Douglas A. Amorese

Sutter Hill Ventures LLC (Sutter Hill Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1962 by Paul M Wythes and Bill H Draper. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Alloy Ventures, Inc. is an independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1984 by Craig C. Taylor, John F. Shoch and Tony Di Bona. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of human therapeutics to control apoptosis. The company was founded by John C. Reed, Robert H. Horvitz, and Lawrence C. Fritz in March 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Verinata Health, Inc. focuses on maternal and fetal health. It develop and offer non-invasive tests for early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The firm's products include 'verifi' prenatal test, a non-invasive test that detects three primary aneuploidies for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks and 'Monosomy X', a test for Turner syndrome. The company was founded by Michael D. Grisham and Richard P. Rava in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Xoft, Inc. develops Electronic Brachytherapy systems for radiation therapy applications. Its products include the Axxent Controller, which utilizes a miniaturized high dose rate (HDR) X-ray source to apply radiation directly to the cancerous tumor bed; Axxent HDR X-ray Source, a low energy radiation treatment without the use of radioactive isotopes; Axxent Applicators, which provides a channel for the Axxent X-ray Source to deliver high dose rate, low energy radiation directly to the targeted area; and Axxent Accessories, an accessory product line designed to support and aid a physician during a procedure or treatment of cancer radiation. The company was founded by Michael Forman in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AkaRx, Inc. engages in the develop and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products for applications in hematology and therapeutic treatments for clinical-stage cancer. It offers thrombocytopenia treatment avatrombopag. The company was founded by Robert E. Desjardins and Donna Tempel in 2005 and is headquartered in NJ.

RainDance Technologies, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of professional laboratory system. It develops and manufactures genomic tools for non-invasive liquid biopsy applications for the research, early detection, treatment of cancer, and inherited and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Andrew Griffiths, Darren R. Link, and Jerome Bibette in 2004 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Drais Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical and provides therapeutic treatments. The company was founded by Donna L. Tempel and Robert E. Desjardins in 2007 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Ion Torrent Systems, Inc. develops semiconductor chips for DNA sequencing systems. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

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.

Stanford Health Care provides healthcare services. It services includes cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery and organ transplants. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Stanford, CA.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

University of Rochester Medical Center operates a medical center which offers healthcare, education and research services. It offers funding in biochemistry, microbiology and immunology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, oral biology and musculoskeletal research services. The firm’s departments include AIDS Center, Audiology and Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute. The company was founded by Abraham Flexner and Benjamin Rush Rhees in 1921 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Applied Biosystems, Inc. is a company that provides integrated systems for sequencing, flow cytometry, and various types of PCR. The company is based in Foster City, CA. The company's products cover the entire process from sample preparation to data analysis. The company was founded by Chris Yoo, Marvin H. Caruthers, Michael W. Hunkapiller, and Leroy E. Hood. Applied Biosystems was acquired by Invitrogen Corp. from Applera Corp. on November 21, 2008 for $6,417.85 million.

Part of Siemens AG, Dade Behring Diagnostics India Pvt Ltd. is an Indian company that manufactures clinical diagnostic equipment. The company is based in New Delhi, India.

Theracos, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical research and development company. The firm supports preclinical & clinical research & development in inflammatory, metabolic and affective disorders. It specializes in all aspects of pharmaceutical development including medicinal and process chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, manufacturing, formulation, QA/QC, regulatory affairs and the design and execution of clinical trials. The company was founded by Edward P. Amento and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Biogazelle NV is a research and development stage biotechnology firm. It specializes in ribonucleic acid for next generation diagnostics in the field of oncology and other diseases. The company was founded by Jan Hellemans and Jo Vandesompele in 2007 and is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Helix OpCo LLC is a genomics company. It offers consumer genetics, next generation sequencing (ngs), bioinformatics, consumer insights, big data, dna, population health, and genomics. The company was founded by Justin Kao, Scott Burke, Jay T Flatley and James Lu in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

TeneoBio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops biologics, human heavy chain antibodies, as therapeutics against cancer, autoimmunity, and infectious diseases. Its products provides treatment of multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, immune disorders, and AIDS. The company was founded by Roland Buelow, on August 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Foresight Diagnostics, Inc. is a privately held cancer diagnostics company based in Aurora, CO. The company has developed a liquid biopsy testing platform for the measurement of minimal residual disease (MRD) that is significantly more sensitive than existing tests, with a detection limit below 0.0001% or one part-per-million. This improved sensitivity provides actionable information to physicians and biopharmaceutical companies to enable more personalized treatment approaches for patients with a variety of cancers. The company's experts specialize in liquid biopsy and cancer genomics, developing an MRD assay centered on the detection of ctdna via phased variant sequencing. The company uses phased-seq® liquid biopsy technology for cancer relapse surveillance by monitoring cfdna/ctdna in the blood of lymphoma and lung cancer patients. The company was founded by Maximilian Diehn, Ash Alizadeh, Jake Chabon, and David Kurtz, with Jake Chabon serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Merganser Biotech, Inc. engages in the development of of hepcidin mimetic peptides as new medicines for the treatment of hematological and iron overload diseases. The company was founded by Brian R. MacDonald and Gene Merutka in 2011 and is headquartered in Newtown Square, PA.