Sarah Johnson

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

CuraGen Corp. develops protein, antibody and small molecule pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the development of CR011-vcMMAE, a Phase II clinical trial drug for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and breast cancer. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Protagonist Pty Ltd. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. Its proprietary technology platform focused on discovering and developing peptide-based new chemical entities to address significant unmet medical needs. The company was founded on September 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia.

Labrys Biologics, Inc. provides biotechnology services. It is a venture-financed development stage biotechnology company, which focuses on treatments for chronic migraine. The company was founded by Corey S. Goodman in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cargomatic, Inc. operates platform for trucking industry. It offers matching of shipments demand for local and international shipping services. The firm provides LTL shipping, full truckload shipping and drayage services. The company was founded by Jonathan Kessler, Martin Hendleman and Brett Parker in 2013 and is headquartered in Venice, CA.

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, ME.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Microsoft Corp. (India) Pvt Ltd. designs, manufactures and markets Microsoft software products. It offers Windows products, including Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer. It also offers server and tool products, such as Windows, SQL, and Exchange servers; Visual Studio, an integrated development environment to create applications for Windows, Android, and iOS, as well as Web applications and cloud services; Microsoft Azure that offers cloud computing platform and services; Windows I tune for mobile device and application management, and PC management from the cloud; and SharePoint, a team collaboration software tools. Microsoft was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Gurgaon, India.

Shasta Ventures Management LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in the year 2004 by Ravi Mohan, Tod H. Francis and Rob T. Coneybeer. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. develops laparoscopic visualization tools and systems. It offers FloShield Air, a vortex barrier technology that provides a continuous flow of dry carbon dioxide gas over the tip of the scope, instantly defogging it while continuously shielding it from condensation, debris, and smoke. It also offers FloShield Plus, an intra-operative flush that can be used to clean a scope if it gets dirty during surgery. The company was founded by Wayne L. Poll and Jodi Wolfe in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Kabam, Inc. develops multiplayer social games. It creates free-to-play games for social networks which are available on mobile devices via its own channel in the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon and on the web via Facebook, Yahoo, and Kabam.com. The company was founded by Kevin Chou, Holly Liu, and Michael Li in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Zoosk, Inc. engages in the provision of online social dating network services. It specializes in behavioral matchmaking technology. The company was founded by Shayan Ghazizadeh Zadeh and Alex Mehr in 2007 and is headquartered in Lehi, UT.

Content Square SAS specializes in the optimization of web and mobile websites. Its platform features include customer journey analysis, zone-based heat maps, session replay, impact quantification, artificial intelligence (AI) insights, and merchandising analysis. The company was founded by Jonathan Cherki in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

NatureBox, Inc. engages in the operation of an online subscription service for healthy snack food. The company was founded by Gautam Gupta and Ken Chen in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Abyrx, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical therapeutic devices. It offers montage, hemasorb, heamsorb plus, hemasorb apply, and absorbable hemostatic bone putty. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvington, NY.

Cuyana, Inc. provides luxury fashion brands and goods. It operates an online platform that offers apparel and accessories, made from the most premium materials around the world and designed with a classic, feminine aesthetic. The company was founded by Shilpa Praful Shah and Karla Gallardo in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ML Enterprise, Inc. is a business-to-business financial technology company, which engages in the provision of supply-side platform for marketplace lending. Its platform, using a data-driven and market-based approach, facilitates this process by matching borrowers with the right lender and loan product, at the right rate. The company was founded by Ian Rosen, Phillip Rosen and Jarid Maged in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ladder Financial, Inc. provides commercial real estate financing services. The company was founded by James A. Hale, Laura Hale, Jeff Merkel and Jack Dubie in 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Quantum Circuits, Inc. develops, manufactures and wholesales quantum computers, components and devices. Its products include JPC-mini and amplifier & multi-layer shield. The company was founded by Michel Devoret, Luigi Frunzio, Brian W. Pusch and Robert J. Schoelkopf in 2015 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Embroker Insurance Services LLC develops a software platform which provides online insurance services. It allows the user to compare and access others company?s policies, and track real time access and online reporting. The company was founded by Matt Miller, George Djordje Vranjesevic and Yotam Shacham on March 3, 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Dragos, Inc. develops a platform which provides cyber security solutions. Its platform engages in continuous passive monitoring software that identifies and visualizes assets, detects threats through intelligence-driven analytics, and provides a workbench with playbooks to respond to attacks with speed and confidence. The firm offers incident response and threat view services. The company was founded by Robert M. Lee, Justin Cavinee and Jon Lavender in 2016 and is headquartered in Fulton, MD.

Part of Canaan Management, Inc., Canaan Partners XI LLC provides investment services. The company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Execthread, Inc. develops as a venture-backed social network software for executives who share job opportunities with one another. It specializes in executive search, careers, career development, networking, jobs, recruitment, recruiting, hiring, staffing, executive recruiting and career management. The company was founded by Joe Meyer in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nocion Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which targets neurons mediating cough, itch, pain and inflammation without the addictive properties of opioids. The company was founded by Bruce Bean, Clifford Woolf and Bruce David Levy and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Taptap Send, Inc. provides banking and financial services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Synthekine, Inc. engages as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Transposon Therapeutics, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Westport, CT.

DOT Therapeutics-2, Inc. develops new therapies that change the outcome for people of all ages living with cancer. The company was founded by Julie Grant and Samuel Blackman and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Canopy Technology Corp. engages in the provision of technology services. It builds modern servicing infrastructure for FinTechs. It offers a plug and play system of record for companies who want to launch lending products. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.