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Luminus Devices, Inc. develops and manufactures solid state lighting solutions. Its products include COB arrays, mid power LEDs, XNOVA cube, high brightness white LEDs, color LEDs, color mix LEDs, UV LEDs, IR LEDs and horticulture LEDs. The company was founded by Alexei Erchak and John D. Joannopoulos in 2002 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Arxan Technologies, Inc. engages in the provision of application security and protection solutions. It offers threat analytics, key and data protection, and application management. The company was founded by J. Eric Davis, John T. Korb, Hoi Chang, John Rice, Richard P. Earley, and Mikhail Atallah in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

WiSpry, Inc. manufactures RF-CMOS integrated circuits and components. It offers tunable RF components, digital capacitor arrays, RF evaluation kits, filters and duplexors, and power amplifiers. The firm's products are used in airbag sensors, game controllers, accelerometers, microoptics, video projection systems, and printer heads. It serves mobile handset manufacturers and network operators. The company was founded by Jeffrey L. Hilbert and Arthur S. Morris III in October 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Nortis, Inc. engages in the provision of drug development and discovery process. It operates retail chain of drug stores. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

QuantaLife, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops and manufactures products based on nucleic acid testing concept for the life science research, clinical molecular diagnostics, personalized medical care and industrial markets. The company was founded by Kevin Dean Ness, Benjamin Hindson, Christopher T. Blisard and William Wayne Colston Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Shadow Networks, Inc. provides security solutions for enterprise and government networks. The company was founded by Chad O. Hughes, Steve Silva, Dave Camarata, Michael G. Lyons, Bryan McMillan and Eric Winsborrow in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

HealthTell, Inc. develops healthcare diagnosing tools for individuals to monitor their health status. It offers OneTest, a new technology for the early detection and monitoring of progressive diseases and the test is simple and inexpensive, and can be performed with only a single drop of blood. The company was founded in 2010 by Stephen Albert Johnston and Neal Woodbury and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.

TOMA Biosciences, Inc. develops and provides DNA-based cancer testing technology. The company was founded by Hanlee Ji, Lincoln Nadauld, James M. Ford, and Calvin J. Kuo in 2011 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Paladin Capital Group (Paladin Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Penn Ave Investments LLC founded by Mark Maloney and Michael Steed in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, London and Luxembourg.

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Inc. owns and operates hospitals. It offers health care services in the areas of burn and wound care, cardiac surgery, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology/obstetrics, innovation in quality patient care, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. The company was founded by Johns Hopkins in 1997 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

The Association for Women in Science is an organization that supports and recognizes women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization provides a central repository for articles, blogs, press releases, webinars, videos, and newsletters, as well as curated content for women in STEM. The organization also educates about Title IX protections and how to report violations. The AWIS Wall of WISdom provides inspiration and advice from other women in science and STEM. Meredith R. Gibson has been the CEO of the American company since 2022.

Trident Labs, Inc. engages in the operation of toxicology laboratories. It offers urine and oral fluid drug testing to help medical offices monitor adherence to prescription medication and abstinence from illicit drugs. The company is headquartered in Holland, MI.

Fixmo, Inc. provides mobile application solutions services. The company was founded by Joyce Janczyn in July 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Trevor Project is a nonprofit organization that aims to prevent and respond to the public health crisis of LGBTQ youth suicide. The organization offers 24/7 free crisis services, research, advocacy, education, and peer support. It is the world's largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people. The Trevor Project provides a suite of crisis intervention and suicide prevention programs, including TrevorLifeline, TrevorText, and TrevorChat, as well as the world's largest safe space social networking site for LGBTQ youth, TrevorSpace. The organization also offers an education program with resources for youth-serving adults and organizations, a legislative advocacy department fighting for pro-LGBTQ legislation and against anti-LGBTQ rhetoric/policy positions, and conducts research to discover the most effective means to help young LGBTQ people in crisis and end suicide. Abbe Land has been the CEO of the American company since 2012.

Newlans, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company. It specializes in reconfigurable broadband analog signal processing solutions. The firm's platform provides an unprecedented level of programmability to analog applications. The company was founded by Dev Vrat Gupta and Divi Gupta in 2003 and is headquartered in Acton, MA.

ARTIS Ventures Management LP (Artis Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Mike Harden and Stuart L.Peterson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Amitree, Inc. develops and delivers real estate technology solutions. Its product, Closing Time, is a tool that enables home buyers and their agents navigate the process of buying a home and organizing mission-critical tasks into a checklist that is customized for each buyer's situation. The company as founded by Jonathan Aizen and Paul Knegten in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of DSA Property Group, Zufog LLC is an American innovative data analytics company that helps businesses improve their decision-making through a better understanding of their operations. Zufog's powerful algorithm and artificial intelligence engine are based on mining information from reviews and surveys. The company was founded by Vasudev Bailey. Zufog was acquired by DSA Property Group on September 26, 2014.

