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Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (Virginia Innovation Partnership) is a private equity/venture capital non-profit operating division of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

HemoShear Therapeutics LLC engages in the development of human-relevant systems for applications in drug research and development. It creates human relevant systems that replicate the biology of organ systems and diseases throughout drug discovery and development. The firm's technology imposes human-derived hemodynamic forces on human primary cells to recreate human biology. The company was founded by Brian R. Wamhoff and Brett R. Blackman in 2008 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

TechLab, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes rapid non-invasive intestinal diagnostics. It focuses on enteric disease and microbiology of the intestinal tract, and scope of study includes markers of intestinal inflammation, the toxins of Clostridium difficile, amebiasis, and vaccine development. It offers diagnostic tests for colitis, parasitology, intestinal inflammation, and Shiga toxins of enterohemorrhagic E. coli. The company was founded by Tracy Wilkins in 1989 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

University of Akron provides public research education. Its programs include under graduate studies, graduate studies, international studies, law, and continuing education. The company was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Akron, OH.

Inova Health System provides health care services. It operates a network of hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care physician practices, emergency and urgent care centers, home health care, mental health and blood donor services, wellness classes, and more. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Falls Church, VA.

The International Biomedical Research Alliance supports the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program and associated global Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. training programs based in the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society is a national medical honor society founded in 1902. The non-profit company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The society's mission is to foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, and supporting the improvement of care for all.

National Institutes Of Health conducts & supports peer-reviewed medical research and science. The firm's scientists & researchers investigate on different ways to prevent diseases as well as the causes, treatments and cures for common and rare diseases. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

National Cancer Institute provides healthcare services. It specializes in different cancer treatment such as adrenocortical carcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, cardiac tumors, endometrial cancer, and gallbladder cancer. The company was founded in March 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. promotes activities to reduce cancer risk, enable early detection, facilitate better access to treatment and hasten the discovery. Its programs include CEO cancer gold standard, life sciences consortium and project data sphere. The company was founded by George H. W. Bush in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

PierianDx, Inc. provides genomic software and services. It develops a platform to manage, analyze, and interpret complex genomic tests for clinical laboratories across the United States. The firm?s genomics software platform, Clinical Genomicist Workstation (CGW), provides data-driven workflow for health systems, academic medical centers, and commercial labs to improve patient outcomes through genomic analysis, interpretation and reporting. The company was founded by Jeffrey D. Milbrandt, Karen Seibert, John D. Pfeifer, Herbert W. Virgin, and Rakesh Nagarajan in 2014 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Harpoon Medical, Inc. develops surgical services. It offers an image-guided, minimally invasive surgical tool for mitral valve repair that enables surgeons to access and repair the mitral valve in a beating heart via a small incision between the ribs without the need for cardiac arrest or cardiopulmonary bypass. The company was founded by James S. Gammie and Peter Wilson in July 2013 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Avenu Medical, Inc. develops and manufactures image-guided catheter system. Its Ellipsys Vascular Access System is an investigational device that is used to create an arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis access. The company was founded by Jeffrey Hull, Steve H. Parker, Mark A. Ritchart, and Ed L. Chang in 2010 and is headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, CA.

Arsenal Capital Management LP (Arsenal Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Arsenal Capital Group LLC founded in 2000 by Terrence M. Mullen and Jeffrey B. Kovach. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Boston Scientific is a manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional medical specialties. The company is headquartered in Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France.

MASA Life Science Ventures (MASA Life Science Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Andrew Sinclair Dunlop. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Epidarex Capital Partners LLC (Epidarex Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Kyparissia Sirinakisvin. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Aclaris Life Sciences, Inc. operates as a technology-based company which focuses on rational drug design to identify novel drugs for cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. It also engages in design and development of kinase inhibitors that target key enzymes involved in the regulation of cancer growth, survival and metastasis in modulations of chronic inflammation. The company was founded by Joseph B. Monahan, Gabriel Mbalaviele and Shaun R. Selness in 2010 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Epsilogen Ltd. engages in the development of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to treat cancer. The firm offers IGEG platform technology based on combining the power of IgE and Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody molecules. The company was founded by Sophia Karagiannis and James Spicer and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Blaylock Beal Van LLC (BBV) is a full service minority-owned investment banking and financial services company headquartered in New York City. The firm was formerly known as Blaylock Robert Van LLC. In 2007, Blaylock Robert Van LLC was formed when Blaylock & Co., an investment bank founded in 1993 by Ronald E. Blaylock, and Robert Van Securities, a financial services firm founded in 1991 by Eric V. Standifer joined forces. In January 2014, Bernard B. Beal, Founder and CEO of M.R. Beal & Co., joined the firm as Chairman, and the firm was renamed Blaylock Beal Van LLC. BBV focuses on the execution of domestic and international equity securities and baskets. Their domestic equity services include listed trading, NASDAQ trading, program trading, direct market access, algorithmic and dark pool access and transition management. Their international equity services include 24 hour global trading, FIX-enabled direct market access and individual stocks and baskets. BBV implements trading strategies globally through a network of brokerage relationships in all European, Latin American and African markets. They specialize in direct execution and step-out trades of international equities. The firm's fixed-income unit focuses on the competitive, cost-effective trading of U.S. Treasury bills, notes, bonds and agency securities.

SIRAKOSS Ltd. develops medical devices. It focuses on synthetic Bone technology. The company was founded in October 2010 by Jordan Christopher Conway, Janet Mabel Scott Gibson, and Iain Ronald Gibson and is headquartered in Aberdeen, the United Kingdom.