Paul Kang

PanTheryx, Inc. operates as a medical nutrition company that researches, develops, and commercializes medical nutrition products targeting the gastrointestinal microbiome. The firm offers medical foods, food for special dietary use, and dietary supplements. The company was founded by Tim Starzland and Bimla Starzl in 2007 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Revalesio Corp. develops therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory diseases through Taylor-Couette-Poiseuille (TCP) flow. The company is headquartered in Tacoma, WA.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Sofinnova Investment Inc (Sofinnova Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by Jacques F. vallle & Joel F. Martin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and develops pharmaceuticals. It develops novel protein, antibody, & small molecule therapeutics in the areas of oncology, obesity, diabetes, and central nervous system disorders. The company is a subsidiary of Chemgenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. It was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Lilly Research Laboratories is a company that engages in research and develops medicines. The company is based in Indianapolis, IN.

Omniox, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which develops medicines for hypoxic diseases. Its technology overcomes fundamental biochemical shortcomings of hemoglobin-based and per fluorocarbon oxygen delivery approaches. The company was founded in 2006 by Stephen P. L. Cary, Michael A. Marletta, Jonathan Winger and Elizabeth Marshall Boon and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Novo Ventures (US), Inc. is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Novo A/S and their ultimate parent is Novo Nordisk Fonden.

Rainier Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops a targeted biologic for the potential treatment of metastatic bladder cancer. It provides Vofatamab, an antibody that is focused on the fibroblast growth factor of bladder and other cancer. The company was founded by Stephen Lau and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA.

Northern Biologics Inc. operates as an early-stage biologics company. It develops a portfolio of antibody-based therapeutics for oncology and fibrosis. The company was founded by Jason Moffat, Rob Rottapel, Benjamin G. Neel, Sachdev Sidhu, Brad Wouters, and Stefan Larson in June 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Blueline Bioscience acts as an alternative investment manager. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Inception IBD, Inc. provides therapeutics services. It creates new companies in partnership with pioneering academic researchers and major biopharmaceutical companies, which provide funding and a path to liquidity through pre-negotiated acquisitions. The company was founded by Eric Ogier-Denis, Yoram Bouhnik, Xavier Treton and Jacques Mizrahi in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Versant Venture Capital VI (Canada) LP operates as a pooled investment fund. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Samsara Biocapital LLC (Samsara Biocapital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Srinivas Akkaraju. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Palvella Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a rare disease biopharmaceutical company. It develops and commercializes pathogenetically targeted therapies for rare genodermatoses with no approved treatments. Its products include QTORIN, PTX-022, PTX-367, and PTX-014. The company was founded by Wesley H. Kaupinen in 2015 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Neurogene, Inc. focuses on developing disease modifying therapeutics for severe neurologic diseases. Its pipeline includes multiple gene therapy products for ultra-rare diseases, as well as a novel technology that has the potential for use in monogenic autism spectrum disorders and indications not well suited for gene therapy. The company was founded by Rachel McMinn in January 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Allen Institute for Immunology is a nonprofit bioscience research institute.

Chinook Therapeutics U.S., Inc. operates as a development stage company. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Ventus Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses in developing novel small molecule medicines that target the innate immune system to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and cancer. The company was founded by Hao Wu, Richard Flavell, Judy Lieberman, Thomas Tuschl, and Feng Shao and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Ventus Therapeutics U.S., Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in Natick, MA.

Spine BioPharma LLC is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by John J. Viscogliosi and the CEO is Marc R. Viscogliosi.

Nura Bio, Inc. develops neuroprotective drugs. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Orsobio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing therapies to treat obesity and other severe metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, NASH, and severe dyslipidemias. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company has four programs in clinical and preclinical development with first-in-class compounds that address central pathways in energy metabolism. Orsobio has a team of physicians and scientists who are dedicated to developing therapies to treat organ failure in patients with severe metabolic disorders. The company was founded by Mani Subramanian, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Ocelot Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on improving outcomes for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD), particularly those suffering from hepatorenal syndrome with acute kidney injury (HRS-AKI) and refractory ascites. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company is developing therapeutic peptides to treat complications of decompensated cirrhosis, a condition in which the liver is scarred and permanently damaged, leading to liver failure. HRS-AKI is a life-threatening consequence of portal hypertension, which causes a significant drop in arterial pressure and renal perfusion. Ocelot Bio is in early-stage development of OCE-205 for the treatment of ascites, a complication of ESLD-induced portal hypertension that leads to the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. The company was founded by Geoffrey Harris, and Katherine Vega Stultz has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Founded in 1958, Merrill Lynch Piece Fenner & Smith, Inc. is an SEC registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of BAC North America Holding Co. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE BAC).

Covid Apollo Project LLC aims to facilitate a safe and sustainable return to work and school by identifying, assembling, developing, and scaling the most promising COVID-19 diagnostic opportunities. Covid Apollo Project is based in Boston, MA. The private company was organized and funded under the leadership of RA Capital, a biotechnology-focused investment firm, in collaboration with Redmile Group, Samsara Biocapital, Perceptive Advisors, and Bain Capital. The CEO of the company is Stefan Willemsen.

Nalo Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that focuses on developing therapeutics to address unmet needs in cancer. Nalo Therapeutics is based in Belmont, CA and the CEO of the company is Keith Wilson. The company targets oncogenic driver mutations and/or proteins that are often difficult to drug. The company was founded in 2017 and collaborates with UCSF scientific cofounders.