Jolene Shorr

Advent International LP (Advent) is an independent private equity firm founded in 1984 by Henry H. Haight. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cytyc Prenatal Products Corp. provides products for the diagnosis of pregnancy related and female reproductive disorders. The company also designs, develops, and manufactures women health care products. It was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA

Corixa Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops and manufactures oncology and immunology products. The firm offers vaccines, immunotherapeutic, monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics, adjuvant and antigen delivery systems, toxin-conjugated, and antigen-specific diagnostic products. The company was founded by Steven H. Gillis and Mark McDade in 1994 and is headquartered in Hamilton, MT.

Tensys Medical, Inc. develops blood pressure monitoring systems. The firm provides patient safety by designing, and manufacturing continuous, non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring systems. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Expresso Fitness Corp. develops and manufactures cardio fitness systems. Its customers include YMCA, Crunch, Healthtrax, and Club Sport. The firm manufactures fitness bicycles that incorporate interactive and virtural reality programs. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Devicescape Software, Inc. engages in the provision of Wi-Fi beacon network that delivers consumer presence detection to app and SDK publishers. It offers presence, engage, and connect solutions. The company was founded by Simon Barber, Roy Petruschka, and Eduardo deCastro in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

VantagePoint Management, Inc. (VantagePoint) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Alan Edward Salzman, James D. Marver. The firm is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with additional office in Beijing, China.

AgResearch Ltd. engages in research and development activities in the pastoral sector. It offers NaturOTM analgesia system, CARLA Saliva Test, WormFEC and MicroManual products. Its services include bioinformatics, development engineering, farms and deoxyribonucleic acid testing laboratory. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand.

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

Gilead Connecticut, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals and biotechnology chemicals. The firm develops a pipeline of small molecule therapeutics for multiple oncology and immunology-based indications. It focuses on the development of novel kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Ascenta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for cancer. Its core technology consists of agents designed to re-establish the natural program of apoptosis (cell death) in abnormal cancer cells. Its has three small molecule programs against distinct apoptosis targets: Bcl-2 (AT-101 – an oral pan-Bcl2 inhibitor), IAP (AT-406 – an oral multi-IAP inhibitor) and HDM2. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Marc E. Lippman, and Shaomeng Wang on June 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Pacific Venture Group (PVG) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in Encino, California.

Novartis Bioventure Fund focuses on companies operating in the field of life science technology. The geographical focus includes the US, Canada, UK and Switzerland. The fund invests in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical device products. It invests in all stages of financing and also invests in mezzanine transactions.

Innovis Investment Partners LLC (Innovis Investment Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of QIC Ltd. founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Anteis SA modifies and functionalizes injectable hyaluronic acid for medical applications. The firm serves in Asthetic dermatology. The company was founded by Gilles Bos Gilles in March 2003 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.

swiss smile Holding AG operates as a holding company with interests in operates a chain of dental clinics. It offers treatments in the areas of aesthetic dentistry, bleaching, implantology, orthodontic, oral surgery, endodontic, pediatric dentistry, periodontology, professional teeth cleaning, bad breath, prosthetic, tooth-colored filling, teeth grinding, general anesthetic, and emergency aspects. The firm also provides whitening toothpastes, herbal toothpastes, whitening toothbrushes, soft toothbrushes, waxed dental tapes, and interdental brushes. The company was founded by Haleh Abivardi Brönner and Golnar Abivardi Signer in 2006 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Bellevue Asset Management (Venture Capital) is the venture capital arm of Bellevue Asset Management AG, a subsidiary of Bellevue Group AG (SW: BBN) headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1993.

UPMC Enterprises (UPMC Enterprises) is a venture capital subsidiary of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

UC San Diego Foundation specializes in obtaining private gifts in support of research, teaching, and public service, as well as engages in management of gift assets. The company is was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

NoniGenex, Inc. provides diagnostic services. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The CEO of the company is Drew E. Senyei.