André Proulx

HBM Partners AG (HBM-P) was established in 2001 as an independent provider of investment advisory services with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. HBM-P's field of expertise comprises global human medicine, biotechnology, medical technology and related sectors. The firm primarily advises HBM BioVentures AG and HBM BioCapital via their Cayman Islands-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, HBM Partners (Cayman) Ltd., which acts as the investment manager for the HBM funds. They rely on the services of an external consultant to analyze investment opportunities in the US.

StartAngels Network operates as a platform for business angel investors. Its angle investors invest directly in the start-up companies, coach them, and provide useful contacts. The company was founded by Peter H. Müller in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

AOT AG develops and manufactures robotic surgery equipment. Its technologies include laser photoablation, navigation, planning, and image tools, and real time controlling systems. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

MTIP AG (MTIP) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

credentis ag designs, develops, manufactures, and markets dental devices. The firm offers CURODONT. The company was founded by Dominik A. Lysek in January 2010 and is headquartered in Windisch, Switzerland.

Peripal AG engages in the development and commercialization of aid for the dialysis. It offers PeriSafe a novel patient assist device for the safe and easy connection in Peritoneal Dialysis. The company was founded by Sandra Neumann in 2015 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

BC Platforms AG provides powerful genomic data management and analysis solutions. It offers pharmaceutical, biobank, healthcare and academia products. The company was founded by Timo Kanninen in 1997 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Advanced Osteotomy Tools-AOT AG develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and tools for bone-cutting. Its device combines three-dimensional (3D) pre-operative planning and a navigation system with a miniaturized laser mounted on a robotic arm. The company was founded by Alfredo E. Bruno, Philippe Cattin, Philipp Jürgens, and Hans-Florian Zeilhofer in 2011 and is headquartered in Allschwil, Switzerland.

Leman Micro Devices SA engages in the development of sensor and software systems that measures blood pressure, body temperature, blood oxygen saturation, heart rate and respiration rate in smartphone. The company was founded by Chris Elliott and Mark-Eric Jones in 2010 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

YouRehab AG creates interactive therapy systems for neurological motor disorders. It offers YouGrabber, an all-in-one upper limb rehabilitation product for arms and fingers, which trains patients at peak intensity using rehabilitation gaming to enahcne clinical outcomes; YouKicker, a lower limb rehabilitation product for legs and feet. The company was founded by Oliver Ullmann, Kynan Eng, Edith Chevrier, Lisa Holper, Daniel Kiper, Pawal Pyk and Ewa Siekierka in April 2010 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Cylene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers, develops and commercializes small molecule drugs. It develops molecule drugs to treat life-threatening diseases, with a particular emphasis in oncology. The firm drug discovery platform, STAND has delivered a diverse portfolio of drug candidates that target the multiple pathways critical for the support, maintenance of cancer cells and that address unmet medical needs with substantial markets. The company was founded in 1997 by Thomas James Farrell and Daniel Douglas Von Hoff and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TeGenero AG discovers and develops novel therapeutics. It is a biopharmaceutical company providing services in the identification and development of effective and applicable therapeutics for the treatment of severe immunological disorders. It's first development candidate TGN1412, a SuperMAB with specificity for the T cell surface receptor CD28 is in non-clinical development. Clinical applications of SuperMAB and its derived compounds are expected to solve unmet medical needs in the fields of cancer-related immunodeficiencies such as B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Wurzburg, Germany.