Daniel L. Chao

IACTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes eyecare products. Its products include IC 265, for dry eye, and IC 270, for allergic conjunctivitis. The company was founded by Damon Burrows, William Pedranti, and George K. Ng in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Aro Biotherapeutics Co. operates as a biotechnology company which focuses on the research and development of a new generation of protein biologics products. It specializes in oncology, drug discovery, drug development, licensing, drug delivery, sirna, immunology, bispecifics, protein conjugation, protein therapeutics and protein engineering services. The company was founded by Karyn O?Neil and Susan Dillon in 2018 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Dropworks, Inc. develops automated platform for performing biological assays. The company was founded by Chris Perkins and Andrew Larsen and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a rare disease biopharmaceutical company. It develops and commercializes pathogenetically targeted therapies for rare genodermatoses with no approved treatments. Its products include QTORIN, PTX-022, PTX-367, and PTX-014. The company was founded by Wesley H. Kaupinen in 2015 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Vala Sciences, Inc. provides a platform for in vitro drug screening. The private company is based in San Diego. The American company's technology is used by premier research institutions, including the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Vala's platform uses proprietary fully automated video cytometry to simultaneously record and measure the effects of drug candidates on human hipscs loaded into well plates.

Zephyrus Biosciences, Inc. provides tools for protein analysis at the single cell level. The firm's products include Z1 instrument, zWest Kits, and scWestern system which enables western blotting on individual cells. Its products are used to gain insights into the biology of cancer, stem cells, neurology, and human disease and development. The company was founded by Kelly Gardner, Amy E. Herr and Joshua Molho in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Context Therapeutics LLC develops novel medicines for hormone responsive cancers. The company was founded by Martin Lehr in 2016 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops broad-spectrum antifungal agents for the treatment of life-threatening fungal infections. The firm's compound APX001, shows broad-spectrum activity in animal models of invasive fungal infection by common species of Candida and Aspergillus. It develops oral and injectable anti-infective drugs, including protease inhibitors and antibiotics. The company was founded by André Marquis, Mitchell W. Mutz and Gerry Crabtree in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. conducts clinical research for early cancer detection and patient monitoring. It offers live cell analysis, automated patch clamping, and circulating tumor cell analysis. The company was founded by Michelle Khine, Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti, and Michael Schwartz in 2006 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

AI Proteins, Inc. is a biotech company based in Andover, MA. AI Proteins is focused on re-imagining protein therapeutics by designing entirely new proteins using an AI-based approach and a high-throughput drug discovery platform. The company's platform enables the development of inexpensive, durable, and highly specific proteins optimized for specific therapeutic applications. These proteins have the potential for oral delivery and can dramatically accelerate the development of lead therapeutic candidates ready for IND-enabling studies. The company was founded by Marc A. Cohen and Christopher Bahl. Noah D. Beerman has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Labcyte, Inc. operates as a biotechnology tools company that manufactures and markets echo liquid handling systems. It offers liquid handling, automation and consumables. The company was founded by Richard Nathan Ellson and Mark D. Fischer-Colbrie and A. Mark Bramwell in October 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Lightbird Ventures AG (Lightbird) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.

S2S Ventures AG (S2S) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Thomas Meier, Cynthia Jurytko and Alexander Ilic. The firm is headquartered in Zurich.

Redalpine Venture Parners AG (Redalpine) is an independent venture capital investment firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2006.

Ellsworth Construction LLC is a family-owned and operated company that provides quality road construction services. The private company is based in Tulsa, OK and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's focus is on being a "total site solution" for their clients' road construction needs. The company was founded in 1974 by Robert Ellsworth and is currently led by CEO William Pedranti.

SCILEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. It acquires late-stage clinical development and sales and marketing of generic and branded generic products. Its product includes ZTlido. The company was founded by Anthony P. Mack and William Pedranti in 2011 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Latham & Watkins LLP operates as a full-service law firm or legal matters. It offers services in the areas of finance, litigation, accounting, banking, life sciences, private equity, real estate, government relations, employment law, and outsourcing. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Zinio LLC operates as a digital publishing technology company. Its product ZINIO PRO converts print magazines to digital content through a SaaS platform that converts PDF to XML. The company was founded by Richard A. Maggiotto, Kevin B. McCurdy and John Kelleher in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Viopas Venture Consulting GmbH (Viopas Venture Consulting) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Simon Jules Nebel. The firm is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

PharmaBiome AG specializes in isolation, characterization, and technology of novel intestinal microbes. It develops and produces microbiome therapies to treat intestinal diseases. The company was founded by Tomas de Wouters and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Novaremed AG operates as a pharmaceutical company. It develops NEB74S, a molecule for the treatment of chronic pain. The company was founded by Eliahu Kaplan in 2008 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

NextRNA Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in drug development services. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2021 by Leon Wert-Lamas, Marc A. Cohen, Julia Novina, Carl Novina, Dominique Verhelle, Kenneth C. Anderson, Robert S. Langer. Dominique Verhelle has been the CEO since 2021.

Advance Partners LLC provides payroll, human resource, insurance and benefits outsourcing solutions. It offers payroll funding, commercial credit, back office operations, and strategic services. The company was founded by Joel E. Adelman in 1998 and is headquartered in Highland Hills, OH.

Madison Technology LLC engages in computer facilities management. The company is headquartered in New York, USA.

AEON Biopharma Sub, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing a proprietary botulinum toxin complex, ABP-450, for debilitating medical conditions, with an initial focus on the neurology and gastroenterology markets. The company was founded by Robert E. Grant on February 24, 2012 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.