Brett Williams

Telegraph Hill Partners Management Co. LLC (Telegraph Hill Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Robert G. Shepler, Thomas A. Raffin and Deval A. Lashkari. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Nimble Therapeutics, Inc. provides drug discovery services using chemical synthesis. It enables the synthesis and screening of peptides, including scaffolded natural and modified macrocyclic peptidomimetics. The company was founded by Jigar Patel and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Helomics Corp. provides cancer care development and treatment consulting services. Its products include chemoFx, biospeciFx, geneFx colon and geneFx lung. It also offers research and development services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

1315 Capital LLC (1315 Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Adele C. Oliva and Michael Koby. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ProSciento, Inc. is a full-service clinical research organization that works with biopharma companies worldwide to support their outsourced clinical research needs. The company is based in Chula Vista, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in providing comprehensive and customized services for multinational, early development clinical trial programs for metabolic continuum diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and steatotic liver disease. ProSciento has conducted over 300 clinical projects and supported the development of many approved metabolic drugs and devices on the market. ProSciento was founded in 2003, and Marcus Hompesch has been the CEO of the company since its inception.

Reaction Biology Corp. specializes in kinase and epigenetic HTS and profiling services. It offers radiolabeled biochemical assays available for multiple enzyme classes including: Kinase Assays, HMT Assays, and HDAC Assays. Its products include Methyltransferase, IDH proteins, Apoptosis, DNA Demethylation, Apoptosis and NQOs. The company was founded by Scott L. Diamond in 2001 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Restorative Therapies, Inc. operates a physiotherapy center. The company is based in Nottingham, MD. The company was founded in 2004 by John W. McDonald and the CEO is Jim Janicki.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Nuron Biotech, Inc. markets and develops vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. It develops novel biologics and vaccines for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative and infectious diseases. The firm is advancing products to meet unmet medical needs in the areas of multiple sclerosis, alzheimer's, hepatitis b and hepatitis c for patients across the globe. The company was founded by Vithalbhai Dhaduk, Shankar Musunuri and David Zeng in 2009 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

TrakCel Ltd. delivers a suite of integrated technologies to orchestrate the cell therapy supply chain for autologous and allogeneic therapies. The firm serves to medical centers, distribution and logistics clients, manufacturers, and therapy owners and trial sponsors/license holders. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

Invisalert Solutions, Inc. provides patient safety solutions. The firm offers ObservSMART, a wristband and software-based q15 minute check tracker that replaces pencil and paper-based forms. It specializes in resolving non-compliance issues in the acute healthcare, corrections, drug delivery, long-term care, youth and special education markets. The company was founded by Regina Widdows, Peter Nagy and Michele Marcolongo on August 20, 2014 and is headquartered in Newtown Square, PA.

Nivagen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development, acquisition and sales of generic prescription drugs and over the counter products for the North American market. The firm focuses in three areas of product development: development and co-development, acquisition and in-licensing, and provides sales and marketing services. The company is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

MedPricer.com, Inc. engages in the provision of of comprehensive e-Sourcing services to the healthcare sector. Its practice solutions have been deployed to reduce the cost of products and services for all areas of the supply chain, purchased services, construction, and capital. The company was founded by Lester Grant in 2008 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Agena Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures and supplies genetic analysis systems and reagents. The firm’s system are mass spectrometry-based platform for genetic analysis, and is used globally in diverse research fields such as cancer profiling for solid tumors and liquid biopsies, inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, agricultural genomics, and clinical research. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Argonaut Manufacturing Services, Inc. engages in providing contract manufacturing in the life science and biotech arena. It offers products launch, scale-up & volume, decline and sunset services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Rhythm Diagnostic Systems, Inc. provides health monitoring solutions. The company was founded by George Golda, Bruce C. O''Neil, Mark Marriott and Sam Eletr in May 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Specific Diagnostics LLC engages in medical technology services. It offers treatment for blood infections. The company was founded by Paul Rhodes and Ray Martino and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Excellos, Inc. is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in San Diego, CA. Excellos is focused on supplying cGMP cellular products and services, as well as process development and manufacturing expertise to scientists and clinicians working with cell and gene therapies. The company is dedicated to improving human life by providing critical products and services to life science research and the next generation of cell and gene therapies. Excellos accelerates cell and gene therapies by improving the quality, breadth, and variance of donor samples, and providing end-to-end cell therapy services. The company's proprietary Excellos 360 technology provides deep characterization of cells to better match patient with therapeutic development needs. The company was founded in 2020 and is led by CEO David Wellis.

Accretive LLC (Accretive) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by Michael Cline. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Healthcare Royalty Management LLC (Healthcare Royalty) is a private equity subsidiary of Cowen, Inc. founded in 2007 by Gregory Brown. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Founded in 1991 by Philip Paul, Paul Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm located in San Francisco with additional offices in New York City, Hong Kong, London, Paris and São Paulo.

Oak Hill Capital Management LLC (Oak Hill Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of OHCM Management LLC founded in 1986 by Robert M. Bass. The firm is headquartered in New York.

J. H. Whitney & Co. LLC operates as an alternative investment manager. The firm provides private equity capital to small and middle market companies. The company was founded by John Hay Whitney in 1946 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

GrayHawk Health Partners, Inc. provides health care and nursing facilities services. The company is based in Chesterbrook, PA. The company was founded in 2014. The CEO is Andrew Henderson.