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ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

TARA Biosystems, Inc. develops organ-on-a-chip platform. It focuses on cardiac toxicology, heart failure drug discovery and personalized cardiology. The company was founded by Misti Ushio, Milica Radisic, Yimu Zhao, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Kacey Ronaldson, Boyang Zhang and Blake Stevens on October 22, 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OMX Ventures LLC (OMX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Shoefitr, Inc. helps online shoppers to find the correct size and best fitting shoes. Its technology is used on retailer's websites to assist online shoppers and will be the basis for a comparative shopping site that allows customers to search and compare shoes by fit. The company was founded in 2010 by Matt Wilkinson, Nick End and Breck Fresen and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Cardioready, Inc. supplies cardiac equipment to organizations to reduce the impact of sudden cardiac arrest. The private company is based in Wallingford, PA.

Scitara Corp. operates as a cloud based connectivity platform that transforms integration between instruments and lab informatics applications. It offers implementation, validation services, dlx platform development and integration, cloud integration and transitions. The company was founded by Ajit Nagral and Geoff Gerhardt and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Trajan Scientific & Medical Pty Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets scientific and medical devices. The firm focuses on developing and commercializing technologies that enable analytical systems to be specific for biological, environmental or food related measurements. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Ringwood, Australia.

Part of Insightful Science Holdings LLC, Protein Metrics, Inc. is a company that specializes in protein characterization. The company is based in Cupertino, CA at the crossroads of computing and biotechnology. The company's vendor-neutral software enables scientists to quickly identify and report protein sequences and variations from the expected form using data generated on analytical instruments like mass spectrometers. The company was founded by Yong Kil, Marshall Bern, Chris Becker, and Eric Carlson has been the CEO of the company since 2014. Protein Metrics was acquired by Insightful Science Holdings LLC on December 21, 2021.

Pillar Co Management LLC (Pillar VC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jamie Goldstein. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Glyphic Biotechnologies Inc is an American biotechnology company that develops a protein sequencing platform to provide researchers with new insights into biology and disease. Glyphic Biotechnologies was founded by Joshua Yang and Daniel Estandian, with Joshua Yang serving as the CEO since incorporation.

HealthTell, Inc. develops healthcare diagnosing tools for individuals to monitor their health status. It offers OneTest, a new technology for the early detection and monitoring of progressive diseases and the test is simple and inexpensive, and can be performed with only a single drop of blood. The company was founded in 2010 by Stephen Albert Johnston and Neal Woodbury and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

Trancos Ventures LLC (Trancos Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Charles R. Lamphere, Norman L. Norris and Donald Asher. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Impresa Management LLC(Impresa Management) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Devonshire Investors LLC founded in 1946.The firm is headquartered in Boston.

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.

Adarza BioSystems, Inc. develops and manufacturers a multiplex immunoassay technology that can identify proteins and genetic markers in medical specimens. The firm operates as a medical diagnostics company which also develops a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care samples and also its technology allows hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. The company was founded by Benjamin L. Miller, Randolph R. Henke, Terry Gronwall and Christopher C. Striemer in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Venn Biosciences Corp. engages in developing an artificial intelligence-driven mass spectrometry discovery and validation platform. Its products include VENN Vista, a glycoproteomic analysis; OpenPIP software, a neural network for automated mass spectrometry peak integration; and cancer liquid biopsy. The company was founded by Lieza Denan, Aldo Carrascoso, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi in June 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Genoa Ventures LLC (Genoa Ventures) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jenny Rooke. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Jackson Laboratory provides biotechnology research services. It offers nonprofit research, biomedical research, genomics, genetics, cancer, neuroscience, immunology, aging, bioinformatics, computational biology, research mice, genomic medicine, reproductive biology, developmental biology, eye research and hearing research. The company was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929 and is headquartered in Bar Harbor, ME.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman.

Circadence Corp. provides WAN and network optimization solutions for commercial, healthcare and government customers. Its WAN optimization portfolio includes patented Transport Morphing Protocol (TMP), which is built into the Circadence MVO solution. The company was founded by Christopher T. Blisard, Tony Harman and Michael J. Moniz in 1993 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

The Society of Kauffman Fellows is a venture capital fellowship program that aims to foster innovative leaders. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The program lasts for two years and includes industry events, summits, and a venture capital fund. The CEOs of the company are Jeff Harbach, Costello Trish.

Clinverse, Inc. provides automated financial management technology solutions for clinical trials. The firm’s products include ClinPay, ClinDebit and ClinViz. The company was founded on July 10, 2008 by Stephen Ayala and Tim S. Immel and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

CR Certification Corp. provides online portals for archiving, beready training, and cardioready training. The private company is based in Malvern, PA. The company also offers assistance in selecting automated external defibrillators (AEDs) through their ultimate buyer's guide and resource center pages.

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

Vital Venture Capital LLC (Vital Venture) is a venture capital subsidiary of Vital Financial LLC founded in 2007 by Craig Asher, Nathaniel Brinn and Cyrus Brinn. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.