Scot R. Weinberger

Dionex Corp. develops, manufactures, sells, and services chromatography and extraction systems for separating, isolating, and identifying the components of chemical mixtures. The firm's products are used extensively by the environmental, life science, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemicals, electronics and power industries. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Embrex LLC manufactures agricultural and biological products. The company was founded by Harold V. Smith in 1985 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

EMD Millipore Corp. engages in the provision of laboratory materials, technologies, and services to the life science industry. The company was founded by Jack Bush in 1954 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical products. Its products include Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) tablets, Latuda (lurasidone HCl) tablets, Lunesta (eszopiclone) tablets, Xopenex (levalbuterol HCl) Inhalation Solution, Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol tartrate) Inhalation Aerosol, Brovana (arformoterol tartrate) Inhalation Solution, Omnaris (ciclesonide) Nasal Spray, Alvesco (ciclesonide) Inhalation Aerosol, and Zetonna (ciclesonide) Nasal Aerosol. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Purina Mills LLC produces and markets animal nutrition products. It manufactures and supplies livestock feed and pet food offering information concerning their products. The firm provides its products for commercial livestock and poultry, horse, bird, fish, zoo and pet industries. The company was founded on October 11, 2001 and is headquartered in Clayton, MO.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Tristar Health Partners LLC (TriStar Technology Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Harry Jacobson, Christopher Rand and Brian Laden. The firm is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nashville Technology Council is a non-profit organization, with interest on growth and influence in middle Tennessee’s tech industry. It focuses on the need in Nashville for better paying jobs and improved capital investment in technology start-ups. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

MedCenterDisplay LLC provides patient engagement and marketing platform services. It offers digital marketing, social media and online solutions that engage patients, reduce avoidable readmissions and offer HCAHPS improvement. The firm's specialized healthcare marketing services include tools that helps monitor and influence patient satisfaction and experience after the visit to hospital facilities. The company was founded by Gregg T. Tarquinio in 2008 and is headquartered in Brentwood, TN.

Carrot Medical LLC manufactures, supplies and installs wireless headset systems and medical monitors. The company is headquartered in Bothell, WA.

Standard & Poor's Financial Services provides financial market intelligence services. It offers credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data to the financial decision-makers. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Vanderbilt Office Properties provides real estate services. The American company was founded by Casey R. Wold and Casey R. Wold has been the CEO since incorporation.

Nashville Diagnostic LLC provides diagnostic laboratory testing services. The firm develops diagnostic tests that will inform physicians, payers, patients and families facing the difficult disease prospects. It specializes in molecular diagnostic company focused on delivering personalized information and services to physicians treating patients suffering from underserved, aggressive, and lesser-known diseases. The company was founded by James Stover and Joseph C. Cook, Jr. in 2011 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Nusirt Sciences, Inc. manufactures food ingredients for healthcare markets. It has technology platform that uses a patented combination of leucine, an essential amino acid, and existing human medicines. The company was founded by Michael Zemel in 2007 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Cerebrotech Medical Systems, Inc. develops a technology for non-invasive monitor for early detection of cerebral events that can be catastrophic for patients after stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery and other conditions. The company was founded by Mitchell E. Levinson in 2010 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Appello Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a preclinical-stage company focused on advancing novel positive allosteric modulators of mGlu4 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The company is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Part of AMETEK, Inc., Firefly Technologies, Inc. is a company that designs, develops, and manufactures heads and related products for the optical data storage and metrology industries. The company is based in Holliston, MA. Firefly Technologies was acquired by Zygo Corp., part of AMETEK, Inc. from June 23, 2014 on May 05, 2000 for $80.11 million.

Part of Merck KGaA, Linco Research, Inc. is a company based in St. Charles, MO. Linco Research, Inc. specializes in developing assays for diabetes and obesity research. Linco Research has introduced the LincoplexTM human cytokine kit for simultaneous multi-analyte detection and measurement of 11 cytokines. The company also offers analytical services and plan to expand their product offerings in the future. Linco Research is known for their gold standard products, including leptin RIA kits, insulin-specific assays, and rat insulin RIA kits. The company has a team of experienced staff who generate data quickly and efficiently. The company is committed to providing quality and unique analytical tests for advancements in diabetes and obesity research. Linco Research was acquired by Serologicals Corp. on May 02, 2006 for $64.50 million.

Array Bridge, Inc. provides biotechnology research tools and services. It provides products and services in tow fields; Biological Development and Functional Proteomics. The Biological Development field provides cell line selection, process development, formulation development and change control to monitor the molecule’s safety and efficacy. The Functional Proteomics field develops PEP (Protein Elution Plate) technology that can measure protein functions from a proteome systematically. Array Bridge was founded by Xing Wang in 2010 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Apertus Pharmaceuticals LLC provides pharmaceutical manufacturing and analytical services. It offers compendial testing, API manufacturing, methods development and formulation, and drug discovery and preclinical development. The company is headquartered in Saint Louis, MO.

Euclises Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm develops a portfolio of COX-2 inhibitors optimized for cancer treatment based on its proprietary Euclicoxib platform and is in the process of selecting a lead clinical development candidate. The company was founded by John J. Talley in 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

BioGenerator (Venture Capital) (BioGenerator) is a venture capital subsidiary of BioGenerator founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Wildwood Court, Inc. operates an independent insurance agency. Its products include personal lines, business lines, medical transportation, and public transportation insurance. The company was founded by John R. Tomassi in 1994 and is headquartered in Clifton Park, NY.