Janis Naeve

Aurora Biosciences Corp. designs and develops proprietary drug discovery systems, services and technologies to the discovery of new medicine. It develops a proprietary ultra-high throughput screening platform that uniquely integrates innovative fluorescence chemistry, molecular biology, miniaturization, automation, and informatics. The company also provides assay development and screening services. Aurora was founded in 1995 and is located in San Diego, CA.

DecImmune Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel peptides and antibodies for acute and tissue damaging inflammation. It engages in developing an antibody-based therapeutic that can prevent tissue damage and preserve organ function by inhibiting activation of the N2 neoepitope in the innate autoimmune pathway. The company was founded by Michael Carroll, Richard S. Foemmel, and Francis Moore Jr. on March 27, 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.^

Ren Pharmaceuticals was formed in the fall of 2006 with the aim of bringing together talented and experienced people who are passionate about building a cardio-renal/renal- focused drug development company. Ren Pharmaceuticals closed a Series A financing in November 2006 with Sanderling Ventures, Venrock Associates and Amgen Ventures as investors. The company's R&D is currently located in South San Francisco, California.

Groove Biopharma Corp. focuses on the generation of novel microRNA (miRNA) therapeutics with improved properties, including higher potency and enhanced pharmacodynamic activity. Endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) were involved in extensive regulatory networks for many target genes and pathways. Groove Biopharma's core technology addressed a new avenue of nucleotide therapeutic drug discovery via modulation of cellular mirna. Used exclusive technology, Groove Biopharma were generated a series of lead candidates with the potential to be best-in-class therapeutics. By incorporated proprietary structural modifications into miRNA therapeutics, the Groove Biopharma technology platform presented promising potential for treating a wide range of diseases, including cancer, fibrosis, and infectious disease.The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle,UN.

Oncofactor Corp. develops antibody drugs against new biologic targets in cancer. Its cancer therapeutics that disrupt signaling pathways between tumors and the immune system. The company was founded by Sarah Ellen Warren in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

X-Ceptor is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focusing on research in the rapidly developing field of orphan nuclear receptors that serve as the molecular targets for the discovery of novel small molecule pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human diseases. X-Ceptor has developed an integrated approach to drug discovery drawing from their in-house expertise in biology, chemistry and high-throughput screening. X-Ceptor's advantage lies in its understanding of orphan nuclear receptors and their signaling pathways, as well as its proprietary ability to employ these orphan nuclear receptors in transcriptional and biochemical based assays to discover novel therapeutic agents

Amgen Ventures LLC (Amgen Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc. founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.