Lakewood & Co is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in the year of 2005 by Gregory J. Corona. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Eko Devices, Inc. manufactures digital medical devices and smartphone-enabled medical technologies. It offers Eko Core, which is a digital stethoscope attachment that allows clinicians to visualize, record, playback, share, and analyze heart sounds; and Core Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope accessories. The company was founded by Connor Landgraf, Tyler Crouch and Jason Bellet in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

IONpath, Inc. transforms pathology with multiplexed ion beam imaging. The company was founded by Michael Angelo, Sean Bendall, Harris Fienberg and Gerry Noland and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Isolation Bio, Inc. provides microbiology tools for microbiology research, and product development. It focuses on human health, agriculture, energy production, and synthetic biology. The company was founded by Peter Christey, Michael Seely, Paul Blainey, and Roman Stocker in 2014 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Menlo Microsystems, Inc. engages in the development of an electronic switchsystems. Its products include RF (radio frequency) switches, general purpose switches, and high-power switches. The company was founded by Chris Keimel, Rob Reagan, and Chris Giovanniello in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Tasso, Inc. develops devices for collecting blood samples. It offers HemoLink, a device which is used to self-collect blood for clinical testing. The company was founded by Benjamin J. Moga, Erwin Berthier and Ben Casavant and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Excision BioTherapeutics, Inc. develops gene editing therapeutics for the treatment of life-threatening disease caused by viral infections. The firm focuses on Human Immunodeficiency Virus -1 therapeutics, JC Virus and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Hepatitis B virus therapeutics, and CRISPR vaccinations?. The company was founded by David Rowe, Kamel Khalili, Thomas Malcolm, and Rob Simmons in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

RubrYc Therapeutics, Inc. develops antibody therapy applications. Its products include RubrYc Discovery Engine, through which people can decode protein interactions through the integration of data and biological science. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Unnatural Products, Inc. develops and operates a drug discovery platform on macrocyclic compounds. The firm focuses on the directed combinatorial synthesis of macrocycles inspired by natural products. The company was founded by Cameron Rand Pye and Joshua Allen Schwochert in 2017 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA.

Cyberhedge, Inc. provides cyber risk assessment solutions. The firm offers quantified cyber risk assessment at three levels: overall sector rank, individual sector bank, and individual security vendor rank. The company was founded by Ryan Dodd in 2015 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Aether Biomachines, Inc. operates reimagining biological manufacturing company that manufactures new molecules for pharmaceuticals, fragrances, flavors, cosmetics and agriculture. The company was founded by Pavle Jeremic, Chase Armer and Hannah Meyers and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Spero Devices, Inc. engages in the development of a accelerator hardware platform for edge applications. It focuses on real time computation. The company was founded by Jai Gupta in 2015 and is headquartered in Acton, MA.

OMX Ventures LLC (OMX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

General Inception Management LLC (General Inception Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Vikram Chaudhery, Paul A. Conley and Jim Buzzitta. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Lakewood Hughes Group LLC (Lakewood Hughes Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2020 by James V. Buzzitta and Gregory J. Corona. The firm is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Edifice Health, Inc. is a digital health spin-out company that offers a novel metric of inflammatory health, which is augmented with personalized health interventions to improve and extend healthspan. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. The company has solid underpinnings in immunological science and AI-powered technology. Edifice Health aims to tackle chronic diseases worldwide with a consumer and market-centric orientation. The company was founded by Mark M. Davis and David Furman.

Outpace Bio, Inc. is a company that creates smart cell therapies using protein design and synthetic biology to reprogram how cells function and make decisions. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company collaborates with industry leaders to improve the safety and efficacy of cell and gene therapies. Outpace's platform combines the design of improved biological functions with powerful cellular control modalities to tackle incurable diseases. Outpace Bio was founded by Marc J. Lajoie and Scott Boyken, and Marc J. Lajoie has been the CEO since incorporation.

Intellihealth, Inc. is a company that is changing the perception of obesity and redefining how it is treated. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company offers a clinically proven medical obesity treatment approach that is three times more effective than lifestyle intervention alone. The company's product, Evolve, enables healthcare providers to offer effective medical obesity treatment to new and existing patients, both via telehealth and in person. Additionally, their clinical services affiliate, Flyte Medical, provides business and healthcare systems the services of experienced clinicians who are passionate about obesity medicine, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and registered dietitians. The company was founded in 2017 by Louis J. Aronne, Vasudev Bailey, Katherine Saunders, Sloan Saunders.

Constructive Bio Ltd. is a British biotechnology company that rewrites genomes to create biomolecules that were previously unimaginable. The company is based in Cambridge, UK and is backed by a world-class syndicate of investors including Ahren Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, OMX Ventures, and General Inception. The company is creating next-generation therapeutics and industrial solutions while setting the standard for genetic code reprogramming. With a world-class team in synthetic genomics and a passionate commitment to improving health and bioprocessing, Constructive Bio is reimagining the world of biologic therapies by rewriting the genome itself.

Partillion Bioscience Corp. is an American company that specializes in providing a functional single-cell biology reagent platform. The company's nanovial technology allows for single-cell secretion analysis and other research capabilities. The company was founded by Joseph Michael de Rutte and Dino Di Carlo, with Joseph Michael de Rutte serving as CEO since incorporation.