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Oncotherapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures therapeutic cancer drugs and biomarkers. The firm is a service contract research organization (CRO) with a unique focus on the oncology therapeutic area. Its program encompasses laboratory research, protocol concept, design and development, clinical trial management, monitoring, data management, biostatistics, safety review, clinical and database auditing, medical monitoring, and medical writing. Oncotherapeutics was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA.

Crystal IS, Inc. manufactures ultraviolet light emitting diodes. Its products include TO-39 ball lens and flat window. Its LEDs are integrated into customers’ products to sterilize and disinfect water, air and surfaces in a variety of applications. The company was founded by Leo Schowalter and Glen Alfred Slack in March 1997 and is headquartered in Green Island, NY.

Kurion, Inc. offers nuclear waste management technologies. The firm has developed technological solutions to access, separate, and stabilize nuclear and hazardous wastes. The company was founded by John Raymont and Husain Amir in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Lux Research, Inc. provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Its products include subscription intelligence, market data products and consulting projects. The firm's solutions include understanding emerging technology markets, technology scouting and open innovation, formulating market entry strategies, evaluating technology companies, performing due diligence, market sizing and forecasting, establishing technology adoption roadmaps, driving economic development from emerging tech and understanding China innovation. The company was founded by Eric Greenberg, DeSoto S. Jordan, Ken Allard, Francis Mark Modzelewski and Matthew M. Nordan in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Kymeta Corp. engages in the development of broadband satellite connectivity solutions. Its products include portable satellite terminal, aeronautical terminal, fixed satellite terminal, and mTenna core module. The company was founded in by Nathan B. Kundtz in 2012 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Kallyope, Inc. engages in developing drugs and consumer products. Its specialties include biotechnology, gut-brain axis, nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded by Thomas P. Maniatis, Charles Zuker and Richard Axel in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Strateos engages in the automation of chemistry, biology, and tissue analysis into closed loop robotic laboratories that support drug discovery programs. The company is headquartered in the Menlo Park, CA.

Variant Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of new generation of therapeutics. It focuses on traits of medical relevance and using genomics. The company was founded by Akhila Kosaraju, Kaja Wasik, and Stephane Castel in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is a company that is building space factories to revolutionize the production process. The company is based in El Segundo, CA. The company is currently the only company aiming to operate entirely on commercial supply chains and are well positioned to be the worldwide leader in commercial microgravity manufacturing. Using their spacecraft as a manufacturing platform in microgravity, they create game-changing products that defy gravity's constraints on earth. With their economical re-entry capsules, they not only bring these products back safely to earth but also pave the way for life on an orbital manufacturing platform that delivers products back to earth. The company was founded in 2020 by Daniel Marshall, Delian Tihomirov Asparouhov, William Bruey. William Bruey has been the CEO since 2020.

Shapeways, Inc. provides on-demand 3D printing services. The firm specializes in personalized manufacturing, mass customization, personalized production and digital fabrication. The company was founded by Robert Schouwenburg, Peter Weijmarshausen and Marleen Vogelaar in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Osmo is a company based in Cambridge, MA that was founded by Alex Wiltschko and has been led by him since incorporation. The company fuses machine learning, data science, psychophysics, olfactory neuroscience, electrical engineering, and chemistry to digitize scent. Osmo's work is grounded in digital olfaction research, including two pivotal studies that used graph neural networks to predict the smell of a molecule from its structure and to investigate the biological underpinnings of odor similarity. The company has begun work in the flavor and fragrance market to create a new generation of better, safer, environmentally-friendly aroma molecules. Osmo expects to work in domains such as public health and agriculture on solutions that help humans detect diseases earlier, track pandemics faster, grow more food, catch food spoilage, and ward off insects.

Audiopoint, Inc. designs, develops, and deploys speech-activated software solutions. Its products include personal voice portal, notifier suite, and voice registration. The firm's services include Voice Terminal Service, Notifier Broadcast Service, MercAlert Emergency Notification, and Voice Enabled Web Pages. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Lux Capital Group LLC (Lux Capita Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Peter Hebert and Josh Wolfe. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Menlo Park, California.

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

Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for cardiovascular and renal diseases. It focuses on the development of non-absorbed polymeric drugs to satisfy unmet clinical needs in large cardiovascular and renal markets such as heart failure, chronic kidney disease and hypertension. The company was founded by William R. Rajski, Dean Abrassart, Donald W. Joseph and Lee W. Henderson on January 25, 2005 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is based in Menlo Park, CA. Part of Johnson & Johnson, SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that markets lipid-based biopharmaceutical products mainly to treat cancer and infectious diseases. SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals was acquired by ALZA Corp., part of Johnson & Johnson from June 22, 2001 on March 16, 1999 for $658.03 million.

St. Luke's Hospital (California) provides health care services. The hospital's services include outpatient surgery, sub acute care, and respiratory therapy. It was founded in 1871 and is located in San Francisco, CA.

California Pacific Medical Center operates medical centers. It offers acute and specialty care services including obstetrics, gynecology, cardiovascular, pediatrics, neurosciences, orthopedics, and organ transplantation. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Delin Ventures Ltd. (Delin Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Igor Linshits. The firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

LXR Biotechnology, Inc. engages in research and development of therapeutics to treat diseases. The private company is based in Richmond, CA. The company was founded by Scott Minick.

Baxter Healthcare Corp. develops, manufactures, and distributes hospital supplies and medical technologies. It distributes medical treatment options for conditions such as hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, and trauma. The company was founded on June 21, 1967 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center provides medical services. It offers patient care, biomedical research, teaching, and community services. It also provides organ transplantation, breast cancer care, and cardiac surgery services. The company was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Alta Berkeley LLP (Alta Berkeley) is a venture capital firm in UK. The firm was founded by Bryan Wood in 1982. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.