Susan Wade

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Crosspoint Venture Partners (Crosspoint Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1970 by John B. Mumford. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, which engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing medical products and technologies, within the areas of interventional oncology, wound closure and ophthalmology. The company was founded by William L. Hunter and Cruz F. Tony in 1992 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

GenoRx, Inc. develops DNA on a chip technology. It develops bioelectronic detection tools that will provide the creation of targeted therapeutics, improved diagnostics and healthier agricultural products. It also provides Biosensing chips to rapidly characterize RNA and DNA for disease diagnosis and scientific research. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Astute Medical, Inc. discovers and develops biomarkers for acute conditions and diseases. It develops protein biomarker-based diagnostics technology for high-risk medical conditions such as cerebrovascular injury, kidney injury, sepsis, abdominal pain, and acute coronary syndromes. The firm’s products include NephroCheck test and Astute140 meter kits. The company was founded by Christopher Richard Hibberd and Paul H. McPherson in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

De Novo Ventures LLC (De Novo ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Frederick Dotzler, Richard Ferrari and David Mauney. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

SenoRx, Inc. develops and manufactures invasive devices for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Tempe, AZ.

Maryland Technology Development Corp (Maryland Technology Development) is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.