Rick Schnellman

The Quaker Oats Co. manufactures beverages and other food products. It also manufactures bottled and canned soft drinks, granola bars and clusters, flour and flour mixes from purchased flour, rice cakes, cereals and uncooked rice products. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. manufactures and distributes over-the-counter cold remedy and allergy products. It offers homeopathic and allopathic OTC products, including cold remedy nasal spray and swab, allergy relief spray and swab, kids cold remedy relief, nasal congestion/sinus relief, cold shortening, dietary supplement line, and total immune products. The firm's products include Rapidmelts, Crystals, Lozenges, Oral Mist, Chewables, Intense Sinus Relief and Allergy Relief. The company was founded on February 4, 1991 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Salutaris Medical Devices, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage medical device company. It develops minimally invasive, patient-centric treatments. The firm also develops an investigational ophthalmic treatment for Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration (Wet AMD). The company was founded by Russell J. Hamilton and Laurence J. Marsteller in 2008 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.

Council for Entrepreneurial Development provides an interactive forum for entrepreneurs, investors, service professionals, academicians, researchers and public policy makers. Its services and programs include connections to capital, venture mentoring, and signature conferences empower member companies to go further. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Rex Health Ventures LLC (Rex Health Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Rex Strategic Innovations founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Vascular Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of diabetics. It provides new treatment options to individuals living with diabetic complications such as nephropathy. The company was founded by David R. Clemmons and Laura Maile in 2005 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

KCBN Holding, Inc. provides compliance services to the healthcare sector. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Evolution Research Group LLC provides in-patient and out-patient clinical trial services to pharmaceutical companies. It specializes in psychiatric and neurological disorders, sleep disorders, addictions, acute and chronic pain, renal insufficiency and hepatic impairment, and normal healthy volunteers. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New Providence, NJ.

Advarra, Inc. engages in the provision of integrated research compliance solutions. It offers institutional review board (IRB), institutional biosafety committee (IBC), and research quality and compliance consulting services. It also covers GxP/GCP auditing and compliance, regulatory, clinical quality and assurance, research administration and human research protection (HRP), and data protection and technology compliance. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Basking Biosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage company that aims to solve the biggest need in ischemic stroke therapy. The company is based in Columbus, OH. The company is developing a first-in-class RNA aptamer targeting von Willebrand factor (vWF), an important structural component of blood clots and driver of the clotting process. Basking is also developing a complementary rapid-acting reversal oligonucleotide capable of quickly neutralizing the pharmacological activity of the RNA aptamer. The company has successfully completed a phase 1 single-ascending dose safety study and is initiating a phase 2 clinical proof-of-concept study in patients suffering from an acute ischemic stroke. The ultimate goal is to extend the therapeutic window for thrombolysis compared to currently approved therapies. Basking Biosciences was founded in 2019 by Shahid Nimjee, Bruce A. Sullenger, and Richard J. Shea has been the CEO of the company since 2019.