David Pugh

Media Arts Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets artistic products based on the works of artist Thomas Kinkade. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

La Jolla Playhouse, Inc. provides educational opportunities for children, teens, and adults interested in theatre arts. The company was founded by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer in 1947 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Nanoly Bioscience, Inc. develops polymers that enable temperature-sensitive molecules to survive without refrigeration. The firm develops a polymer, NanoShield that may be blended with any protein-based molecules to eliminate refrigeration. It can be applied to enzymes and reagents, anti-body drugs, viral vaccines, adjuvant-containing vaccines and therapeutics. The company was founded by Nanxi Liu and Balaji Sridhar and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Enplug, Inc. provides software as a service for the streaming of content and social media. It is the operating system for displays in businesses, which transforms any TV or display into a real-time marketing tool. The firm specializes in digital signage software, interactive displays, software, SaaS, social media wall, digital signage and enterprise software. The company was founded by Alex Ross, David Zhu, Nanxi Liu, Navdeep Reddy and Zach Spitulski in 2012 and is headquartered in Culver City, CA.

Hilltop Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotech company that develops room temperature allograft therapies for veterinary applications. It offers ophthalmic, orthopedic, wounds and surgical products. The company was founded by Amanda Drobnis and is headquartered in Norton, MA.

DTx Pharma, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology solutions. It focuses on the utilization of fatty acids to enable the delivery of RNA therapeutics to tissues and organ systems beyond the liver. The company was founded by Arthur T. Suckow, John Grundy, and Adam Pavlicek in August 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Elanco Animal Health, Inc., Novartis Animal Health US, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products for animals. The company is based in Greensboro, NC.

XFactor Ventures (XFactor Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Exeter Venture Management Company LLC founded in 2017 by Anna B. Palmer and Chip M. Hazard. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Medichem SA is a vertically Spanish integrated pharmaceutical company that specializes in the development and manufacture of APIs and FDFs for the generics market. The company is based in Sant Joan Despi, Spain, and has subsidiaries in Spain. The company offers highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) manufacturing, from development to cGMP production, and have an R & D laboratory and GMP kilo-lab. Medichem offers specific chlorhexidine transparent aqueous and alcoholic solutions based on chlorhexidine digluconate as an active ingredient, with a wide range of applications such as pharma, biocide, oral care, cosmetics, and veterinary. The company's chlorhexidine wipes are used for general disinfection. The company was founded in 1972, and José Luis Rodríguez has been the CEO of the company since 1996.

Blaze Technology, Inc. is an AI-powered platform that helps businesses build software and apps to improve their operations. Blaze Technology is based in Los Angeles, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The platform offers simple and transparent pricing, allowing users to pay only for what they need. With Blaze, users can create and launch internal tools, custom web apps, and more. The platform also provides SQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL admin consoles that are easy to create and edit. Additionally, Blaze offers a visual editor that allows users to combine and search customer data, search for orders, and update contact information without any coding. The company provides real-time visibility and analytics on inventory to teams and creates an automated and fully custom system to know when to restock. The company was founded in 2021 by Bruno Denuit, Nanxi Liu, and Justyna Wojcik, with Nanxi Liu serving as the CEO since 2021.

Grupo Proeza SAPI de CV is a holding company with interests in the automotive, healthcare, and food production industries. It fabricates and commercializes structural metal components for vehicles, operates a network of health service providers, and manufactures citrus fruit juices, concentrates and purees. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico.

Balance Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to address conditions of intellectual disability. Its pharmacological approach, based on technology licensed from Stanford University, hypothesizes that restoring the proper balance between inhibition and excitation at the neuronal synapse by antagonizing excessive inhibitory circuits could result in the appropriate plasticity for memory and learning to occur in many conditions of intellectual disability. The company was founded by Lyndon Lien, Craig Garner and Daniel Wetmore in 2009 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

MBS Value Partners, Inc. is an investor relations and financial communications advisory company. The private company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States and Brazil. The company was founded by Lynn Morgen and Margaret Mager has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Novartis Groupe France SA is a pharmaceutical company. It provides cure for diseases. The company is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

The Thomas Kinkade Co. distributes photolithographs, collectibles and decorative accessories. The company was founded by Thomas Kinkade and is headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Guy F. Atkinson Co. of California is an American company that provides services to heavy construction companies in the power, infrastructure, and industrial markets.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of Premier, Inc., Strategic Outcomes Services, Inc. is a pharmaeconomic and outcomes research consulting firm. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. Strategic Outcomes Services was acquired by CareScience, Inc. on January 22, 2001 for $1.49 million. The company was founded by Raymond Townsend.

Elan Pharmaceuticals LLC develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It specializes in treatment of neurological and autoimmune diseases. The firm's drugs are used in the treatment of for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and rheumatoid arthritis diseases. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

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.