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MicroPEP Technologies SAS engages in the development of biomimetic peptides that manage plant genetics. The company was founded by Thomas Laurent on April 15, 2016 and is headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Meiogenix SAS operates as a biotech company which develops breeding technologies. Its technology allows the modulation of the homologous recombination in eukaryotic cells. It facilitates the natural process that introduces genetic diversity in organisms allowing the generation of novel natural varieties. The company was founded by Giacomo Bastianelli and Alain Nicolas in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Prairie Pharms LLC produces human health products through the use of small molecule plant extracts. The company is headquartered in Nora Springs, IA.

Stine Seed Co. supplies and distributes variety of seeds. It provides corn and soybeans seeds. The firm also engages in various research works such as aerosol beam injector, genetics and biotech laboratory, and corn and soybean breeding program. The company was founded by Harry H. Stine in 1964 and is headquartered in Adel, IA.

Argobio SAS is a start-up studio founded in 2021 and based in Paris, FR. The company was initiated by Kurma Partners, a leading healthcare venture capital firm based in France, and Bpifrance, the French national investment bank. The French company aims to nurture and launch at least five breakthrough biotech companies over the next five years by sourcing innovative early-stage projects from renowned European academic research institutions. The focus is on selected therapeutic areas, including rare diseases, neurological disorders, oncology, and immunology. Argobio will identify, select, and incubate these projects up to company creation and beyond, providing broad expertise in the discovery and development of novel drugs with a team of highly experienced biotech entrepreneurs. The internal team is led by Yves Ribeill, Neill Mackenzie, Poul Sørensen, and Rémi Soula. Thierry Laugel, Managing Partner at Partners, is the President of Argobio. Kurma and Bpifrance were joined by complementary strategic investors, Angelini Pharma, a private international pharmaceutical company, Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, and the Institut Pasteur, an internationally renowned center for biomedical research.

Part of ABR Reinsurance Capital Holdings Ltd., ABR Reinsurance Ltd. is a Bermudian company that provides reinsurance services. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Caxton Associates LP (Caxton) is an independent, SEC- registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as the successor to Caxton Corp., which was founded in 1983 by Bruce Kovner. Caxton serves directly or indirectly as general partner, manager or advisor to several domestic and foreign private investment funds, and as a trading advisor to several foreign private investment funds.

Federal Credit Union is a financial institution that is federally chartered. The CEO of the American company is Gaye DeCesare.

OrbiMed Advisors LLC is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. It was founded by Sven Borho and Carl Gordon in 1989. The firm provides discretionary investment management services to US and non-US public and private funds.

Ribogenics, Inc. is a biotechnology company. The private company is based in Philadelphia, PA. The CEO of the company is Yves Joseph Ribeill.

Cargill is a Swiss company that trades grains and oilseeds. The private company is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Calysta, Inc. provides sustainable industrial products for food and energy security. The firm develops new Biological Gas-to-Liquids and Biological Gas-to-Chemicals technologies using methane, the primary component of natural gas. It’s technology allows conversion of a plentiful energy resource into high value chemicals and transportation fuels. The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Silverman and Alan Shaw and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

LARTA Institute is a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, CA that aims to foster science and technology innovation for a sustainable planet. LARTA Institute's innovation platform and ecosystem accelerate new science and technology from idea to sustainable enterprise by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding. The organization has helped over 4,500 startups, and its alumni have raised more than $7 billion in external funding. LARTA Institute offers startup programs designed to accelerate the translation of new ideas into sustainable enterprises and is committed to supporting diverse startup founders. The organization was founded in 1993 as a regional technology alliance to stimulate economic development of technology-based enterprises and has since become a national partner for numerous federal government agencies.

Ara Advisers LLC (Ara Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Charles Reed Cherington, Troy W Thacker and George Churchill Yong. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

ENYO Pharma SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's research and development is focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company was founded by Jacky Vonderscher, Jean-Jacques Garaud, Benoît de Chassey, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Patrice André and Vincent Lotteau January 2014 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Kurma Partners SA (KP) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Thierry Laugel. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

France Biotech Association is an independent association founded in 1997 that brings together healthtech entrepreneurs and their expert partners. The non-profit company is based in Paris, France. The association actively contributes to meeting the many challenges of the healthtech industry, such as companies' financing, innovation-related taxes, regulatory and market access related issues. It offers concrete competition and solutions through its commissions and working groups to help startups and SMEs become international leaders capable of rapidly developing and bringing innovative solutions to patients. The French company was founded by Philippe Pouletty, Pascal Brandys, Denis J. Lucquin.

Centre International pour la Recherche Agronomique operates as an agricultural research organization for sustainable development of tropical and mediterranean regions. Its activities involve the life sciences, social sciences and engineering sciences applied to agriculture, food and rural territories. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

The Institut Pasteur is a private non-profit foundation which contributes to the prevention and treatment of disease, through research, education, and public health activities. The firm was founded in 1887, and is based in Paris.