Sharon Kedar

Sands Capital Management LLC (Sands Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1992 by Frank Sands and is majority owned by Sands Capital Management LP. Sands Capital provides investment management services to both US and non-US clients who have different tax statuses, often depending on the jurisdiction.

IsoPlexis Corp. engages in the development of curative medicines and personalized therapeutics. Its single cell proteomics platform, which includes instruments, chip consumables and software, provides an end-to-end solution to reveal a more complete view of protein function at an individual cellular level. The company was founded by Sean Mackay, Rong Fan, and Kara K. Brower in March 2013 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Emulate, Inc. owns and operates Organs-on-Chips platform which acts as an automated human bioemulation platform for mimicking true human physiology. The firm's product responses to medicines, chemicals, and diseases can be predicted. The company was founded by James Coon, Donald Ingber and Geraldine Hamilton in July 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ultivue, Inc. engages in provision of biotechnology services. It offers super-resolution imaging, single-molecule and diagnostics services. Its product Multiplex IHC Reagent Kits, a performance marker multiplexing detection and analysis.The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Walt and Ralf Jumgmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hawthorne Effect, Inc. provides medical diagnostic tools. It specializes in clinical trials, patient engagement, mobile healthcare, home health, patient experience, clinical research, gig economy, and health tech. The company was founded by Jodi Akin in 2014 and is headquartered in Alamo, CA.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.