Vern Norviel

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC provides legal services. Its services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Apple Tree venture Managemnet LLC (Apple Tree Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Seth Harrison in 1999. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional offices in London, San Francisco and Cambridge.

Perlegen Sciences, Inc. discovers and develops drugs. Its product pipeline consists of targeted drug candidates addressing type II diabetes and dyslipidemia markets. The company's products include PGX-510 and PGX-520. It operates in the United States, European Union, and Japan. Perlegen Sciences was co-founded by Brad A. Margus, David R. Cox, and Stephen P. A. Fodor in 2000 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA

Townsend & Associates, Inc. (Townsend) is an independent, privately owned SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. The firm was founded by Jeffery E. Townsend in 1990. Townsend provides investment advice to individual and institutional clients.

Neuvivo, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company based in an undisclosed location. Neuvivo is dedicated to developing new treatments for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. The American company's lead candidate, NP001, has shown promise in treating ALS with an excellent safety profile. Neuvivo is working to make this treatment broadly available to patients and is dedicated to stopping ALS progression by transforming inflammatory macrophages to control the progression of motor neuron damage. The company was founded by industry leaders and scientists, including Michael S. McGrath, Ari Azhir, and Vern Norviel. Ari Azhir has been the CEO since incorporation.