Mary-Rose Hughes

Cocoon Biotech, Inc. develops and manufactures medicines for osteoarthritis patients. The company was founded by Ailis Tweed-Kent in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Vium, Inc. provides technology for preclinical drug discovery services. It offers biomedical investigators with technology that accelerates the preclinical drug discovery and development pipeline. The company was founded by Timothy L. Robertson and Jonathan Betts-Lacroix in 2013 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Euler Hermes France SA provides insurance services. The firm offers accident, health and related insurance services. The company protects its customers from financial damage caused by failing customers. It was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. manufactures and supplies pharmaceutical products. It develops drugs for neuroscience, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal treatments. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Women in Bio, Inc. is an organization that supports women in the life sciences industry. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization has 13 chapters in the United States and is funded by sponsors and partners who are dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion for women of all ages. Founded in 2002, it offers professional educational programs, peer-to-peer learning, mentoring, and networking opportunities for women at all career levels. Women in Bio was founded by Faith L. Charles and Cynthia Wong Hu.

Veolia Energie International SA is a holding company, which engages in the design and development of energy efficiency programs for municipalities, institutions, and businesses. These include solutions for steam production, heating, cooling, compressed air, vacuum, cogeneration, and power networks. It also offers system maintenance services, including engineering, electrical, automation, and upgrading. The company was founded on November 13, 2000 and is headquartered in Saint-Andre-lez-Lille, France.

Kuur Therapeutics provides clinical cellular therapeutics services. It develops, manufactures and markets personalized cellular immunotherapeutics for infectious disease and cancer. Cell Medica has developed proprietary production technology enabling GMP compliant manufacture of antigen-specific T cells. The company was founded by Gregg Sando in 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The King's Fund organizes healthcare conferences and other events. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Oncimmune Ltd. provides clinical testing services for cancer detection. The firm develops early cancer detection tests for lung, breast, colorectal, prostate, stomach, pancreatic and ovarian cancers. The company was founded by John F. R. Robertson in 2003 and is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

Springlane GmbH develops and operates an online food and kitchenware shopping portal. It provides users with a web-based platform for searching and buying cooking equipment and kitchen accessories, such as cooking pots and pans, electronic grills, rice cookers, glassware, plates and cups, utensils, and table decoration. It also offers a selection of wine and gourmet food products. The company was founded by Lars Christian Wilde, Marius Till Fritzsche, Alexander Luik, Nils Wilde, and Björn Rust in 2012 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Perspectum Ltd. provides technology solutions for diagnosing and staging liver disease. The company was founded by Rajarshi Banerjee, Stefan Karl Neubauer, Matthew David Robson, Alastair Cavanagh, James Hugh Charteris Mallinson and John Michael Brady on September 18, 2012 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kindgom.

Genomics England Ltd. runs and delivers 100,000 genomes project. Its flagship project sequences 100,000 genomes from NHS patients with a rare disease and their families, and patients with cancer. The company was founded by Jeremy Hunt on July 5, 2013 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Coqual, formerly known as the Center for Talent Innovation, is a nonprofit think tank that helps leaders create diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY, and was founded by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. The company focuses on conducting cutting-edge research and providing advisory services on various identities, including gender, race, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and LGBTQ. Coqual was founded in 2004 and offers in-depth research, thought leadership, and data-driven solutions to address bias and barriers to inclusion for underrepresented populations in the workplace. Lanaya Irvin has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Biothera Pharmaceutical, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops Imprime PGG, a novel dectin receptor agonist that reverses tumor-mediated immunosuppression while promoting antigen presentation to drive T cell activation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

iOX Therapeutics Ltd. provides cancer therapeutics services. The company was founded by Vincenzo Cerundolo in February 2015 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Thrombolytic Science International LLC operates as a vascular medicine and biotech company. The company was founded by Alexis Wallace and Victor Gurewich and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

PhESi LLC provides drug and clinical development services for life sciences companies. The private company is based in East Lyme.

AOBiome Therapeutics, Inc. develops microbiome-targeted therapies for local, nasal and systemic inflammatory conditions. Its portfolio includes three clinical-stage programs, a Phase 2b study to treat patients with acne vulgaris, a Phase 2 trial to reduce elevated blood pressure, and a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in allergic rhinitis, as well as earlier-stage preclinical programs targeting diverse inflammatory indications. The company was founded by Jamie Heywood, David Whitlock and Lenny Barshack in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ATAI Life Sciences AG operates as a holding company, which is a global biotech company builder. The company was founded by Christian Angermayer, Lars Christian Wilde, Srinivas G. Rao and Florian Brand in 2018 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Perception Neuroscience, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company, focusing on developing therapies in Neuropsychiatry. The company was founded by Jonathan Sporn and Jay Kranzler and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Affimed NV, Affimed GmbH is a clinical leader in innate immuno-oncology. The company, based in Heidelberg, Germany, develops proprietary cancer-targeting bispecific antibodies that activate the innate immune system to kill tumor cells. Affimed leads clinical development of innate cell engagers for solid/hematologic tumors as monotherapy, in combination with NK cells or with checkpoint inhibitors. Adolf Hoess has been the CEO of the German company since 2010.

Part of Compass Pathways Plc, COMPASS Pathfinder Holdings Ltd. is an investment holding British company. The company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2017.

Noxsudor Therapeutics Ltd. manufactures capsules that control sweating.

RYSE Asset Management LLP (RYSE) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Atique Mirza. The firm is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

The Conduit Connect Ltd. is a private membership platform for high net worth, sophisticated, and professional impact investors. The company is based in London, UK. The British company connects founders who are building scalable, for-profit, impact-driven businesses to capital and expert resources. The company source and connects the most promising high growth impact investing opportunities to mission-aligned investors. The company was founded in 2018, and the CEO is Eva-Maria Dimitriadis.

Part of Compass Pathways Plc, Compass Pathfinder Ltd. engages in research and experimental development on biotechnology. The company is based in Altrincham, UK.

Perspectum Group Plc engages in the sale of diagnostic products via a software-as-a-medical device platform. Its products combine expertise in image formation, magnetic resonance image analysis and artificial intelligence to support healthcare provider diagnosis, treatment decision-making, and monitoring of the progression of chronic metabolic diseases, multi-organ pathologies and cancer, and determine whether the patient is responding to therapy. Its products include Liver MultiScan, MRCP+, Hepatica, and CoverScan MD. The company was founded by Matthew Robson on June 10, 2021 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.