Frans Stassen

Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of vaccines for infectious disease and cancer. Its programs focus on a novel lipid nanocapsule platform technology for delivering vaccines in a form mimicking the structure of pathogens to elicit potent immunity in prophylactic and therapeutic settings. The company was founded by Satish Jindal and Darrell Irvine on August 10, 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Combined Therapeutics, Inc. engages in biotechnology industry group. The company was founded by Romain Micol, Robert Langer, and Dan Anderson in and is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Cadent Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel small molecule therapeutics to treat schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders. It focuses on modulating synaptic plasticity, the mechanism through which the brain builds and evolves the synaptic networks that carry out cognitive functions such as learning and memory. The company was founded by Kollol Pal, Frank S. Menniti, and Bertrand Leo Chenard in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ocuterra Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures drug products. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Schooner Capital LLC (Schooner Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1971 by Vin Ryan. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

DailyFeats, Inc. engages in the provision of a health-as-a-service platform. It offers an end-to-end operating system for benefits that includes a marketplace, a comprehensive benefits administration system, and a mobile platform where employees access everything benefits-related, navigate the healthcare system, and manage their health and wealth. The company was founded by Veer Gidwaney and Vinay Gidwaney on June 26, 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

Apeiron Partners LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by Jeffrey D. Wager.

Intelligent Medical Devices, Inc. engages in the designs development and manufacture of platform-agnostic, regulatory-cleared molecular diagnostic tests. The company was founded by Alice A. Jacobs Nesselrodt in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Emerald Cloud Lab, Inc. provides biotechnology services. It offers Emerald Cloud Laboratory, a life sciences laboratory that scientists can remotely access via the internet where automated robotics conduct experiments exactly as specified by the user. The company was founded by Daniel Jerome Kleinbaum and Brian M. Frezza in 2010 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

SeLux Diagnostics, Inc. develops universal synthetic amplifier technology equipment. The firm offers Next Generation Phenotyping (NGP) platform that promises to transform infectious disease patient treatment by dramatically increasing the speed and accuracy with which targeted, personalized antibiotic therapies can be prescribed. The company was founded by Eric Stern and Aleksander Vacic in 2014 and is headquartered in Charlestown, MA.

Censinet, Inc. develops a third-party risk management platform. It is specifically built for healthcare providers. The company was founded by Edward Gaudet in September 2017 and is headquartered in Winchester, MA.

DAFCA, Inc. develops programmable IP, embedded security for system and device assurance, and software solutions that automate and accelerate ASIC and FPGA validation. The company was established in 2003 and it is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

Zixi LLC engages in the provision of content delivery at satellite and fiber operating metrics with internet based economic solutions. It operates in the following segments: Broadcast Media, sports and live events, house if worship, and over the top. The firm’s solutions include contribution, distribution, processing, and mobile content. The company was founded by Israel Drori and Uri Avni in 2006 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

RailComm LLC provides software-based rail automation solutions. It offers smart monitoring and analysis, yard automation, and computer-aided dispatching. The firm also technical support and hosted solutions. The company was founded by Joseph M. Denny in 1999 and is headquartered Fairport, New York.

ScaleMP, Inc. provides virtualization solutions for high-end computing. Its products include vSMP Foundation Free, vSMP Foundation, vSMP Foundation Advanced Platform, Memory Expansion, System Expansion, Selective Scaling, Product Comparison and Configurator. The firm offers solutions that include in-memory computing, shared-memory computing, on-demand computing, consolidated computing and accelerated-computing. ScaleMP was founded by Shai Fultheim and Herbert Zlotogorski in 2003 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ.

Workbrain Corp. provides workforce management solutions. It provides workforce planning, scheduling & absence, technology & architecture and data collection solutions. It also offers client support, educational and professional services. The company was founded by David Ossip in 1999 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Wyeth LLC develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceuticals and biological substances. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

Part of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd., Clal Life Sciences (CLS) LP is a venture capital fund.

Colospan Ltd. operates as a clinical stage and medical device company that develops a technology for colorectal surgery to prevent the profound clinical and economic pains associated with colorectal anastomotic leaks and diverting stomas. The company was founded by Boaz Assaf in December 2010 and is headquartered in Kfar Saba, Israel.

FDNA, Inc. develops phenotype applications. The private company is based in Boston, MA.

Pi-Cardia Ltd. develops catheter for the treatment of aortic stenosis. Its technology is based on delivering mechanical impact for creating fractures in valve calcifications, without injuring the surrounding soft tissue. The company was founded by Eyal Kolka and Erez Golan in 2009 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Biokine Therapeutics Ltd. Is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of biotechnologies for the treatment of cancer. It conducts a pre-clinical and clinical drug research that targets the tumor microenvironment of cancer cells. The company was founded by Amnon Peled in 2000 and is headquartered in Rehovot, Israel.

Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. (Clal Biotechnology Industries) is a venture capital division of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. founded in 1993. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Amdocs (Israel) Ltd. provides information solutions to the communications industry worldwide. It offers customer care, billing, and order management systems for communications and Internet services providers; and business support systems for directory publishing companies. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Variance Economic Consulting Ltd. engages in the provision of financial, economic, and business consulting services. Its services include economic consulting for financial reporting purposes, project financing, and expert opinion. The company was founded by Ram Levy in 2002 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Hydra Biosciences, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It is focused in major therapeutic areas, which include pain, inflammation, renal, anxiety, and pulmonary diseases. The company was founded by Laurie Bartlett Keating, Dean Y. Li, David E. Clapham, and Mark T. Keating in 2001 and is headquartered in Belmont, MA.

Polyheal Ltd. provides wound healing products. The company was founded by Vladimir Ritter and Dov Reichman in 1996 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Campus Bio Management Ltd. engages in the development of biopharmaceuticals and medical devices licensed from academic institutes for cancer and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in May 2008 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.