Emir Aboulhosn

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.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Morgan Stanley Venture Partners (MSVP) is a venture capital firm subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Merchant Banking, which is ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD) founded in 1986.The firm is headquartered in New York.

Alida, Inc. develops cloud-based customer intelligence platform. Its services include insight community planning, community management, and community research. The company was founded by Andrew Iain Reid in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

TELUS Global Ventures (TELUS Global Ventures) is a venture capital operating division of TELUS Corp. (TSX: T) founded in 2001 by Mathew George. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Second City Capital Partners (SCCP) is a private equity firm founded in 2004, located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

LifeSciences British Columbia is a non-profit organization, which engages in supporting and representing the life science community through leadership, investment, advocacy, and promotion. It ensures that no life sciences sector is working in isolation and that all sectors come together in a comprehensive, complementary, and coordinated fashion. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Echoing Green, Inc. provides seed funding and technical assistance to emerging social entrepreneurs with ideas for social change. The firm offers a fellowship program that provides seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs; open society black male achievement fellowship, a program for improving the life outcomes of black men and boys in the United States through social entrepreneurship; and works on purpose, a career training program. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Moj.io, Inc. develops cloud-connected devices for cars and apps for smart phones. It offers open platform and motion app products. It serves the wireless carriers and automakers industries. The company was founded by David Shore, Richard Woodruff, Narayan Sainaney and Jay Giraud in 2012 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Alaya Care, Inc. provides home healthcare software services. Its service platform software provides an integrated solution that combines back office functions such as scheduling, invoicing, and time and attendance, with clinical documentation and a suite of mobile solutions for care workers and family members. The firm provides client and family portals, remote patient monitoring, tele health and mobile care worker functionality. The company was founded by Adrian Schauer and Neil Grunberg in 2014 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

RecapHealth Ventures provides investment services. The Canadian company was founded by Richard Osborn.

Integrate.ai, Inc. provides platform for to train AI-enabled solutions that drive customer engagement and revenue growth. The company was founded by Steve Irvine in January 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Medstack, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare applications. It empowers hospitals and other healthcare enterprises to onboard more digital innovations faster, by helping application developers meet privacy, security and interoperability expectations up front, before information technology diligence even starts. The company was founded by Balaji Gopalan and Simon Woodside in April 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.