John LaMattina

Gelesis, Inc. operates as a consumer-centered biotherapeutics company, which engages in the development of novel therapies to induce weight loss and metabolic disorders. Its commercial product portfolio includes Plenity, an FDA-cleared product to aid in weight management, as well as potential therapies in development for patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease /Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis, and Functional Constipation. The company was founded by Yishai Zohar in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Decision Options LLC is a privately held, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Groton, Connecticut. The firm was founded by Gill Eapen in 2001 to initially provide consultation and software for real estate valuation and portfolio management. They expanded the firm’s services to include investment advisory services for individual and institutional clients, thereafter.

Puretech Health LLC (PureTech Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of PureTech Health Plc founded in 2000 by Daphne Zohar, Robert Langer and Ben Shapiro. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of Pfizer Inc., Pfizer (St. Louis) is a private company that provides research services in prescription medicines for humans and animals. The company is based in Chesterfield, MO.

Vedanta Biosciences, Inc. develops microbial therapies that address the human immune system. It engages in the development of a new class of drugs that work by modulating the human microbiome, with an initial emphasis in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Ruslan Medzhitov, Alexander Rudensky, Brett Finlay, Kenya Honda, Dan Littman, Bernat Olle and David Steinberg in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ziarco Pharma Ltd. provides therapeutics targeting inflammatory and allergic diseases. It focuses on chronic inflammatory skin diseases, atopic dermatitis, and Psoriasis. The company was founded by Michael Yeadon, Wai Leung Liu, Lynn Worth Purkins and Arif Kassam Shivji in 2012 and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

Alivio Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies to treat inflammatory disorders through targeted disease immunomodulation. The company was founded by Robert S. Langer, Jeffrey Karp, John LaMattima, Brian Leuthner, Bennett Shapiro, Eric Elenko, Joep Muijrers, and Stephen Muniz and is headquartered in Boston, MA.