Elai Davicioni

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Viridos, Inc. develops and commercializes genomic-driven solutions and products. The firm's offerings are designed for application in solutions such as human health, food, water production, and environment. The company was founded by J. Craig Venter, Hamilton O. Smith, David C. Kiernan and Juan Enriquez-Cabot in February 2005 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Xequel Bio, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops drugs and medical applications for scar prevention, inflammation reduction, wound healing, and complex tissue regeneration. The company was founded by Gautam Sudhir Ghatnekar in 2005 and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC.

medCPU, Inc. provides clinical health care solutions. It offers clinical decision support and documentation improvements to the health care systems. The company was founded by Eyal Ephrat and Sonia Ben-Yehuda in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tullis Health Investor Inc (Tullis Health) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim Tullis. The firm is headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida.

SelectX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of aminoglycoside therapeutics for unmet medical needs. Its advanced program, development candidate SXP2523, is a next generation aminoglycoside antibiotic for drug resistant gram-negative hospital-acquired infections (HAIs); SXP2523 possesses broad spectrum coverage with potency against Pseudomonas, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, E. coli, and Staphylococcus. The company was founded by Michael G. Chaparian and Charles R. Cantor in 2002 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Advanticom, Inc. provides information technology solutions. It specializes in network infrastructure, network operating systems, unified communications, security and data center. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Mobilitie LLC provides business solutions for wireless and wire line carriers. It operates as wireless infrastructure provider of neutral host DAS, Small Cell, and Wi-Fi networks at sporting stadiums, arenas, and other public venues and marquee events across the country. The company was founded by Gary Jabara in 2005 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA.

Genisphere LLC manufactures kits and reagents used for the ultra-sensitive detection of nucleic acids and proteins. Its solutions are primarily based on its proprietary whole transcriptome RNA Amplification processes, miRNA labeling methodologies, and 3DNA Dendrimer Nanotechnology. The firm's combined technologies permit the interrogation and ultra-sensitive detection of a wide range of biomolecules on a variety of detection platforms, including microarrays, flow and bead based assays, ELISAs, lateral flow assays and RNA sequencing. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hatfield, PA.

Epic Sciences, Inc. develops novel diagnostics to the treatment and management of cancer. It develops sensitive diagnostic tests to molecularly characterize circulating tumor cells in the blood. The firm also offers fluid-phase biopsy that identifies rare cell of interest in the blood; and provides cancer management through earlier diagnosis, staging and therapeutic selections. The company was founded by David M. Nelson in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Molecular Stethoscope, Inc. provides molecular diagnostics services. It offers novel blood-based early detection and disease monitoring tests to detect liver, coronary artery, inflammatory, neurodegenerative, coronary artery, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Stephen D. Phil Quake and Eric J. Topol on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Oculis SA focuses on ophthalmic drugs and novel drug delivery to the eye. The Oculis drug delivery platform consists of a novel technique to facilitate drug absorption to both anterior and posterior parts of the eye. The advantage is a drug delivery system where diseases of the posterior part of the eye can be treated with a simple topical application. The Oculis drug delivery platform allows diseases such as DME (diabetic macular edema) at the posterior part of the eye to be treated with a non-invasive topical application. The company was founded by Einar Stefansson and Thorsteinn Loftsson in 2003is headquartered in Pully, Switzerland.

CuraSen Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the discovery and development of therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases, including parkinson, alzheimer, and less common neurodegenerative disorders. The company was founded by Mehrdad Shamloo, Robert Booth, Anthony Ford, and Kathleen Sereda in 2018 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

UC San Diego Foundation specializes in obtaining private gifts in support of research, teaching, and public service, as well as engages in management of gift assets. The company is was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Arkuda Therapeutics, Inc. engages in development of medicines to improve the lives of patients with neurological diseases. It leverages insights into progranulin and lysosomal biology to develop medicines to change the trajectory of neurodegenerative disease. The company was founded by Gerhard Koenig and Duane Burnett in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

siParadigm LLC engages in molecular diagnostics, cytogenetics, and anatomical pathology services. It offers disease focused NGS, PCR, flow cytometry, and morphology services. The company was founded by Sherif A. Nasr in 2004 and is headquartered in Pine Brook, NJ.

Nanogen is an American company that specializes in hair thickening products. Nanogen is a leader in the field of hair fiber and offers a range of products to help people achieve thicker, fuller hair. The private company was founded in 2001 with the goal of empowering people to take control of their thinning hair.

Cordance Medical, Inc. is a company that is developing the NeuroAccess™ focused ultrasound system to treat Alzheimer's disease. The company is based in Mountain View, CA. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease that affects memory and makes up an estimated 60-80% of dementia cases. Cordance's solution is a non-invasive 30-minute outpatient clinic procedure that opens the blood-brain barrier precisely to physician-directed regions of the brain. The company's cornerstone patent has been granted claims in the US, AU, and ten other countries. The company was founded by Bhaskar Ramamurthy. The CEO is Ryan Dittamore.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Gurnet Point Capital LLC (Gurnet Point Capital) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Fereydoun Firouz. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.