Alek Safarian

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe.

APC, Inc. provides real estate consulting services. The private company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States.

Are Media Pty Ltd. publishes magazines and produces digital editions. The firm's divisions include bauerwork, trader group, XCEL media, Bauer book. Its advertising services include magazine, digital, live experiences, print AD specs and rates, digital AD spaces, and media Kit Builder. The company is founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

IVF Australia Pty Ltd. provides fertility care services. It offers vitro fertilization, blastocyst culture, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, assisted hatching, embryo freezing and storage, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, donor sperm, support and counseling services. The company was founded by David James Beames in 1985 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Keystone Symposia operates as a catalyst for the advancement of biomedical and life sciences by connecting scientists within and across disciplines at conferences and workshops. The company was founded by C. Fred Fox in 1972 and is headquartered in Silverthorne, CO.

Partners in Performance partners offers management consulting services. It provides operations and maintenance performance, sales force, supply chain and procurement, training, and transaction solutions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Eternygen GmbH engages in the research and development of drugs. It develops new drugs for dietary-related metabolic diseases which include obesity, diabetes mellitus and fatty liver. The company was founded by Marco J. Janezic in June 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Epidarex Capital Partners LLC (Epidarex Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Kyparissia Sirinakisvin. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Mercury Capital Investments Pty Ltd (Mercury Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2009 by Elliott Clark Perkins. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

ResourceCo Pty Ltd. is a company based in Australia that specializes in energy recycling, waste material solutions, and tyre recycling. ResourceCo is a pioneer in carbon abatement and has over 30 years of experience in the industry. The Australian company works with governments, communities, and multinational companies to progress the circular economy and preserve natural resources for a sustainable future. The company provides complete material supply, transport, and disposal services for site remediation, rehabilitation, and development projects. Tyrecycle, their tyre recycling business, is Australia's leading tyre recycler with over 30 years of experience and 7 dedicated plants across the national footprint. ResourceCo seeks to attract and retain the best people while building a diverse, engaged, and high-performance workforce. The company was founded by Simon Brown, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

TEG Pty Ltd. provides event consulting and management services. Its services include corporate hospitality solutions, live content, sponsorship, event management and consulting. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Enterprise Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company that engages in the research and development of therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases. It focuses on developing therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis, and asthma. The company was founded by John Mervyn David Store in May 2014 and is headquartered in Falmer, the United Kingdom.

Topas Therapeutics GmbH engages in pharmaceutical preparations. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Nirvana Group Ltd. operates healthcare centers. It offers health care, built around same day access and integrated services. The company was founded by Kantilal Patel and Ranjna Patel in 1977 and is headquartered in Grafton, New Zealand.

Adorx Therapeutics Ltd. provides biotechnology, health care and therapeutics services. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Part of Mercury Capital Investments Pty Ltd., Re Group Pty Ltd. is a leading provider of upgrades and enhancements to Australian resource recovery facilities. The private company is based in Sydney, Australia and operates one of the largest networks of recycling facilities across Australia. The Australian company has a record of innovation, recently winning the ‘ Change Maker Award for Innovation, ’ for the Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) designs in partnership with Containers Exchange (COEX). The company was founded in 2013 by David Singh, who has been the CEO since then. Re Group was acquired by Mercury Capital Fund 3 on April 06, 2022.

Curve Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a drug-discovery company. It engages on the development of innovative technologies to address undruggable disease-modifying targets, with an in-house focus on cancer. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Lunac Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the identification and development of anticoagulants. The company was founded by Helen Philippou and Richard Foster on April 18, 2018 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom.

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.

Novotech Health Holdings engages in the development of contract research organization platform. The company was founded on October 12, 2020 and is headquartered in Australia.

Novotech Health Holdings Ltd. operates as a biotech-focused full-service contract research organization. Its integrated CRO platform provides clinical trial services ranging from consulting services prior to the commencement of the clinical phase to late-phase clinical trials. The firm’s services include: clinical trial services which include clinical research, bioequivalence and pharmacodynamics research, and drug development consulting services; and its related clinical trial services which include laboratory, site management organization, flexible insourcing and Phase I clinical trial unit services. The company was founded on February 25, 2020 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Maxion Therapeutics is a British company that specializes in creating first-in-class and protein therapeutics for treating previously untreatable ion channel- and GPCR-driven diseases. The company was founded by John McCafferty, Aneesh Karatt-Vellatt, and is based in London, UK. The company achieves this through their revolutionary KnotBody® technology. John McCafferty has been the CEO since incorporation.

Epidarex Exeed Ltd. is a British biotechnology company that specializes in research and experimental development. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. The company was founded in 2019 by Elizabeth Ann Roper and Henning Steinhagen, with Henning Steinhagen serving as the CEO since its inception.

Vantage Biosciences Ltd. develops drugs for diabetic eye disease. The British company was founded by Andre Badalyan, Katie Sunnucks, Graeme R. Martin, Alek Safarian.

Queensland Fertility Group Pty Ltd. provides fertility treatment services. It provides treatments, such as ovulation induction, artificial insemination, ivf treatment, freezing embryo scope and fertility drug information. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.

The Boston Consulting Group Pty Ltd. operates as a management consulting firm. It also provides risk management services. The company was founded on December 19, 1989 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Clyde Biosciences Ltd. provides developmental drug testing services. It offers drug screening, toxicity data analysis, direct measurements, and drug induced changes investigation services. Its services include calcium, voltage, contractility, in silico modeling, CiPA studies and bespoke R&D. The company was founded by Margaret Anne Craig, Godfrey Smith, Francis Burton, and Jon Cooper on March 9, 2012 and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.