Jerry D. Caulder

Finistere Ventures LLC (Finistere Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Spencer Maughan and Arama Kukutai in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Part of Corteva, Inc., Agrigenetics, Inc. is a company that specializes in agricultural research. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

Chlorogen, Inc. develops plant-made drugs and vaccines for the treatment and prevention of human diseases. It provides several therapeutic proteins for high-mortality diseases of ovarian and pancreatic cancer. The company was founded by Henry Daniell in 2001 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO

Athenix Corp. develops agricultural herbicide tolerance and insect control chemicals. It provides genes, proteins, processes, traits, and transgenic organisms for multiple sectors including seed, agricultural chemical, specialty chemical, industrial enzymes, and energy. The company was founded by Duck Nicholas Barbara, Carozzi Nadine and Koziel Michael Gene in 2001 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Advanced Stent Technologies, Inc. designs, develops & manufactures stents and stent delivery systems. It provides research and development of innovative devices for the treatment of complicated lesions. The company was founded in 1997 and is located in Pleasanton, CA

Hawai'i BioEnergy LLC provided research and development of renewable bioenergy projects. It developed alternative fuels to reduce Hawai‘i's energy costs, green house gas emissions and dependence on imported fossil fuels through the research and development of local renewable bioenergy projects. The company was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Honolulu, HI.

PhytaGro Corp. provided plant sciences development and commercialization services. The firm specialized in forage biotechnologies in the emerging crop segments that will receive the greatest benefit from technology adoption. It focuses on crops with a high biomass yield such as forage grasses, legumes, and energy crops such as switchgrass, miscanthus, and jatropha. The company was founded by Jerry D. Caulder and Rob J. Ayling in February 2006 and was 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.

Monsanto Co. engages in the provision of agricultural products to farmers. It provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. The company was founded by John F. Queeny in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.