Weston Whitaker

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

CoTherix, Inc. develops therapeutic products. Its ventavis product is a nebulizer delivered therapy for pulmonary artery hypertension, which restricts blood flow to the lungs. CoTherix markets its products in the US, Europe, and Australia. The company was founded in February, 2000 by Donald J. Santel and Gerard Turino and is located in Brisbane, CA.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc. researches and develops to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. It researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, and serves as an advocate for the field with offices in Africa, India, and Europe. The firm's HIV research and development focuses on three strategies: the design of vaccine immunogens capable of inducing specialized proteins known as broadly neutralizing antibodies, the optimization and development of these antibodies as prevention products, and the development of replicating viral vectors and mRNA. The company was founded in 1996 by Seth Berkley and Lee C. Smith and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Independa, Inc. provides software-based solution. It allows caregivers and family members to video chat, send Facebook messages and photos, set up appointments and medication reminders, and play games with their older loved ones. The firm also offers blood-pressure monitoring devices, scales and glucometers, and can serve as a door sensor and emergency-alert system. The company was founded by Kian Saneii in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ignyta Operating, Inc. develops molecular diagnostics for cancer and immunology. It is a biotechnology company developing personalized medicines for high unmet need cancer indications, based on cancer genome mining and sequencing. The firm's products include TrailblazeDx for RA, TrailblazeTx for RA, TrailblazeDx for SLE, TrailblazePx for SLE and TrailblazeTx for SLE. The company was founded in August 2011 by Jonathan E. Lim and Gary S. Firestein and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The Lek/Alcar Consulting Group, Inc. provides business strategy consulting services. It offers strategy, finance, marketing and sales, operations, and transaction services including business unit strategy, brand management, pricing, alliances and joint ventures, product development, corporate transformation, and operations design. It serves the defense, energy, health, building and construction, aerospace, media, retail, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Andrew Kutter in 1983 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company offers solutions for attention deficit & hyperactivity disorder, human genetic therapies, gastrointestinal, and renal diseases. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA

TEC Edmonton operates as a business incubator. The firm's area of expertise include business development, funding and finance, technology management, and entrepreneur development. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Edmonton, CA.

Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise engages in the development of preventive HIV vaccines. The company was founded in June 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

City Hill Ventures LLC (City Hill Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Jonathan Lim. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

DCVC Management Co LLC (DCVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Zachary Bogue and Matthew Ocko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Understory, Inc. provides weather data. It offers weather technology and revolutionary hail monitoring networks. The firm offers weather data to insurance, agriculture and utility companies. The company was founded by Alexander Kubicek, Bryan Dow and Alexander Jacobs in 2012 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) is a venture capital subsidiary of Monsanto Co founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Atomwise, Inc. develops artificial intelligence systems. It specializes in drug discovery and machine learning. The company was founded by Abraham Heifets, Izhar Wallach and Alexander Levy and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Plantresponse Biotech SL develops products and methods to protect crops against pathogens and plagues. The firm's technologies include plant healthcare, plant breeding, plant stress care and plant yield. The company was founded by Antonio Molina Fernández and Pablo Rodriguez Palenzuela in March 2008 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

9905553 Canada, Inc. operates as a digital market place that allows buyers and sellers to list, negotiate, and finalize grain deals. The company was founded by Brennan Turner and Alain Goubau and is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

GenEdit, Inc. develops gene therapies and gene editing-based therapeutics. Its proprietary nanoparticles applies for the development of CRISPR-based therapeutics and gene therapy products for a range of genetic diseases. The company was founded by Kunwoo Lee, Niren Murthy, and Hyo Min Park in 2016 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Pairwise Plants LLC operates as a agriculture company. The company was founded by Feng Zhang, David Liu and J. Keith Joung and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

X-Biotix Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development, which focuses on the novel small molecule antibiotics that target resistant gram-negative bacteria. The company was founded by Ramani Varanasi in 2016 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Mycoworks, Inc. engages in producing leather from mycelium materials. The company was founded by Sophia Wang, Philip Ross and Eddie Pavlu and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Plexium, Inc. provides drug development methodology services. It specializes in immunomodulation as a therapeutic approach for CNS and oncology. The company was founded by Brian Paegel on July 12, 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the development of a novel small molecule therapeutics for obesity and metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Tien Lee in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Verdant Robotics, Inc. engages in the provision of autonomous farming services. It transforms profits by digitally mapping the entire farm across time and space. The company was founded by Gabe Sibley and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

X-37 Service Co., Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical discovery and development company. The firm uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to discover novel drug candidates by screening vast libraries of chemical compounds against pharmaceutical targets. It offers five development programs in areas of high medical need including cancer, autoimmune diseases, and coagulation disorders. The company was founded by David J. Collier and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Stemson Therapeutics, LLC is a pre-clinical stage cell therapy company that aims to cure hair loss by using induced pluripotent stem cells to regenerate the critical cells required to grow hair. The company is based in La Jolla, CA, and is passionate about delivering a scientifically based, clinically tested cure for hair loss to the millions of hair loss sufferers who seek help for their hair loss condition. Stemson's breakthrough innovation uses a novel cell engineering process to produce the cell types required to regenerate hair follicles. The company was founded in 2018 by Geoff Hamilton and a team of world-class scientists, advisors, and collaborators.

Sabanto, Inc. is a company based in an undisclosed location with a mission to accelerate autonomy in agricultural machinery. The American company aims to solve the problems of labor scarcity in rural areas and the increasing capital expenses of modern ag machinery. Sabanto specializes in low-cost retrofits to existing agricultural machines, regardless of make or model, and the development of supporting software to maximize the utility of autonomous technology, increasing producer ROI. The company is creating simple, open, and cost-effective technologies that enable the future of agriculture. Sabanto's aftermarket autonomy system can increase productivity by making tractors autonomous.

Creyon Bio, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage drug development company based in San Diego, CA. The company is focused on developing precision oligonucleotide-based medicines (OBMs) such as ASOs, siRNAs, guide RNAs, RNA editing guides, mRNAs, and aptamers. Creyon Bio uses a data-first approach to generate powerful datasets and develop machine learning models to uncover the engineering principles that make precision OBMs possible for patient populations of all sizes. The CEO of the company is Christopher E Hart.

Radionetics Oncology, Inc. is a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company based in Menlo Park, CA. Radionetics Oncology, Inc. focuses on the discovery and development of novel radiotherapeutics for the treatment of various oncology indications. Radionetics Oncology spun out of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and is supported by Frazier Life Sciences, 5AM Ventures, DCVC Bio, Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, and GordonMD Investments. The company is advancing a pipeline of small molecule radioligands that target G-protein coupled receptors to treat a wide range of cancers, including adrenocortical carcinoma, breast cancer, and lung cancer. The company's platform technology uses nonpeptide, small molecule targeting to deliver therapeutic radioisotopes selectively to tumors expressing peptide receptors. The company's pipeline consists of multiple lead drug candidates, and they are conducting additional drug discovery efforts in collaboration with Crinetics Pharmaceuticals. The market for radiopharmaceuticals is expected to rise to $12.6 billion by 2027. The company was founded by Scott R. Struthers, and Paul A. Grayson has been the CEO since 2024.