Patrick Jeanmart

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

William Blair & Co. LLC (William Blair) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm was founded by William McCormick Blair in 1935 and is a subsidiary of WBC Holdings LP. Until 1941, they were known as Blair, Bonner & Co. William Blair provides broking services to individual, institutional and issuing clients.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Versant Venture Management LLC (Versant Ventures) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Brian Atwood, Samuel Colella, Bill Link and Ross Jaffe. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Basel and Vancouver.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC engages in the provision of pharmaceutical products. It discovers, develops, produces and markets innovative therapies. The firm extensive research and development efforts are focused on health care challenges in cardiology, oncology and internal medicine, as well as metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders, ophthalmology and vaccines. The company is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

reMYND NV engages in the development of disease-modifying treatments against alzheimer's, parkinson's, diabetes and other protein misfolding disorders. Its drug and development unit focuses on innovative, disease-modifying drugs for treating degenerative disorders. The company was founded by Fred Van Leuven, Stefaan Wera and Joris Winderickx in 2002 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Vesalius Biocapital I SA Sicar focuses on healthcare companies that are in the early stage or that are corporate spin-offs. The fund invests mainly in Europe with a more precise focus on the Benelux countries. Vesalius invests up to EUR 10 million and may invest a few hundred thousand euros in a seed project.

FlandersBio vzw is a life sciences cluster organization based in Flanders, Belgium. FlandersBio creates value by organizing networking and training activities, supporting internationalization, providing services, and building expertise. The Belgian company was founded by Jean Marie Stassen.

Biocartis SA develops molecular diagnostic solutions. It focuses on Oncology. The firm’s products include Idylla and Oncology assays and mutation tests. It also provides instant access to personalized medicine for patients. The company was founded by Rudi Pauwels in 2007 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Beiersdorf is based in Anderlecht, Belgium, where they aim to simplify collaboration, expand employee services, and leverage the latest technology at their future workplace. The Belgian company is known for their innovative approach to skin care and their commitment to caring for both skin and people. The new Beiersdorf Campus will unite employees from two sites into one, bringing together teams and continuing the company's legacy that began over 140 years ago. Labello, a brand under Beiersdorf, is a market leader in lip care in numerous countries. Beiersdorf also emphasizes good management through their implementation of the Code on their website. Beiersdorf, founded in 1946, is a company that revolutionized skin care with the launch of NIVEA Creme in 1911.

Part of Dow, Inc., Dow Silicones Belgium SRL manufactures sealants. The company is based in Seneffe, Belgium.

Amakem NV operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It uses kinase inhibitors for treatments of bowel, eye, and lung diseases. The company was founded by Jack Elands, Dirk Leysen, Olivier Raynald Defert, and Nadya Kaval on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

World Heart Federation is a global organization dedicated to the treatment, prevention, and control of cardiovascular disease. The non-profit company is based in Geneva, Switzerland and was founded by James Leslie Cox. The Swiss company is formally recognized by the World Health Organization as their CVD partner and represent more than 200 members from over 100 countries. The company's mission is to raise awareness and support research efforts for Chagas disease, which can cause life-changing problems for sufferers. The company has members all across Central Asia and work closely with international partners. The company welcomes heart professionals, NGOs, patients, and more to join their community.

Vesalius Biocapital II SA Sicar focuses on healthcare companies that are in the early stage or that are corporate spin-offs. The fund invests mainly in Europe with a more precise focus on the Benelux countries. Vesalius invests up to EUR 10 million and may invest a few hundred thousand euros in a seed project.

Seragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developes biopharmaceutical products for the treatment of estrogen receptor dependent breast cancer. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

OxOnc Development LP operates as an oncology development company. It offers a drug development model that is based on the expertise and core competencies to design and execute clinical trials in oncology. The firm's business model is an integration of scientific, clinical, operational and financial resources, and provides a value-add proposition to its co-development partner by providing a profit and loss-sparing mechanism to fund research and development efforts externally. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Confo Therapeutics NV develops pharmaceutical products. It is a drug discovery company building internal drug discovery programs on GPCRs addressing unmet medical need. The company was founded by Jan Steyaert and Toon Laeremans in June 2015 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Imcheck Therapeutics SAS operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops immunotherapeutic anti-cancer strategies for research. The company was founded by Olive Daniel in 2015 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.

Aelin Therapeutics NV develops drugs for antibiotics and first-in-class therapeutics. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2017. The CEO is Els Beirnaert.

Partner Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics that improves health and economic outcomes in the treatment of cancer. Its development focus spans the entire range of cancer therapy from primary treatments to supportive care. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Hendigo NV is an investment holding Belgian company founded in 2013. The private company operates as an investment holding company.

Rgenta Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures medicines for oncology and neurological disorders. The company was founded by Simon Xi, Travis Wager, and Zhiping Weng and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Leucid Bio Ltd. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in London, UK. The British company develops novel, lateral car cell therapies for the treatment of refractory cancers, with a focus on developing next-generation cell therapies for the benefit of individuals with hard-to-treat solid tumors. The company's operations are based at Guys Hospital, enabling them to maintain a patient-centric focus. Leucid's goal is to develop CAR-T therapies with more durable responses, improving treatment outcomes and saving the lives of patients with refractory cancers. Leucid was established to translate 20 years of Kings College research in the CAR-T field and is led by a highly experienced management team, including scientific founder John Maher. Filippo Joseph Petti has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

T-Knife GmbH operates as an next-generation adoptive T-cell company using its proprietary humanized T-cell receptor mouse platform to treat solid tumors. The company was founded by Thomas Blankenstein, Elisa Kieback and Holger Specht in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Monopteros Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals.

Oncode BV is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Oncode Institute, founded in 2018. Oncode BV is headquartered in Utrecht.