Chris J. Cummings

Bay Partners LLC (Bay Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by John Freidenrich. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

AGY Therapeutics, Inc. develops new therapies for diseases and disorders. It develops central nervous system therapeutics for the treatments of neurodegenerative diseases, CNS injuries, stroke, and schizophrenia. The company was founded by Robert Swanson and Karoly Nikolich in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

FORUM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was engaged in the development of therapeutics for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). It focused on discovering and developing treatments for important neurodegenerative diseases that explore novel mechanisms of action to potentially alter the progression of brain disease and provided improvement in cognitive and overall function. The company was founded by Thorsten Melcher in 2001 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Torrey Pines Investment, Inc (Torrey Pines Investment) is a venture capital firm is founded in 2002 by Nikolay Savchuk.The firm is headquartered San Diego, California.

Genencor International, Inc. develops and manufactures enzyme product solutions for industrial, agricultural and health care markets. It finds genes and alters their proteins for use in cleaning, textile, health care, food and animal feed products using gene discovery, molecular evolution, functional genomics and immunology techniques. The company also develops solutions for the biofuels, biodefense and biosafety industries. Genencor International was founded in 1982 and is located in Rochester, NY.