Charles de Chasteigner du Mée

Monsanto Co. engages in the provision of agricultural products to farmers. It provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. The company was founded by John F. Queeny in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

COR Therapeutics, Inc.. The principal activities of the Company are the discovery, development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products to establish new standards of care for the treatment and prevention of severe cardiovascular diseases. Integrilin was the Company's first product taken from discovery to commercialization. A drug was approved to treat patients who undergo a procedure known as angioplasty to open blood vessels. This drug has also been approved to treat patients with intermittent chest pains known as unstable angina and patients suffering from a kind of Heart attack known as non-Q-wave myocardial infraction

Nascent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactured pharmaceuticals and drugs. The company was founded by Charles P. R. de C. du Mée and Gene Barnett in 1999 and was headquartered in Durham, NC.

Accelerated Venture Partners LLC (Accelerated Venture Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.