Elisa E. Mokany

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Universal Biosensors Pty Ltd. manufactures diagnostic test systems. Its products include blood glucose monitoring and coagulation testing. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Rowville, Australia.

Scipher Medicine Corp. operates as a biotechnology firm, which uses human data to predict drug response. It visualize overlaps between disease, drug and patient data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

DICE Molecules SV LLC engages in a biotechnology company. It focuses on the development of small moleculecompounds that act by unlocking protein-protein interfaces that have been intractable targets for orally bioavailable drugs. The company was founded by Pehr Harbury, Kevin Judice, John Bedbrook, and Phil Patten in 2013 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary operates as hospital that provides patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. It offers ophthalmology and otolaryngology research services and is a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. The firm’s programs and services include anesthesiology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, radiology, Coolidge Clinic laboratory and libraries. The company was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Unilever (China) Co., Ltd. is engaged in production and distribution of consumer goods. The firm's business covers two main areas: home and personal care products, and food products. Its home and personal care brands include Omo, Comfort, Zhonghua, Lux, Pond's, Clear, Dove, Hazeline and Rexona. Its food brands include Lipton, Knorr, and Wall's. The company was founded by William Hesketh Lever and James Darcy Lever in 1923 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

CPA Australia Ltd. is an Australian company that has been operating since 1954 and provides education, training, technical support, and advocacy services in the accounting profession. The private company is based in Southbank, Australia and has subsidiaries in Hong Kong. The company engages with governments, regulators, and industries to advocate for policies that stimulate sustainable economic growth. With over 166,000 members working in 100 countries and regions, CPA Australia is one of the world's largest accounting bodies. It was founded in 1886 by Andrew Lyell, Arthur Cleveland, Benjamin Doughty Smith, Thomas Brentnall, John McAlister Howden, Charles Morell Holmes, William Crellin, and Edward Langton. Andrew Paul Hunter has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Part of Donaldson Co., Inc., Isolere Bio, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company that develops novel and proprietary reagents. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded in 2017 by Kelli Luginbuhl, Joseph McMahon, Ashutosh Chilkoti. Kelli Luginbuhl has been the CEO since 2017. Isolere Bio was acquired by Donaldson Co., Inc. on February 21, 2023 for $62.50 million.

Torus Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It performs DNA testing for scientific and medical research purposes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. is a life sciences company that develops synthetic cells for various applications in diagnostics and therapeutics. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. The company utilizes advances in distributed manufacturing, engineering, and polymer chemistry to provide an industry-first, off-the-shelf solution for cell-like reagents that are stable, low-cost, and targeted towards a range of indications and markets. Slingshot Biosciences focuses on developing cutting-edge tools for fluorescence imaging to revolutionize how scientists explore and understand the intricate mechanisms of life. The company is committed to empowering researchers with exceptional products that enable groundbreaking discoveries and shape the future of bioscience. The company was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Kim, who has been the CEO since 2012.

Kytopen Corp. engages in the provision of technology solutions. It develops genetically engineered cells that modifies microorganisms. The company was founded by Paulo A. Gracia and Cullen R. Buie in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Vestaron Corp. develops and markets bioinsecticides derived from naturally occurring peptides. It offers the following brands: Spear-T for the treatment of thrips, Spear-P controls Colorado Potato beetle, and Spear-C protects crops from lepidopteran pests. The company was founded by Glenn F. King in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Inflammatix, Inc. operates molecular diagnostics company which develops rapid tests that read the immune system. The firm specializes in molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, computational immunology, in-vitro diagnostics, personalized medicine and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Purvesh Khatri, Jonathan Romanowsky and Timothy Sweeney and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Sands Capital Ventures LLC (Sands Capital Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary founded in 2010 by Frank Sands. The firm is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Sands Capital Management LLC (Sands Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1992 by Frank Sands and is majority owned by Sands Capital Management LP. Sands Capital provides investment management services to both US and non-US clients who have different tax statuses, often depending on the jurisdiction.

Part of Danaher Corp., Pall Asia International Ltd. is a Chinese company that manufactures and distributes fluid testing and medical devices. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

CathRx Ltd. manufactures and develops electrophysiology catheters for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Its products include ablation EP catheters, loop EP catheters, steerable EP catheters, and fixed EP catheters. The company was founded on 31st August, 1999 and is headquartered in Homebush Bay, Australia.

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Vaxxas Pty Ltd. develops and commercializes needle-free vaccine delivery system solutions. Its flagship products, Nanopatch, consists of an array of thousands of vaccine coated microprojections that perforate into the outer layers of the skin when applied with an applicator device. The tips of Nanopatch's microprojections are coated with a vaccine material and release this material directly to the large numbers of key immune cells immediately below the skin surface. The company was founded by Mark Kendall in August 2011 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.