Richard C. Birkmeyer

Standard Diversified, Inc. is a holding company, which owns and operates subsidiaries in a variety of industries, including other tobacco products, insurance, and outdoor advertising. It operates through the following segments: Smokeless Products, Smoking Products, and NewGen Products. The Smokeless Product segment manufactures and markets moist snuff and contracts for and markets chewing tobacco products. The Smoking Products segment imports and markets cigarette papers, tubes, and related products; imports and markets finished cigars, MYO cigar tobaccos, and cigar wraps; and processes, packages, and markets pipe tobaccos. The NewGen Products segment trades e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers, and other related products; and distributes a wide assortment of vaping products to non-traditional retail outlets via VaporBeast and Vapor Shark. The company was founded by Martha C. Reider, Anne Cavanaugh and Richard C. Birkmeyer in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Innovation Capital Advisors LLC (Innovation Capital Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in year 1995. The firm headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

EIDP, Inc. engages in the provision of science-based products and services. It operates through the Seed and Crop Protection segments. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms around the world. The Crop Protection segment serves the global agricultural input industry with products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and disease, and that improve overall crop health both above and below ground via nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. The company was founded by Eleuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

CD Diagnostics, Inc. provides research and development about joint fluid. It is developing a series of immunoassays to detect the cause of joint pain using joint fluid. The firm's immunoassay is a test that measures the presence of a substance. The company was founded by Carl Deirmengian and Michael J. Behr in 2008 and is headquartered in Claymont, DE.

Leading Edge Ventures (Leading Edge Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Newark, Delaware.

CanSurround PBC provides health care services. The company was founded by Margaret Maley, Jon Brilliant, Jill Teixeira in 2013 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Tangen Biosciences, Inc. develops portable instruments and methods for use in molecular diagnostics. Its instrument provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction amplification. The company was founded by John R. Nobile and John Davidson in 2013 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.