Andy M. Shrago

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Prodesse, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes reagents for infectious disease agents. The company's products include Pro hMPV, for detection of human metapneumovirus; ProPneumo-1 that is for detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae and chlamydophila pneumoniae; ProPertussis, for detection of bordetella pertussis; ProGastro Cd for detection of toxigenic strains of clostridium difficile and Pro hMPV+, for detection of human metapneumovirus. It was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Waukesha, WI

Lucigen Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of biomedical research products and services. The firm offers products for array-based analysis; cloning kits and vectors; competent cells; enzymes; in vitro transcription; next gen sequencing (NGS); nucleic acid extraction and purification; PCR and amplification; protein expression; and transposon mutagenesis. It also provides NGS and custom competent cell services. The company was founded by David Mead and Thomas W. Schoenfeld in 1998 and is headquartered in Middleton, WI.

Proxim Diagnostics Corp. develops and manufactures handheld immune diagnostic devices. It also provide tests for critical care and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Mikhail Briman and Vikram Joshi and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

NeoClone Biotechnology International LLC engages in the production and supply of monoclonal antibody products. The firm offers antibodies to bacterial transcription proteins, RNA polymerase II, bacterial toxins, eukaryotic transcription proteins, neural proteins, cancer proteins, cardiac biomarkers, and interferon gamma, as well as offers cancer antibodies and Softag products. It provides contract monoclonal antibodies for companies and individual researchers, as well as for university and industry researchers. The company was founded in 1999 by Mark Jackson, Donal Kaehler, David Largaspaeda and Deven McGlenn and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Part of General Electric Co., GE Healthcare Finland Oy is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets medical imaging, information technologies, medical diagnostics and patient monitoring systems. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland.

PinPoint Software, Inc. develops expiration date management software. Its solutions include Date Check Pro and Taskle. The company was founded by Andrew Hoeft and Andrew Shell and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation /Venture Capital/ is a Venture capital, subsidiary of Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation Inc founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.