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Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

StrikeIron, Inc. provides data and communications services via its cloud platform for different applications. It offers web-based infrastructure for delivering business data to internet connected systems, including software as a service applications, websites, spreadsheets, and core enterprise systems. The company was founded by Robert J. Brauer, Richard Holcomb, and Robert Dale in 2003 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

KBI Biopharma, Inc. provides drug development and contract manufacturing services. It helps client partners accelerate and optimize drug development and manufacturing programs by offering an extensive suite of expert development and manufacturing services. The firm offers services to global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and academic and non-profit organizations. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Zymeworks BC, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biotherapeutics. Its product, ZW25 and ZW49, are a bispecific antibody that cans two non-overlapping epitopes. The company was founded by Anthony Fejes, J. Haig deB Farris, Nick Bedford, Ali Tehrani and Andrew S. Wright on September 8, 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Unitrends, Inc. provides business recovery solutions for information technology environment. Its products include recovery series backup appliances, unitrends enterprise backup software, boomerang for VMware and cloud backup for office 365. The company was founded by Steve Schwartz in 1989 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Eli Lilly Canada, Inc. is a healthcare leader that focuses on oncology, diabetes, autoimmunity, neurodegeneration, and pain. The company is based in Scarborough, Canada. Established in 1938, the Canadian company collaborates with scientists to produce innovative medicines that make life better for people around the world. The company's mission is to discover and bring life-changing medicines to people who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and contribute to communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

United Way of Central Indiana, Inc. provides social services. The firm specializes in health, financial stability, community impact, live united, basic needs and connecting resources. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Hatteras Venture Partners (Hatteras Venture) is venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Clay B. Thorp and John Crumpler. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

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.

Vifor Pharma Management AG develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals products for the treatment of iron deficiency. It also offers a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines as well as over-the-counter products. The company operates in the following key business areas: iron deficiency with and without anemia, kidney disease, infectious diseases/OTX products and consumer healthcare, with a focus on non-prescription products. Vifor Pharma Management was founded by Caspar Friedrich Hausmann in 1872 and is headquartered in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Lilly Oncology is an American company dedicated to delivering life-changing medicines and support to people living with cancer and those who care for them. With over 50 years of experience, Lilly Oncology is committed to building on their heritage and improving the lives of all those affected by cancer worldwide.

kSep Systems LLC provides automated single-use bioprocessing solutions to the clients in the areas of recombinant therapeutics, cell therapy and vaccines manufacturing. The company was founded by Sunil Mehta and Joseph T. McMahon in 2011 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Cofounders Capital Management LLC (Cofounders Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by David Gardner. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Cell Microsystems, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercializes products and tools for the isolation, recovery and analysis of single cells. The company was founded by Yuli Wang, Nancy Allbritton and Christopher Sims in 2002 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Arrevus, Inc. develops designer proline-rich antimicrobial peptide chaperone-protein inhibitors to treat diseases for which antibiotic resistance has clinical implications. The company was founded by Carl N. Kraus in 2015 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

StartStopMove, Inc. provides technological services. The company was founded by Alain C. Glanzman and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Feedtrail, Inc. develops mobile feedback platform for patients. Its platform allows patients to inform providers about the clinical care they have received. The company was founded by Paul Jaglowski and Gert Volmer and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Park Tudor School operates schools. The private company is based in Indianapolis, IN.

Cereius, Inc. develops novel radio-labeled therapeutics for treating solid tumor brain metastasis. The firm delivers new targeted classes of both radiologic diagnostics and radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers in the brain. The company was founded by Kimberly Blackwell and Michael R. Zalutsky in 2017 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Easyvote Solutions, Inc. develops election management platform. The company was founded by Ron Davis and Charles Davis in 2013 and is headquartered in Woodstock, GA.

Veralox Therapeutics, Inc. develops small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of thrombosis and type 1 diabetes. The company was founded by Jeffrey W. Strovel, David J. Maloney and Matthew B. Boxer and is headquartered in Frederick, MD.

Vade Group, Inc. engages in the provision of parking solutions through an application. The company was founded by Matthew Schaefer, Ritwik Pavan, and Christian Burke and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

IMMvention Therapeutix, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that develops therapies. The company was founded by Jenny Ting and the CEO is Anil K. Goyal.

Kovina Therapeutics, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company based in Indianapolis, IN. The company has assembled a team of scientists and industry leaders with expertise in HPV and small molecule drug design to advance its pipeline of drug candidates. Kovina Therapeutics is developing first-in-class anti-viral therapeutics to treat human papillomavirus (HPV) related infections and associated cancers. The company was founded by Samy Meroueh, Zhijian Lu, Elliot Androphy. Kristin T. Sherman has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Tune Therapeutics, Inc. is a genetic medicine company based in Durham, NC. Tune Therapeutics is pioneering a new therapeutic modality with its versatile and powerful tempo epigenomic control platform. The platform has the potential to fine-tune any gene network and unlock the full power and potential of regenerative medicine. The company is driving through an inflection point in the history of genetic medicine by addressing thousands of common and complex diseases for which no curative treatment is available. Tune Therapeutics pioneers next-generation genetic therapies by exploring epigenomic control for discovering novel targets that are inaccessible to other approaches. The company was founded in 2020 by Fyodor Urnov, Akira Matsuno, Charles A. Gersbach. The CEO is Matt Kane.

Entigral Systems, Inc. provides asset and inventory tracking software using radio-frequency identification. It offers TraxWare, a software that supports workflow applications in fixed and mobile asset tracking, work-in-process tracking between discrete points of measure, and real time supply chain management. The firm's tracking applications also include work in-process management, warehouse and supply chain management, and inventory replenishment. The company was founded by L. Allen Bennett and J. Booth Kalmbach in 2003 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.