Kenneth G. Nesmith

Flagship Pioneering (Flagship Pioneering) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Ed M Kania and Noubar B Afeyan. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

LS Dissolution, Inc. engages in the production of petroleum replacement products and industrial chemicals. It offers chemical and fuel products. The company was founded by George M. Church, Christopher Somerville, Noubar B. Afeyan and Jay D. Keasling in 2005 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Formation8 Partners LLC (Formation8) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Brian Koo, and Jim Kim. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Adnexus engages in the development of Adnectins biologics and medicines in the United States. The company was founded by Frank D. Lee on September 16, 2002 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Gen9, Inc. engages in the development of synthetic biology technologies. It transforms synthetic biology by creating technologies to increase innovation within several industries including biopharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and bio-fuels. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson, George Church and Drew Endy in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ONEHOPE, Inc. engages in the production and selling of wine and coffee. Its brands include viaONEHOPE, Estate8, and Foundation. The company was founded by Jacob Kloberdanz, Thomas Leahy, Blake Petty, Brandon Hall, Tiffany Wojtkiewicz, Sarah Gora McPeake, Logan W. Allin and Kristen Lyn Shroyer in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Midori USA, Inc. develops cellulosic technology for conversion of biomass to fuels. It offers biomass barrier technology that melts and digests biomass into sugars with a solid, recyclable catalyst. The company was founded by J. M. Geremia and Brian Baynes in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Rohm & Haas Co. develops and manufactures specialty chemicals, paints, adhesives, and materials. The company was founded by Otto Röhm and Otto Haas on September 1, 1909 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of RTX Corp., Goodrich Customer Services, Inc. is a company that supplies aerospace components. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Addepar, Inc. provides platform for wealth management. Its solutions include RIA, family office, private bank, broker-dealer, and integrations. The company was founded by Jason Mirra and Joseph Lonsdale in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Zanbato, Inc. develops and operates proprietary web technology for project finance and infrastructure investment. Its products include professional branding, consolidated marketing, targeted distribution, insightful analytics, efficient execution, and organized recordkeeping. The company was founded by Kevin Leung, Joseph Lonsdale, Ryan J. Orr, Knut Nicolai Sand, Daniel Scott Kline Settel and R. J. Walsh in 2010 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

PayPal, Inc. provides online payment services. It facilitates people to send money through PayPal account balances, bank accounts, PayPal Credit and credit cards. The company?s digital wallet assists to perform online transactions, in store and mobile devices. It?s a global payments platform, which offer withdraws funds and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in multiple currencies. The company was founded by Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, Yu Pan, Peter Andreas Thiel, Max R. Levchin and Elon Reeve Musk in December 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Radius Intelligence, Inc. provides marketing software solutions. It offers data stewardship, outbound marketing and prospecting, lead-scoring, and account-based marketing. The company was founded by Adrian Druzgalski, T. Noah Hayes, and Darian Shirazi in October 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BetterWorks Systems, Inc. operates a platform which engages in cross-functionally align workforces. It offers consumer-grade design, contextual feeds, push notifications, and summary emails. The company was founded by Di Wu, Paul Reeves and Kris Duggan in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

OpenGov, Inc. provides cloud-based financial transparency and performance intelligence solutions. The firm?s solutions include opengov intelligence, comparisons, and transparency. The company was founded by Joseph Lonsdale, Michael Rosengarten, Zachary Bookman and Nate Levine in 2012 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Anduin Transactions, Inc. engages in the development of software technology. It offers iyts solutions to the venture capital firms, law firms, and startups. The company was founded by Alin Bui and Joseph Lonsdale and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Gatsby Labs, Inc. develops a collaborative events planning platform. The company is based in Austin, TX. The company was founded by Chris Zelazo, Zach Rivkin, and Michael Zuccarino. Zach Rivkin has been the CEO since incorporation.

Seasteading Institute is a private company that aims to reimagine civilization by building floating cities with significant political autonomy. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded by Patri Friedman. The company believes that nearly half of the world's surface is unclaimed by any nation-state, and many coastal nations can legislate seasteads in their territorial waters.

Part of Addepar, Inc., Real Capital Innovation, Inc. develops software for the wealth management industry. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company was founded by Maria Rioumine, Ashby Monk, Kanishk Parashar. Kanishk Parashar has been the CEO since incorporation. Real Capital Innovation was acquired by Addepar, Inc. on January 07, 2021.

Epirus, Inc. operates as a venture-backed startup that builds modern defense systems. The company was founded by Joseph Lonsdale, Grant Verstandig, John Tenet, Bo Marr, and Max Mednik and is headquartered in Hawthorne , CA.

Esper Regulatory Technologies, Inc. provides cloud-based software to manage the end-to-end policymaking process. Its products include collaborative policymaking, operational visibility, data-driven analysis, and stakeholder engagement. The company was founded by Maleka Momand, Lilli Oetting, Joseph Lonsdale, and Taylor Lonsdale and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Terminal, Inc. engages in the provision of a platform that allows tech companies to build remote engineering teams. The company was founded by Jack Abraham, Luke Finney, Joseph Lonsdale, and Dylan Serota in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Nylas, Inc. operates as email platform and infrastructure company. It develops a cloud based platform for email, calendars, and contacts. The company was founded by Michael Grinich, Gleb Polyakov, and Christine Spang in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Shogun Enterprises, Inc. operates as financial services company currently operating in stealth mode. The company was founded by Joe Lonsdale and Anthony Ghosn and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Eight Enterprises LLC (8VC) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Joseph T. Lonsdale. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Project Affinity, Inc. operates a customer relationship management platform built for firms centered around managing complex relationships and deal flow pipelines. It develops applications to analyze and organize professional relationships. The company was founded by Joe Lonsdale, Ray Zhou, and Shubham Goel in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Strive for College provides education services. Its mentoring team works for one hour online weekly for up to 3 semesters. The company was founded by Michael Carter in 2007 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.

Illumio, Inc. engages in the provision of virtualization and cloud security solutions. It offers micro-segmentation, visibility, migration, and compliance and risk solutions. The company was founded by Andrew E. Rubin, P. J. Kirner and Alan Stokol in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Valicor Environmental Services LLC engages in the provision of wastewater treatment services. It offers industrial fluid reclamation, corn oil extraction, centralized waste treatment, consumer packaged goods products destruction, and advanced separations and recovery. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Monroe, OH.