Jürg Eckhardt

Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc. provided radiation therapy and medical services. The company was founded by Eric R. Meier, Alfred G. Merriweather and Steve Tallman in 1999 and was headquartered in Seattle, WA.

TargeGen, Inc. manufactures vascular biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded by David A. Cheresh and Peter G. Ulrich in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, 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.

NeurogesX, Inc. developed and commercialized novel pain management therapies. The company was founded by Wendye R. Robbins on May 28, 1998 and was headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Global Life Science Ventures AG (GLSV-Switzerland) is the Swiss office of the independent venture capital firm which was founded in 1996 with the support of Dr. Stefan Engelhorn. One of the first European venture capital firms to focus exclusively on the life science industry, GLSV-Switzerland advises and manages funds for leading European banks, insurance companies, funds-of-funds and family offices. In addition to their office in Zug, the firm has an office in Munich, Germany. The two offices act as one team with a global perspective, concentrating on their German-speaking home markets and pursuing international partnering opportunities, including investments in the US. GLSV-Switzerland is sensitive to investing in companies with technological or bioethical issues which are still the object of public debate and advises potential investee companies to adhere to core ethical values published in official publications.

Lumavita AG is a specialty biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bring to market innovative anti-infectives for women's health. Based in Basel, Switzerland, Lumavita was recently financed by a syndicate, lead by Atlas Venture, with CHF18 million (EUR11 million). The company has one product under regulatory review in Switzerland and two further projects in clinical development.

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.