Chris Ingen

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The firm was founded by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. in 1937. They are a subsidiary of the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW), which was formed in 2000 as the publicly traded parent holding company of Price Associates and their affiliated entities. Price Associates offers a variety of mutual funds, sub-advisory services and separate account management for individual and institutional investors, retirement plans and financial intermediaries.

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

NitroMed, Inc. develops and supplies pharmaceuticals. It offers BiDil, an orally administered medicine for the treatment of heart failure. The firm also develops products for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. manufactures semiconductor materials and devices. It provides development and industrial manufacturing of advanced superconducting materials and superconducting devices for alternative energy, smart grid, healthcare and big science applications. The company was founded on April 2, 2008 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

WellTrackONE Corp. provides wellness program solutions to healthcare providers and organizations. The firm focuses on patient wellness related to Medicare, Medicaid and commercial populations. Its approved patient assessment software provides physicians and organizations with a comprehensive baseline report detailing modifiable risk factors, preventative goals and measurable data. The firm provides a full service wellness solution, including scheduling, screening and documentation. Its solutions include: THEO, PreventONE, CareONE DVCP, CareONE Employer Program and AccessONE. The company was founded by Peter Bechtel and is headquartered in Hilton Head Island, SC

Siemens Corp. manufactures electrical hardware and software for the communication, power, medical and other industries. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Promega Corp. manufactures enzyme systems. Its products include cell biology, nucleic acid analysis, drug development, molecular diagnostics, and lab equipment and supplies. The company was founded by William Alderman Linton in 1978 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Atto BioScience, Inc. is a company based in Rockville, MD that specializes in storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data management. The company's FibreChannel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) provide fast data throughput for direct-attached or networked storage. The company also offers production grade solutions for Tape Library Storage Connectivity. Atto BioScience was acquired by Becton, Dickinson & Co. on July 01, 2004 for $25 million.

NuGenesis Technologies Corp. provides scientific data management solutions.The firm offers software for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries. The company was founded by Ajit S. Nagral in 1996 and is located in Westborough, MA.

The Biotechnology Greenhouse Corp. of Southeastern PA (BioAdvance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Emerging Technology Partners LLC (ETP) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Wei-Wu He and Bill Snider. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Angels' Forum Management Co LLC (The Angels' Forum) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Carol Sands, Craig Sirnio and Alejandro Estrada. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Guava Technologies, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes cytometry systems for cellular analyses. Its products include Guava Personal Cell Analysis systems, Guava PCA, Guava PCA-96, and Guava EasyCyte systems. The company was founded by Goix J. Philippe in 1998 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Part of Bayer AG, Miles Laboratories, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Rexdale, Canada.

Part of Speedus Corp., Zargis Medical, Inc. develops medical equipment. The company is based in Princeton, NJ.

Trinean NV develops and produces nanoliter spectrophotometers and consumables. Its products include DropSense96, Xpose, and spectral content profiling. The firm covers both microfluidic structures and multi-channel spectrometry for microliter sample handling. The company was founded by Ronny Baeckstaele and Kris Naessens in 2006 and is headquartered in Gentbrugge, Belgium.

BroadOak Capital Partners LLC (BroadOak Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Bill Snider and Lars Hanan. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Part of Avi-Tech Holdings Ltd., Aplegen, Inc. is a semiconductor manufacturing company. The company is based in Pleasanton, CA. The company was founded by Michael P. Henighan.

Molecular Transfer, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes human and mouse stem cell research products and services. It expertise in stem and neural cell culture, along with cutting-edge tools for novel transfection approaches. The firm's services include integrated solution services, stem cell banking, testing services and contract research and development services. The company was founded by Joel Jessee in 2009 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Optimeos Life Sciences, Inc. develops nanoparticle-enabled technologies which helps scientists to understand diseases and patient care through diagnostics and therapeutics. The company was founded by Shahram Hejazi and Robert K. Prud’homme and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.