s disruptive approach to discovery combines artificial intelligence and DNA analysis to data-mine billions of molecules. The company was founded by Nora Khaldi and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

PHARMAQ AS operates as a veterinary pharmaceutical company. It provides health products to the global aquaculture industry. The company was founded on July 23, 2004 and is headquartered in Overhalla, Norway.