Karin Hehenberger

SLS Invest AB (SLS Invest) is a venture capital firm wholly-owned by Sjätte AP-fonden. The firm was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a branch office in Copenhagen, Denmark.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Atlas Antibodies AB develops antibodies and reagents for Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based quantitative proteomics. Its project Human Protein Atlas aim to present an expression map of the complete human proteome. It offers characterized antibodies to various protein coding human genes; Triple A Polyclonals that are research grade rabbit polyclonal antibodies; and mouse monoclonal antibodies to selected proteins, as a complement to rabbit polyclonal antibodies. Its antibodies are used to study human proteins, for basic research purposes and clinical research in various disease areas, such as cancer and neurological brain diseases. The company was founded by Jan Fredrik Pontén, Karin Marianne Hansson, Henrik Wernérus, and Carl Erik Mathias Uhlén in 2006 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization, which engages in the development of pharmaceuticals for diabetes. It provides adult care, pediatric care, eye care, and education programs and classes. The company was founded by Elliott P. Joslin in 1893 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of immunologic and inflammatory diseases. Its lead product, Bertilimumab, is a human monoclonal antibody that binds eotaxin-1, a chemokine that attracts eosinophils to the site of inflammation. Bertilimumab has shown promising clinical activity in bullous pemphigoid and has been studied in other conditions including allergic rhinitis and ulcerative colitis, and may have application in other diseases, including atopic dermatitis, asthma, and other diseases. It is also developing NanoCyclo, a topical nano-encapsulated formulation of cyclosporine, for the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis. The company was founded by Daniel Gedeon Teper on March 9, 1993 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Amal Therapeutics SA engages in the development of peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. It offers KISMA, a novel peptide/protein-based immunization technology platform, which is self-adjuvanting and enables the assembly within one chimeric fusion protein of elements essential to generate potent immunity. The company was founded by Madiha Derouazi on September 3, 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Aadi Subsidiary, Inc. engages in biopharmaceutical company. Its therapeutic programs include pulmonary arterial hypertension, pediatric solid tumors, solid tumors with mTOR activation and mitochondrial disease. The company was founded by Neil Desai and is headquartered in Pacific Palisades, CA.

Lyfebulb LLC is an innovation accelerator that works with patient communities and the healthcare industry to generate insights and build new solutions to reduce the burden of living with chronic disease. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company operates across 12 disease states and has two digital patient communities, including ibdlyfe. The company's mission is to reduce the burden of living with chronic disease through the power of the patient. Lyfebulb was founded by Riccardo Braglia, Stephen P. Squinto, and Karin M. Hehenberger, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

AnaCardio AB is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Stockholm, Sweden. AnaCardio develops drugs targeting a novel mechanism that improves cardiac contractility to treat heart failure, a progressive cardiac syndrome affecting more than six million individuals in the US and nearly 100 million worldwide. The Swedish company's unique solution is based on the ghrelin signaling pathway, intended to increase contractility without causing adverse tachycardia, arrhythmia, ischemia, or hypotension. The company was founded by Lars Lund and is currently led by CEO Patrik Strömberg since 2021.