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Qiagen Beverly, Inc. produces reagents, kits and assays enables customers worldwide to transform patient treatment and life science research. Its products include xmal, mapl, taqiT, wgs ligase, sall, xhol and bamhi. The company was founded by Christopher Benoit and Stephen Picone in 2006 and is headquartered in Beverly, M A.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

PatientsLikeMe LLC operates online health communities for patients. The firm offers data and information on patients, treatments, symptoms and research. The company was founded by Benjamin Heywood, James Heywood and Jeff Cole in 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Gen9, Inc. engages in the development of synthetic biology technologies. It transforms synthetic biology by creating technologies to increase innovation within several industries including biopharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and bio-fuels. The company was founded by Joseph M. Jacobson, George Church and Drew Endy in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

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.

UJA-Federation of New York cares for those in need, rescues those in harm’s way, and renews and strengthens the Jewish people in New York, in Israel, and around the world. Funds raised by UJA-Federation sustain the activities of health, human-service, educational, and community agencies. Every day, these community-based organizations provide a multitude of services that improve and enhance people’s lives.

InterWest Partners LLC (InterWest Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1979 by Wally Hawley, Scott Hedrick and Gene Barth. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

United States Fund for UNICEF provides child protection and development services. The firm supports children, through fundraising, advocacy and education. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Royal Academy of Arts, founded in 1768, is an artist-led organization that champions art and artists. The academy is located in Piccadilly, UK, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom. The academy's collection tells the story of leading artists and architects, and it offers a range of free activities and resources to support teachers, students, and young people to engage with art and artists. The academy hosts the Summer Exhibition every year since 1769, displaying works in a variety of mediums and genres by emerging and established artists. The academy also offers artist-led workshops, galleries full of art and architecture, and at-home art activities for families, and kids under 16 go free to all exhibitions.

Gund Investment Corp. (Gund Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 1968 by Gordon Gund. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

PBM Products LLC entered into an exclusive supply arrangement to introduce the first private-label (store-brand) infant formulas in the United States. Today store-brand infant formulas have become increasingly important to retailers, and an affiliate company, PBM Nutritionals LLC manufactures state-of-the-art formulas for PBM Products and its retail partners. Whether a store brand carries its own retail name or is part of a wholesaler's private-label program, store-brand products give retailers a way to make a higher margin, differentiate themselves from the competition, and win the loyalty of customers. It believes their extensive private-label product lines are helping some of the largest retailers in America accomplish their business goals. In turn, their retail partners are helping them to accomplish its mission. PBM partners with leading food and drug retailers to provide high-quality, competitively priced products to customers labeled under the store brands of companies such as Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger, Loblaws, and Walgreens.

Foundation Fighting Blindness Clinical Research Institute provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

First Flight Venture Center operates as a non-profit organization that provides business support services to start-up and early stage companies. It offers programs for technology companies that help them in fields such as concept testing, prototyping, research, business strategies, and product development. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Cavaliers Operating Co. LLC owns and operates a cleveland cavaliers professional basketball team. Its teams include Quicken Loans Arena, Lake Erie Monsters and Cleveland Cavaliers. The firm hosts events, including basketball, concerts, spectacular family shows and signature sporting events. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Convergent Dental, Inc. develops and manufactures dental devices. The firm develops Solea, a computer-aided, CO2 laser system for both hard and soft tissue indications. The company was founded by Nathan P. Monty in 2011 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

PBM Capital Group LLC (PBM Capital Group) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Paul B. Manning. The firm is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

PBM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Charlottesville, VA.

ArcherDX LLC is a genomic analysis company, which develops software solutions for investigating cancer treatment. Its products include VariantPlex, FusionPlex, LiquidPlex, reveal ctDNA, Immunoverse, custom assays, and archer analysis. The company was founded by Jason W. Myers, A. John Iafrate, and Long Phi Le on January 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Tolerion, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm. It develops and commercializes therapeutics. The firm provides TOL-3034 and TOL-3052 to treat myasthenia gravis and neuromyelitis optica. The company was founded by Lawrence J. Steinman and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Yahoo, Inc. operates as a tech-powered, diversified media company that reaches their users around the world, bringing them closer to what they love from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news with the trusted products, content and tech. For partners, they provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media. Yahoo was originally founded on August 13, 1998 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Xalud Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies with several promising therapeutic programs for inflammatory. The firm offers XT-101, a single dosage injection that stops disease progression, eliminates neuropathic pain, and reverses paralysis. It also researches on the applicability of XT-101 for multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by John Forsayeth and Linda Watkins and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of University of Virginia, UVA Health Foundation operates a healthcare platform. The company is based in Charlottesville, VA.

The Carnegie Hall Corp. operates as a non-profit organization that engages in the promotion and management of a venue for musical performances. It also supports educational activities through its Weill Music Institute. The company was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1891 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RareGen LLC provides strategy, investment, and commercialization for rare disease pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Opus Genetics, Inc. is a gene therapy company that focuses on treating inherited retinal diseases. The company is based in Raleigh, NC, and leverages knowledge of the best science and the expertise of pioneers in ocular gene therapy to transparently drive transformative treatments to patients. The company has a unique model and purpose, and is backed by Foundation Fighting Blindness's venture arm, the RD Fund. Opus Genetics has wholly owned programs in numerous orphan retinal diseases, and its AAV-based gene therapy portfolio tackles some of the most neglected forms of inherited blindness while creating novel orphan manufacturing scale and efficiencies. The company was founded in 2021 by Benjamin R. Yerxa, Peter L. Ginsberg, Jason D. Menzo, Jean Bennett, Russell Kelley, Jean Bennett. Benjamin R. Yerxa has been the CEO since 2021.