Elizabeth A. Ahrens

Invivo Corp. designs, manufactures and markets monitoring systems and medical devices. The firm offers RF coils, advanced image visualization systems, MRI-compatible interventional instruments to increase MR image quality and analysis. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Gainesville, FL.

LipoSonix, Inc. develops technology for non-invasive cosmetic surgery applications. Its products are used to remove fat and body sculpting. The company was founded by Steven B. Waite, Thomas D. Weldon, Jens Ulrich Quistgaard, Charles E. Larsen and John Arthur Deedrick in 1999 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops biopharmaceutical drugs. It is a multiple, novel clinical-stage programs in the areas of cardiovascular, renal, and pain. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Pacira Cryotech, Inc. develops novel technologies for treatment of peripheral nerves. Its iovera treatment harnesses the power of cold with the Focused Cold Therapy delivery system and delivers immediate results for both therapeutic and aesthetic applications. The firm’s iovera treatment does not use toxins, chemicals, or pharmaceuticals to achieve results and leaves nothing behind in the body. The company was founded by Lisa Elkins in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Optivia Biotechnology, Inc. provides contract research organization offering drug transporter research services and solutions to biotechnology, pharmaceutical and academic organizations. It offers regulatory DDI studies, transporter screening, tranporter profiling, and custom development services. The firm's products include TransFlex Single Transporter Assay Plates,TransFlex Multi-Transporter Model Plates, and Certified Efflux Transporter Vesicles. The company was founded by Yong Huang, Pascal Druzgala and Peter G. Milner in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

The University of Liverpool operates as a university. It offers post graduate research, foundation courses, continuing and professional development, online study, and doctoral college. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

ABV LLC(Ascent Biomedical) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven I Hochberg, Geoffrey W Smith and Steve Hochberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Lifeline Technologies, Inc. operates as a health sciences development company which focuses on novel strategies. It offers ChoLESStolife, a non-prescription and non-synthetic cholesterol absorption inhibitor for the reduction of human cholesterol using a fat-free delivery system for soy sterols and stanols. The company was registered by Curtis A. Spilburg and Richard E. Ostlund on October 1, 2002 and is headquartered in Hendersonville, NC.

Solta Medical, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets energy-based medical device systems for aesthetic applications. Its brands include Clear + Brilliant pélo, Thermage, Liposonix, VASER, Fraxel, Clear + Brilliant, and Isolaz systems which are used to address various aesthetic issues. The company was founded by Edward W. Knowlton on January 11, 1996 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Ischemix, Inc. is a privately-held drug development company based in an undisclosed location. The American company focuses on developing its family of cytoprotective compounds for serious diseases and conditions, with the primary focus being the development of its lead compound, CMX-2043, for the treatment of TBI. Ischemix is working to advance cytoprotective therapies. The company was founded in 1999 by Victor Shashoua, and David DeWahl has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Retrotope, Inc. operates as clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat degenerative diseases. It offers drugs and therapies to treat Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, mitochondrial myopathies and retinopathies diseases. The company was founded by Charles R. Cantor, Robert J. Molinari, and Mikhail S. Shchepinov in 2006 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Atheneos Ventures LLC (Atheneos Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

SinuSys Corp. develops medical device therapies to improve the sinus health of patients with chronic sinusitis. Its products include Vent-OS sinus dilation system, Restora steroid-eluting spacer, and SinuSys product pipeline. The company was founded by Jerome Hester and Thomas A. Schreck in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

AshHill Investments LLC (AshHill Investments) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Ft. Thomas, Kentucky.

Part of Lifemax Healthcare International Corp., LifeMax Laboratories, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotech company based in Redwood City, CA. The company focuses on treating orphan diseases with few or no therapeutic options by developing and commercializing first-in-class assets that target the underlying genetic abnormality and address critical unmet medical needs. The company was founded by Laura Zhu and Chung Chiang Hsu, with Chung Chiang Hsu serving as CEO since incorporation.

AiViva BioPharma, Inc. is a clinical stage biotech company based in Costa Mesa, CA. AiViva is developing new therapeutics using innovative approaches, with proprietary technologies, including Jel™, to address high unmet medical needs through focal therapies that target diseases of neovascularization, abnormal cell proliferation, and fibrosis. The private company's core competencies include the development of novel drugs in specialty therapeutic areas of dermatology, ophthalmology, urology, and oncology. An estimated 100 million people in the developed world form scars following surgery. The company was founded in 2015 by Diane Tang-Liu, who has been the CEO since then.

Lifemax Healthcare International Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceutical and biotech products. The company was founded by Chung Chiang Hsu, Laura Zhu and Ann Hsu in 2014 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Renexxion LLC is a gastrointestinal biopharmaceutical company. It develops naronapride. The company was founded by Peter G. Milner, Muralitharan Kengatharan , and Pascal J. Druzgala in 2014 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Spire Bioventures, Inc. provides consulting services for the healthcare industry.

AmMax Bio, Inc. is a clinical stage biotech company. The private company is based in Redwood City, CA. The CEO of the company is Chung Chiang Hsu.