Robin J. Schmidt

ViaCyte, Inc. develops a stem cell-derived islet replacement therapy for the treatment of diabetes. Its development portfolio includes VC-01 product candidate, a cell replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Welltok, Inc. is a consumer activation solutions company that improves people's total wellbeing. It offers proprietary data, advanced analytics, software-as-a-service software, and professional services to engage consumers in personalized and rewarding ways to drive action. The company was founded Jeff Cohen, Carlos C. Cardona, Scott Rotermund, Chris Rotermund, Christopher Coloian, Stanley J. Nowak III, Paulo Matos, Patrick D. Mize, and John DiBiasi in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Millendo Therapeutics US, Inc. engages in the development of novel treatment for adrenal cancer. It focuses on developing a portfolio of disease-modifying treatments for endocrine disorders caused by hormone dysregulation. The company was founded by Raili E. Kerppola, Julia C. Owens, and Gary D. Hammer in January 2012 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

TPG Capital LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 1992 by William S. Price and James George Coulter. The firm is headquartered in Fort Worth with additional offices in London and São Paulo.

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.

The Scripps Research Institute is a private, non-profit research organizations that performs basic biomedical research in molecular & cellular biology, chemistry, immunology and neuroscience. They receive the majority of its funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The organization also partners with pharmaceutical companies and is affiliated with the Scripps hospital group. The organization was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

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.

TPG Growth LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of TPG Capital Advisors LLC founded in 2000 by William E. McGlashan and Michael Guthrie. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, United States with additional office in London, United Kingdom.

QUALCOMM Ventures (QUALCOMM Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of QUALCOMM, Inc. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Part of Biogen, Inc., Biogen Idec, Inc. (North Carolina) is a pharmaceutical company based in Durham, NC. The company develops pharmaceutical products. Michel Pericles Vounatsos has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical products, It offers a pipeline of new anti-endocrine therapies targeting the biology of hormone resistant cancers. The company was founded by Charles L. Sawyers and Michael Jung on May 1, 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SENTÉ, Inc. provides skin care products. The firm's products include Daily Repair Complex, Neck Firming and Redness Control Complex creams. It offers dermal repair cream for people of various age groups and skin types for enhancing the skin tone, texture, elasticity, and overall appearance. The company serves customers through dermatologists and physicians in the United States. Sente was founded by Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos and Marios Fotiadis in 2007 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developes biopharmaceutical products for the treatment of estrogen receptor dependent breast cancer. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Currax Holdings LLC, Pernix Sleep, Inc. is an American company that provides insomnia treatment services. The company is based in New Jersey, NJ. Founded in 2003.

Sionna Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage life sciences company located in Natick, MA. The company is dedicated to developing highly effective and differentiated treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF) by normalizing the function of CFTR, the key protein associated with disease progression in CF. Sionna is advancing a pipeline of small molecules engineered to correct the protein defects caused by ?F508, the most common mutation that affects the CFTR protein. The company has a first-in-class portfolio of programs directly targeting correction of ?F508-CFTR, the key and unique mechanism to enable full restoration of ?F508-CFTR function, and complementary programs targeting ICL4 and more. The CEO of the company is Michael Cloonan.

Vertex Ventures HC (Vertex Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

dRx Capital AG (dRx Capital) is a investment arm of Novartis AG founded in 2015 by Valencia Rick. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

FS Investors (FS I) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Mike Stone. The firm is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. engages in the provision of neurological treatment services. It offers technologies for patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell-based therapies. The company was founded by Jeanne Loring and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.