George Van Kula

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. manufactures and distributes biomedical testing instrument systems and general biomedical research products. It develops and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing. The firm’s systems operate in both diagnostics and life sciences laboratories on seven continents. Its products improve the productivity of medical professionals and scientists, supplying critical information for improving patient health and delivering trusted solutions for research and discovery. The company was founded in 1935 by Arnold O. Beckman and is headquartered in Brea, CA.

Part of Baran Group Ltd., o2wireless Solutions, Inc. provides services in telecommunications technologies, including voice, data, broadband, and mobile commerce applications. The company is based in Atlanta, GA. o2wireless Solutions was acquired by Baran Group Ltd. on November 13, 2002 for $2.55 million.

TransCore Holdings, Inc. designs, installs and maintains electronic toll collection systems and other types of automated traffic management systems. The company is headquartered in Hummelstown, PA.

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Ampersand Management LLC (Ampersand Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Richard A. Charpie. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Part of Roper Technologies, Inc., CIVCO Holding, Inc. is an acquisition vehicle. The company is based in Denver, CO.

Trinity Hospice, Inc. provides physical and healthcare services for terminally ill people. It operates in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Arizona, Kansas and Pennsylvania. Trinity Hospice was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Future Food Ltd. manufactures and supplies ready-to-eat refrigerated dips, spreads, and prepared salads. The firm sells its products under the Salads of the Sea, Santa Barbara Bay, and Fresh Creations brands as well as customer private label brands. It also sells a variety of prepared seafood and deli style products through an extensive network of retail supermarkets, club stores, and distributors. The company was founded on November 12, 1999 and is headquartered Bethesda, TX.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

American Capital Asset Management LLC (American Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by Malon Wilkus. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

ECA Medical Instruments, Inc. develops surgical tools used in medical implant installations. Its products include cardiac rhythm Management, cardiovascular, neuro modulation, orthopedic and spine instruments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA.

A.H. Harris & Sons LLC distributes construction materials. The firm provides dependable service and materials for professionals in the heavy and highway, commercial, industrial, and residential markets with a focus on forming, site work, and concrete restoration. Its products include accessories, anchors and fasteners, forming, masonry and flashing, precast and tilt-up, rebar repair and restoration, road and bridge, safety, site work, thermal and moisture protection, and tools. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in West Hartford, CT.

Value Plastics, Inc. designs and manufactures plastic tubing fittings and connectors. Its products include fluid management components, biomaterial delivery devices and catheter solutions. The company also offers tubing assembly services and integrated services, design center, custom engineered and custom packaging solutions. Value Plastics was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Loveland, CO.

PLUS Diagnostics, Inc. provides comprehensive pathology services. The firm specializes in genitourinary and gastrointestinal pathology, breast pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, oral and maxillofacial pathology. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Union, NJ.

Alcami Corp. Inc, provides chemistry-based outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. It produces pharmaceutical intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients from early preclinical development to commercial manufacturing. The company was founded by Michael W. Major in 1999 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

Water Street Healthcare Partners LLC (Water Street Healthcare Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

OEP Capital Advisors LP (OEP Capital Advisors) is an Private Equity firm founded by Dick Cashin in 2001. The firm is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

LakePharma, Inc. operates as a contract research organization which engages in the provision of antibody and protein engineering, cell line development, and protein production. Its services include antibody generation, antibody engineering and production, protein engineering and production, protein conjugation, protein analytics, bioassays, DNA studio, stable cell lines, bio manufacturing and service packages. The company was founded by Hua Tu in September 2009 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

Part of American Laboratory Products Co. Ltd., GeneProof AS is a biotechnological company based in Brno, Czechia. GeneProof develops, produces, and distributes technologically advanced, high-quality, user-friendly, and affordable PCR products for molecular in vitro diagnostics of serious infections and genetic diseases. The Czech company was founded in 2005 by Milos Dendis and Radek Horvath, who has been the CEO since then. GeneProof was acquired by American Laboratory Products Co. Ltd. on April 21, 2022.

Canopy Biosciences LLC engages in the provision of products and services for gene editing, gene expression analysis and regulation, and bioprocessing. It offers crispr complete kits, mirna crispr knockout kits, clia certified services, compbio, mirna mimics, and cho complete. The company was founded by David Adam Smoller, Edward J. Weinstein and Crystal Winkeler in 2016 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

NEOMED-LABS, Inc. engages in operation of a contract research organization. It offers clinical immunology laboratory services. The company was founded by Max Fehlmann in March 4, 2015 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

ACM Holdings I LLC provides health care services. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Laboratoires Nexelis Canada, Inc. develops immunology evaluation for vaccine and immunotherapy. It offers protein services, immunochemistry, and bioanalytical services. The company was founded by Danielle Poirier in 1989 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It focuses on the needs of patients, especially children and the elderly, requiring customized, user-friendly drug formulations. The firm?s products include Epaned, Qbrelis, Xatmep and FIRVANQ oral solutions. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Part of NightHawk Biosciences, Inc., Scorpius BioManufacturing, Inc. is a contract research and manufacturing organization focused on cell- and gene-based therapies and large molecule biologics. The company is based in San Antonio, TX. The company provides clinical-scale biomanufacturing, analytical, and R&D services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies from its facilities in Texas. Scorpius plans to offer commercial-scale biomanufacturing from its newly announced site. The company was founded by Jeff A. Wolf, and Stephan Kutzer has been the CEO of the company since 2022.