Philip Mertens

Virent, Inc. develops and commercializes biofuel technologies. It converts soluble biomass-derived sugars into products molecularly identical to those made with petroleum, including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and chemicals used for plastics and fibers. The company was founded by Randy D. Cortright and James Dumesic in 2002 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

IsoTis, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells bone graft substitutes and other devices. The company was founded on November 15, 2006 and is headquartered in Plainsboro, NJ.

Stabilis GDS, Inc. supplies and distributes liquefied natural gas. Its services include LNG supply; logistics and distribution; and storage, regas, and field. The firm serves the commercial and industrial, pipeline outage support, gas utility support, and exploration and production. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Novum Medical, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It engages in the development of advanced orthobiomaterials utilizing a proprietary process capable of producing structures that are both strong and porous. The company was founded by Paul K. Nichols, Jr. and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

IsoTis NV manufactures, markets and sells a range of bone graft substitutes and other related medical devices. These devices are used to enhance the repair and regeneration of bone in spinal and trauma surgery, joint replacements and dental applications. IsoTis' products are primarily used spinal fusion, trauma, joint revision, bone void filling and iliac crest backfills procedures. The company is headquartered in Bilthoven, the Netherlands

CVP Management, Inc (Converge Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998 by Nilanjana Bhowmik and Maia Heymann. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Upfront Chromatography A/S develops a customized protein separation process. The firm offers industrial-scale customized separation solutions to isolate and purify soluble proteins from industrial process streams. Its core protein purification technology, rhobust, is applicable to industrial feed stocks. The company was founded by Allan Otto Fog Lihme in 1992 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Interface Biologics, Inc. operates as a commercial stage privately held company that develops transformative biomedical polymer technologies to improve the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. It provides technologies to medical device manufacturers and drug companies. The company was founded by Paul J. Santerre in December 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Regentis Biomaterials Ltd. engages in the research and development of proprietary hydrogels for local repair of damaged cartilage and bone. Its product is GelrinC. The company was founded by Dror Seliktar and Tal Yehiel on September 1, 2004 and is headquartered in Or-Akiva, Israel.

Arecor Ltd. provides stabilization technology solutions. The firm's products include ultra-rapid acting prandial insulin, stable aqueous glucagon, ultra concentrated insulin and additional programs. The company was founded by Paul James Davis in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Isobionics BV operates as a holding company, which produces flavor and fragrance ingredients. The firm manufactures and supplies natural chemical substances such as Valencene, Nootkatone, and Beta-Elemene. The company was founded by Toine Janssen in 2008 and is headquartered in Geleen, the Netherlands.

OrthAlign Corp. engages in the provision of precision alignment technology and products. It offers orthopedic services. The company was founded by Pieter Wolters and Curt Stone in 2008 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

IsoTis Orthobiologics Inc. develops, manufactures and markets proprietary products for the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and disorders. Its products include bone graft substitutes that promote the regeneration of bone and are used to repair natural, trauma-related and surgically-created defects common in orthopedic procedures, including spinal fusions. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Essential Medical, Inc. designs, develops, and markets medical and surgical devices. It specializes in vascular closure devices that seals the opening created from cardiac catheterizations in leg arteries. The company was founded by Gary S. Roubin and Greg A. Walters in 2010 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

QBIC Venture Partners BVBA (QBIC Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Marc Zabeau. The firm is headquartered in Belgium.

Voxel8, Inc. provides 3d printing services. It exists to disrupt the design and manufacture of electronic devices by providing new functional materials with a novel 3D printing platform. The company was founded by Jennifer A. Lewis, Michael Bell, Travis Busbee, Jack Minardi and Daniel Oliver in 2013 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Nutrileads BV develops food ingredi?nts with a specific nutritional value. It identifies promising lead ingredients, develops sustainable and commercially viable production processes and initiates scientific and clinical programs to test the health effects. The company was founded in 2012 by Erik Dam and Ruud Albers and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

QD Solar, Inc. develops photovoltaic cells using colloidal quantum dot technology in Canada. Its quantum dot technology combines silicon solar cells with infrared solar cells in a hybrid architecture to harvest more of the solar spectrum than silicon alone. The company was founded by Sjoerd Hoogland and Edward Hartley Sargent in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Frontier Nutrition, Inc. develops and manufactures fortified packaged food. Its recipes are localized for traditional diets, taste, and nutrition. The company was founded by Eddie Bearnot and Tanveer Ali on August 18, 2016 and is headquartered in DE.

Leading Edge Equipment Technologies, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Alison Greenlee in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilminton, MA.

Inkbit Corp. develops the first 3D printer powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence. It strives to eliminate the existing chasm between prototyping and manufacturing to enable rapid, on-demand manufacturing of multi-material, end-use products. The company was founded by Davide Marini, Wojciech Matusik and Javier Ramos in 2017 and is headquartered in Medford, MA.

Loyal Venture Advisors Inc (Loyal Venture Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

VOID Technologies Ltd. is a British company that manufactures polyethylene film. The company is based in Beaconsfield, UK. The company was founded in 2014.

Hologram Sciences, Inc. is a health tech company that provides personalized nutrition solutions to help people get healthier and feel better. The company is based in New York, NY. The company is committed to transparency, proven clinical science, and creating inclusive and equitable products and organization. Hologram Sciences is a newly formed, fast-moving, consumer-focused start-up backed by Royal DSM. The CEO of the company is Ian Brady.

TZCJ Co., Ltd., offers healthy and delicious weight loss meal plans in Hong Kong, HK. Customers can choose from a menu of healthy meals that are delivered straight to them. The Chinese company was founded in 2015 by Maximilian von Poelnitz.