Kees Been

Auron Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It aims to cure cancer by radically changing the paradigm of cancer therapeutics from cell killing to transformation of malignant cells into more normal functioning cells. The company was founded by Kate Yen, Matt Vander Heiden, Ross Levine, and Eytan Stein and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA.

Ceregene, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products for neurodegenerative disorders. The company was founded in January 2001 and it is headquartered in Richmond, CA.

Umoja Biopharma, Inc. engages in the development of immunotherapy treatments for blood-based and organ-based tumors in adult and pediatric patients. It offers an integrated cellular immunotherapy platform comprising VivoVec in vivo delivery, RACR/CAR synthetic receptor payload and TumorTag targeting technologies that attack cancer cells. The company was founded by Michael Jensen, Philip Low, Andy Scharenberg and Ryan Crisman and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The company was incorporated in June 20, 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Partners Innovation Fund II LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of life sciences includes drugs, devices, diagnostics, and digital health. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. It makes co-investments.

Qiming US Ventures Management LLC (Qiming Venture Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Qiming Venture Partners Ltd founded in 2017 by Mark D. McDade and Gary Edward Rieschel. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

WindMIL Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer patients. The company was founded by Ivan Borrello and Kimberly Noonan and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Jasper Tx Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the clinical development of novel therapies. The company was founded by Susan S. Prohaska and Judith Shizuru and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

X-BODY, Inc. provides biotechnological research services. The company was founded on April 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Cardialen, Inc. develops medical devices. It offers pain-free cardio version therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) using low-energy implantable atrial cardioverters. The firm develops and commercializes these as an independent specialist, to address major needs in atrial fibrillation management, achieve improved outcomes and reduce the risk of stroke, heart failure and high healthcare costs associated with atrial fibrillation. The company's products comprise implantable low-energy pain-free atrial cardioverters and cardiac leads and defibrillator equipment. Its products are used for the treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Cardialen was founded in 2008 by D. Graeme Thomas, Randy H. Weiss and Igor R. Efimov and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Dolby Family Ventures (Dolby) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

NeuroTherapia, Inc. discovers and develops new therapies for diseases with an underlying component of neuroinflammation. The company was founded by Mohamed Naguib Attala and Joseph F. Foss in 2015 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Libra Therapeutics, Inc. operates as biotechnology company which develops novel disease-modifying therapeutics. It focuses on the areas of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Cerevance, Inc. provides pharmaceutical services. The firm discovers new treatments for central nervous system diseases. Its platform enables to profile specific brain cell types including both neurons and glial cells in mature human brain tissue. The company was founded by Bradley A. Margus and Mark Carlton in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

QurAlis Corp. engages in discovering and developing new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological diseases. It offers therapeutic programs and targets, and biomarkers. The company was founded by Clifford Woolf, Kevin Eggan, Jonathan J. Fleming, and Kasper Roet and is headquartered in North Cambridge, MA.

Therini Bio, Inc. engages in research and development in the field of biotechnology. The company was founded by Katerina Akassoglou in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mindimmune Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs that target the immune system to treat diseases of the central nervous system. It focuses on the treatment of Alzheimer's, Huntington's disease, pain, and psychiatric disorders. The company was founded by Stevin Zorn, Frank S. Menniti, Robert B. Nelson, and Brian M. Campbell on July 12, 2016 and is headquartered in Kingston, RI.

Reservoir Neuroscience, Inc. develops novel therapeutics. It focuses on treating dysfunctional blood vessels in the brain other neurological disorders. The company was founded by Aaron Friedman in 2019 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Xenocor, Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Utah that offers a suite of leading-edge, fog-free, disposable surgical technologies for minimally invasive, abdominal, and thoracic procedures. The American company also offers a suite of leading-edge, fog-free, single-use endoscopes for minimally invasive surgical procedures. These products emerged from the Center for Medical Innovation and are FDA cleared, CE marked, and patent protected. The company was founded by John Langell, Lane Brooks, and Sourav Kole, and the CEO is Evan Kelso.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Rome Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases by harnessing the power of the repeatome-vast stretches of uncharted genetic materials. The company was founded by Rosana Kapeller and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Partners Innovation Fund LLC, an Evergreen Fund, invests in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare sector. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. It also makes follow on investments.

MediGene, Inc. develops herpes simplex virus technologies for the treatment of tumors and for gene delivery. The company was founded by Ram Bhatt and Frank Tufaro and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

National Institutes Of Health conducts & supports peer-reviewed medical research and science. The firm's scientists & researchers investigate on different ways to prevent diseases as well as the causes, treatments and cures for common and rare diseases. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Magenta Corp. manufactures plastic injection molds. The American company was founded by Jeffrey M. Ostrove.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Locana, Inc. engages in the provision of ribonucleic acid targeting gene therapy. Its platform technology addresses a wide spectrum of human genetic diseases. It has advanced a powerful modular RNA targeting-effector approach to optimize and advance therapeutic candidates that is distinct from DNA-targeted approaches and nucleic acid-based RNA targeting. The company was founded by Gene Yeo and David Nelles in 2016 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc., Stelios Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that develops novel adeno-associated virus based gene therapies for rare genetic cardiac conditions. The company is based in Cardiff, CA. The company was founded by Eric Adler and Farah Sheikh. The CEO is Jeffrey M. Ostrove. Stelios Therapeutics was acquired by Lexeo Therapeutics, Inc. on July 21, 2021.

Lutris Pharma Ltd. is working on the improvement of the anti-cancer therapy effectiveness and the quality of life for patients that are treated with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors. The company was founded on December 14, 2015 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Arkin Bio Ventures (Arkin Bio) is a venture capital arm of Arkin Holdings founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Arkin Holdings engages in the provision of healthcare investment services which specializes in pharmaceutical and biotechnology, medical devices, dermatology, and hedge fund. The company was founded by Mori Arkin in 2009 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Integra Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company. It invests in the pharmaceutical industry. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.