François Ferré

Orchestra Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a development stage company. It previously operated as an immuno-pharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Biomatrica, Inc. produces reagents and devices used for sample collection and analysis in diagnostics systems, nucleic acid analysis, and bio banking. Its technology is used to protect analyst in samples at the molecular and cellular level, chemically position laboratory workflows on microfluidics chips. The firm’s products include DNAstable, DNAgard, RNAstable and RNAgard. The company was founded by Judy L. Müller-Cohn and Rolf Müller in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Mesa Verde Ventures LLC (Mesa Verde Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

AltheaDx, Inc. operates as a commercial stage molecular diagnostics company which specializes in pharmacogenetics. It focuses in depression and anxiety, clinical publications, and IDgenetix testing process. The company was founded by Francois Ferre and Magda Marquet and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Agendia NV discovers and develops products for clinical management of cancer. It operates as a commercial-stage molecular diagnostic company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of products to improve the quality of life for cancer patients. The company was founded by Rene Bernards and Laura van't Veer in 2003 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. It offers development services in the areas of process development, protein formulation technology, analytical development and validation, and regulatory support. The company was founded by Magda Marquet and Francois Ferre in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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.

Traversa Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of RNAi Delivery Technologies. The Company strives to rapidly advance short interfering RNA (siRNA) platform delivery technologies for use by RNAi therapeutic companies in targeting a wide variety of acute, chronic and infectious human diseases. Traversa is focused on the optimization of this platform delivery technology, as well as advancement of its own therapeutic programs for the treatment of Leukemia and Glioblastoma. The Company was founded in La Jolla, California in mid-2006, and has secured worldwide exclusive licenses to intellectual property developed during the past five years by Steven F. Dowdy, Ph.D., and his research group at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of California San Diego relating to siRNA delivery technology and induction of RNA Interference (RNAi).

Cytometrics, Inc. provides micro vascular imaging services. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA.