Kenneth R. Luehrsen

HBM Partners AG (HBM-P) was established in 2001 as an independent provider of investment advisory services with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. HBM-P's field of expertise comprises global human medicine, biotechnology, medical technology and related sectors. The firm primarily advises HBM BioVentures AG and HBM BioCapital via their Cayman Islands-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, HBM Partners (Cayman) Ltd., which acts as the investment manager for the HBM funds. They rely on the services of an external consultant to analyze investment opportunities in the US.

Gilead Colorado, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and markets drugs used for cardiovascular disorders. Their products include discovery of novel therapies and product identification and acquisition. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Westminster, CO.

Gynesonics, Inc. provides medical devices for women's health. It offers VizAblate System for the transcervical treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids under intrauterine ultrasound guidance. The company was founded by Jessica grossman in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

ARMGO Pharma, Inc. discovers and develops novel small-molecule therapeutics. Its product include Rycal Science is an inspiring new direction in therapy for the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; Rycals are small-molecule therapeutics developed in the laboratory. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BioTheryX, Inc. pengages in the development of clinical drugs. It focuses on the restoration of protein homeostasis, including protein degradation and modulation, and multi-kinase inhibition. The company was founded by David I. Stirling and Lawrence Zaslow in 2007 and is headquartered in Chappaqua, NY.

Nimbus Therapeutics LLC provides drug discovery research services. It is a computational technology-driven paradigm to rapidly advance a diverse pipeline of novel small molecule product candidates into clinical development. The company was founded by Bruce Lee Booth in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Pollen, Inc. provides financial services. It provides C2FO market, working capital exchange that allows companies to optimize their working capital positions in a live, bid/ask environment. The firm serves buyers and suppliers who use the market to increase profit and accelerate cash flow between themselves. The company was founded by Alexander C. Kemper and Pete Thomas in May 2010 and is headquartered in Leawood, KS.

AppDirect, Inc. develops end-to-end commerce platform for selling, distributing, and managing cloud-based products and services. It offers AppMarket, AppReseller, AppBilling, and AppDistribution. The company was founded by Nicolas Desmarais, Andy Sen, and Daniel H. Saks in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops medicine for age-related diseases. Its drug discovery platform targets mTORC1, which responds to and integrates the cell’s response to nutrient availability and plays a key role in protein synthesis and cellular growth. The company was founded by Alan L. Crane, David Sabatini and David Goldfarb and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Symbiomix Therapeutics LLC develops medicines for women’s health infections and related diseases. It offers SYM-1219, a drug that contains secnidazole that facilitate administration as a single-dose oral therapy for various women's health infections including bacterial vaginosis. The company was founded by Jack Roberts, Steve Pomerantz and Joseph L. Amprey III in 2012 and is headquartered in Newark, NJ.

Helion Energy, Inc. manufactures power generation technology. It develops power plants that would produce electricity by running a nuclear-fusion reaction whereby atoms merge at extremely high temperatures. The company was founded by David Kirtley, John Slough, Chris Pihl and George Votroubek in 2009 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto.

ESBATech AG develops antibody fragment therapeutics. The firm's antibody fragment is derived from human antibody fragment scaffolds. It develops Immuna, an antigen-independent platform to screen, select, and optimize highly-stable and soluble, single-chain antibody fragments. The company was founded by Dominik Escher in September 1998 and is headquartered Schlieren, Switzerland.

CardiacAssist, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets medical devices. The firm’s products include TandemLife Kit, TandemHeart Kit, TandemLung Kit, ProtekDuo Kit and educational videos. The company was founded by John C. Marous, Jr. and George J. Magovern in 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

i-Optics BV develops and produces eye diagnosis and therapeutic solutions. Its lead product, the EasyScan, that provides non-mydriatic retina imaging camera for the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. The firm engages in the development and marketing of retina and cornea imaging solutions. The company was founded by Michiel Mensink and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Unimicro Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells Liquid Chromatography systems. The private company is based in Pleasanton, CA. The company was founded by Rajeev Dadoo, Yue Wu.

Cell Medica Switzerland AG engages in the research, development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical, biological, medical, and diagnostic products. It provides locally and systemically applied antibody therapeutics under the PENTRA Body platform. The company was founded by Thomas O. Hecht on September 4, 2009 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

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.

Galecto Biotech ApS provides galectin modulators for the treatment of severe diseases, including fibrosis and cancer. Its products include galectin-3 inhibitors, fibrosis and literature. The company was founded by Tariq Sethi, Hans Thalsgard Schambye, Ulf Jorgen Nilsson, and Hakon Leffler in 2011 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Mithril Capital Management LLC (Mithril Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Peter Andreas Thiel and Ajay Royan. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Quantify Labs, Inc. provides a content and analytics platform and builds software for institutional trading desks. Its solutions include desk analyst, sales, management, research and trading. The firm specializes in institutional finance, technology, capital markets, sell side, buy side and SaaS. The company was founded by Blair Livingston in 2012 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Fore Biotherapeutics, Inc. develops tumor specific driver mutations. It offers fully automated live-cell screening from NGS data. The company was founded by Haim Gil-Ad and Yoram Altschuler in 2011 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

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.

Orca Biosystems, Inc. engages in empowering cell therapies by precisely engineering bone marrow transplants (BMT) using rapid clinical cell sorting of human grafts. The company was founded by Nathaniel fernhoff and Ivan K. Dimov and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Senti Biosciences, Inc. develops novel therapeutics. It specializes in thetic biology, gene therapy and cell therapy. The company was founded by Timothy K. Lu, Wilson Wong, James J. Collins and Philip Lee in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. The firm discovers and develops immuno-oncology drugs, medicines, and therapies for the treatment of cancer diseases. It specializes in clinical development, and glyco-immune checkpoint inhibitors. The company was founded by Jim Broderick, Carolyn Bertozzi and Paul Crocker in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops epinephrine nasal sprays for treatment of severe allergic reactions to food, medication, and insect bites. The company was founded by Richard E. Lowenthal, Sarina Tanimoto and Robert Bell and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Tranquis Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops novel immuno-therapeutics for neurological diseases. It offers treatment for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson 's disease, Alzheimer?s Disease, and age-related neuropathology. The company was founded by Chih-Ping Liu and Khoa D. Nguyen in June 2016 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Pango, Inc. develops privacy and security products. It offers hotspot shield, 1password, robo shield, and identity guard. The company was founded by Sujay Jaswa in 2018 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

SR One Capital Management LP (SR One) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Redwood, California.

River 2 Renal Corp. develops novel therapies targeting orphan diseases in the renal space. The private company is based in New York, NY.