Tony Bartsh

Crosslink Capital, Inc. (Crosslink) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm was founded in 1999 as Omega Venture Partners, Inc. Crosslink provides investment advisory services to investment funds.

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Foundog, Inc. provides tracking and recovery solutions for portable electronics. The firm offers eTriever tag that protects against loss and deters theft, promotional products, USB storage drives and virtual USB drives. The company was founded by Geoffrey H. Nudd and James D. Harris in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Emrose Capital LLC is a privately-owned family office headquartered in Mill Valley, California. The firm was originally founded by John Botti and Patrick Tenney in 2008 and managed a significant amount of outside capital for two years. In December 2010, they returned investors’ capital with profits and have since solely managed the direct equity investments of the founders.

Park West Asset Management LLC (PWAM) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Larkspur, California. The firm was founded by Peter Park in 2002. PWAM provides investment advisory services to private investment vehicles offered to foundations, endowments, high net-worth, financially sophisticated individuals and institutional investors.

PLx Pharma, Inc. is a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of a technology platform for approved drugs. It offers the PLxGuard delivery system, which uses surface acting lipids, such as phospholipids and free fatty acids, to modify the physiochemical properties of various drugs with a targeted release to select portions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The company was founded by Ronald R. Zimmerman on November 12, 2002 and is headquartered in Dover, DE.

Xequel Bio, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops drugs and medical applications for scar prevention, inflammation reduction, wound healing, and complex tissue regeneration. The company was founded by Gautam Sudhir Ghatnekar in 2005 and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC.