Joseph Pickrell

Luxtera, Inc. engages in the development and delivery of silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) photonics. Its CMOS technology provides bandwidth for applications ranging from local area network to chip-to-chip interconnect. The company was founded by Alex Dickinson, Axel Scherer, Eli Yablonovitch and Lawrence Cary Gunn III in 2001 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Omidyar Network LLC (Omidyar Network) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Omidyar Network Commons LLC founded in 2004 by Pierre Omidyar and Pam Omidyar. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Helixis, Inc. develops a molecular diagnostic testing platform for use in diverse physical locations. The company was founded in 2007 by David Baltimore, Alex Dickinson, Matthew Johnston, George Maltezos & Axel Scherer and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

MergerTech Capital Management LLC (MergerTech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Nitin Kanna and Karan Kanna. The firm is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

Quantapore, Inc. develops nanopore based nucleic acid sequencing technology products. The firm's proprietary DNA sequencing technology is based on an optically labeled nanopore which interacts via energy transfer with a labeled nucleic acid sample. The company was founded by Martin Huber and Sascha C. Dennstedt in 2009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

ChromaCode, Inc. develops software and manufactures laboratory instruments. It uses digital signal processing to improve clinical molecular analysis. The company was founded by Aditya Rajagopal, Alexander G. Dickinson, Axel Scherer, and Gregory J. Gosch in 2012 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Spero Management Company, LLC (Spero Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018. The firm is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

Variant Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of new generation of therapeutics. It focuses on traits of medical relevance and using genomics. The company was founded by Akhila Kosaraju, Kaja Wasik, and Stephane Castel in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Synthetica Bio, Inc. is a company that specializes in generative AI for biopharma. The company is based in Anaheim, CA. The company's solution empowers clinical and commercial teams with actionable knowledge in real time. The company was founded by Simon Arkell, Alexander G. Dickinson. Simon Arkell has been the CEO since incorporation.