Ira Sanders

Respironics, Inc. manufactures sleep solutions, home respiratory therapy products, and respiratory drugs. Its products include pressure relief, supplemental oxygen, ventilators, oximetry devices, nebulizers and compressors, asthma management, spacers and holding chambers, and peak flow meters. The company was founded by Gerald E. McGinnis in 1976 and is headquarters in Murrysville, PA.

NormOxys, Inc. develops small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. Its major product is OXY111A. The company was founded by Conrad J Bletzer, Jr. Claude Nicoalu, Jean-Mearie Lehn, Gay Goodman, Ruth Greferath and Roscoe Brady in 2004 and is headquartered in Brighton, MA.

Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage diabetes therapeutics company which designs and develops insulin-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes. It focuses on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. The company’s technology platform is based on the use of its proprietary Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle or HDV, nanotechnology to deliver a wide range of critically necessary hormones and drugs to the liver, the body’s primary site of glucose storage. The firm’s HDV system is designed to fundamentally improve the way in which insulin works in people with diabetes by enabling much greater amounts of injected insulin to reach hepatocytes, the liver’s glucose storing cells. The company was founded by Len Rosenberg, Lance Converse, W. Blair Geho and Robert Geho in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Instinctiv Technologies, Inc. develops mobile entertainment software applications. It offers iPhone and iPod touch applications with shuffle feature. The company was founded by Justin Smithline and Peter Brodsky in August 2007 and is headquartered in Ithaca, NY.

Sailthru, Inc. develops a cross-channel experience management platform. It offers email manager, site personalization, mobile manager, prediction manager, and retention analytics. The company was founded by Neil Capel, Ian White, and Chris Chapman in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FunnelFire, Inc. operates an online sales intelligence platform. The firm offers sales-intelligence SaaS product that is sold to business to business salespeople. The company was by founded by David Pfeffer, Mark I. LaRosa and Justin Smithline in 2012 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. researches and develops pharmaceuticals and imaging products to treat diseases. It focuses on pharmaceuticals to treat unmet medical needs in the fight against HIV, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, cancer and arthritis-related disorders. The company is located in Wilmington, DE.

Andera Partners SCA (Andera Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Pierre-Michel Passy. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

GKN Automotive, Inc. manufactures automotive engine components. It manufactures automotive driveline systems, car accessories, motor parts, motor vehicle accessories and many more. The company is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

OncoEthix SA operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which develops cancer drugs. Its products include OTX008, OTX015, and OTX009. The company was founded by Esteban Cvitkovic, Jeanne Kay Noel, Yves Paternot, and Patrice Herait in March 2007 and is headquartered in Luzern, Switzerland.

Gust, Inc. engages in the provision of funding platform for the sourcing and management of early-stage investments. It enables entrepreneurs to collaborate with the investors and angel investor networks by virtually supporting all aspects of the investment relationship, from initial pitch to exit. The company was founded by David S. Rose in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BR Ventures, inc (Big Red Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cornell University founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Ithaca, New York.

ProFibrix BV develops and markets products for the hemostasis and regenerative medicine markets. Its product in pipeline, ProFibrix, is a hemostatic agent for mild to moderate surgical bleeding. The firm operates through its offices located in Leiden and Seattle. It is a subsidiary of The Medicines Company. The company was founded in 2004 by Jaap Koopman and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Nurture, Inc. is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of organic food for babies and children. It operates under the brand name HappyFamily. The company was founded by Shazi Visram and Jessica C. Rolph in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mind-NRG SARL specializes in research and development programs with focus on the treatment psychiatric and neurologic diseases. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Epsilon-3 Bio Ltd. develops compounds targeting the removal of cellular debris in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The company was founded by Martin W. Edwards, Konstantinos Efthymiopoulos, David J. Grainger and Christian De La Tour on June 18, 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator LLC (ER Accelerator) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Murat Aktihanoglu and Jonathan Axelrod. The firm is headquartered in New York.

FJ Labs Inc (FJ labs) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Medicxi Ventures (Jersey) Ltd. (Medicxi) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Francesco de Rubertis, Michèle Ollier, and Kevin S. Johnson. The firm is headquartered in London.

Gadeta BV discovers and develops novel cancer immunotherapies. It provides groundbreaking discoveries regarding the role of cell receptors in the broad of heamatological and solid tumor cells. The firm develops t-cells engineered to express a defined gamma delta, an anti- cancer product that eradicates tumors. The company was founded by Jurgen Kuball in 2015 and is headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Kymo Therapeutics Ltd. develops and commercializes therapeutic products . The company was founded on May 23, 2016 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Palladio Biosciences, Inc. develops transformative medicines for orphan diseases. Its pipeline includes Lixivaptan, a selective vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist for the treatment of polycystic kidney disease, a life-threatening genetic disease. The company was founded by Lorenzo Pellegrini in 2015 and is headquartered in Newtown, PA.

Mavalon Therapeutics Ltd. develops orally available small molecule able to induce glial cell line-derived neurotropic factor production within the brain of parkinson’s patients. The company is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Kaerus Bioscience France SASU engages in research and development in biotechnology. The company was founded on February 23, 2017 and is headquartered in Orléans, France.

Human Antibody Factory Ltd. provides research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company was founded by David John Grainger and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

Mindshift Capital (Mindshift Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Heather Henyon. The firm is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Yukin Therapeutics SAS manufactures pharmaceutical preparations. The company was founded by Matthieu Coutet on June 29, 2018 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Villaris Therapeutics, Inc. is an asset-centric biopharmaceutical company. The company is based in Cary, NC. The company was founded in 2019 by John Harris. The CEO is Andrea Epperly.

Triple Impact Capital Management Co. LLC (Triple Impact Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Bennett Thomas and Justin Smithline. The firm is headquartered in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.