Chad Conkright

Quidel Corp. engages in the development, manufacture and market of rapid diagnostic testing solutions. Its portfolio includes rapid immunoassays, cardiac immunoassays, specialized diagnostic solutions and molecular diagnostic solutions. The firm products are directly sold to end users and distributors and for professional use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, urgent care clinics, universities, retail clinics, pharmacies and wellness screening centers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Wind River Systems, Inc. provides embedded and mobile software solutions. It offers operating systems, Wind River Helix Chassis, intelligent device platforms, network infrastructure, and Wind River Helix cloud. The company was founded by Jerry L. Fiddler in 1981 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Abbott Molecular, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals and medical products. Its products include genetics and genomics and oncology. The company was founded by Thomas J. Mozer and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Foundation Capital LLC (Foundation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Bill Elmore, Kathryn Gould, and Jim Anderson. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Microbion Corp. develops topical microbial therapeutic products. It safeguards human health by overcoming infections, antibiotic resistance, and microbial biofilms with safe, effective anti-infective products. The firm is developing MBN-101 as the first product in a new class for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant and difficult to treat infections. The company was founded by Brett H. Baker and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.

CalciMedica, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in drug development. It discovers and develops novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and organ transplant rejection. The company was founded by Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth Stauderman, Anjana Rao, Patrick Hogan, Stefan Feske, Michael Harpold, Tom Reed, and Jack Roos in December 2006 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Venture-Gain LLC develops software-based analytics and diagnostics for clinical healthcare. Its conversation starts and ends with technologies that take organizations from data overload to information overdrive. The company was founded by Gary W. Conkright and R. Matt Pipke in 2005 and is headquartered in Naperville, IL.

NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company. The firm engages in the provision of hospital and clinical reference laboratory testing services. It offers solution for in vitro molecular diagnostic (MDx) testing. The company was founded by Jeffery Williams in 2012 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Protenus, Inc. operates as an healthcare compliance analytics platform. It uses artificial intelligence to audit every access to patient records for the nation?s health systems. The company was founded by Robert Lord and Nicholas Culbertson in 2014 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells medical diagnostic instrument, test and automation products. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

MSDSonline, Inc. provides web-based products and services. Its solutions include MSDS/chemical management, OSHA recordkeeping, workplace training and compliance education. The firm serves healthcare, manufacturing, construction, education, oil, gas and mining, utilities, municipalities, retail, transportation, first responder and chemical manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Ronald Deger in 1996 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers cancer care, digestive health, organ transplantation program, pediatrics, pulmonary and respiratory care, urology, women's health, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, employee and occupational health, imaging, infusion, and laboratory services. The company was founded on November 30, 1981 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

20/20 HealthCare Partners LLC (20/20 HealthCare Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Hillel Bachrach. The firm is headquartered in Auburndale, Massachusetts.

Galen Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides leadership, implementation, optimization and technical services for health care professionals and provider groups. It offers ecalcs and vitalcenter products. It helps its health care clients migrate from paper to electronic health records(EHR). The firm's services include database architecture, project management, EHR implementations, and custom application development. Galen Healthcare Solutions was founded by Stephen McQueen, Matthew Nice, and Jason Carmichael in 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of Zoetis, Inc., Abbott Animal Health, Inc. develops animal vaccines and prescription medicines. The company is based in Abbott Park, IL. Abbott Animal Health was acquired by Zoetis, Inc. from Abbott Laboratories on February 10, 2015 for $255 million.

PinpointCare LLC provides information technology solutions for healthcare industry. The firm's software helps doctors come up with customized treatment plans for patients undergoing procedures such as hip and knee replacements. It also develops laboratory testing solutions for consumers and providers that would create a connected-care platform to make diagnostic test results accessible and understandable. The company was founded by Tracey Powell in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

LionBird Ventures Ltd (LionBird Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Itschak Friedman and Chaim Friedman. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Ltd. provides biopharmaceutical research and development services. The firm specializes in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drug compounds for the treatment of genetic diseases. It focuses on the treatment of diseases caused by nonsense mutations, including Cystic fibrosis, Duchene Muscular Dystrophy, Usher syndrome, Ataxia-telangiectasia, Beta thalassemia, and Tay-Sachs Hurler syndrome. Its focus areas encompass clinical drug development and target drugs discovery programs. The company was founded by Silvia Noiman and Shmuel Tuvia in 2013 and is headquartered in Herzliya, Israel.

Tyree & D’Angelo Partners Management LP(Tyree & D’Angelo Partners Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by James L. Tyree, Enzo D’Angelo and Michael Tyree. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Raziel Therapeutics RT Ltd. develops innovative technology to treat obesity disease. It is developing RZL-12, is a potential first-in-class, injectable drug for the reduction of fat cell mass. the firm developed a novel drug (NCE) that after a single injection into subcutaneous fat, converts white adipose tissue (WAT) into brown adipose tissue-like. The company was founded by Shmuel A. Ben-Sasson in 2012 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Telesofia Medical Ltd. operates a healthcare platform. It enables patient education and engagement with personalized patient videos, accessible on any device. The company was founded by Rami Cohen in 2011 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc. develops software technology for oral drug formulations. It offers pharmacology, therapeutic impact, reduced pill burden, and reduced care giver burden. The company was founded by Amy W. Schulman, Carlo Giovanni Traverso, Andrew Bellinger, and Robert S. Langer Jr. in 2015 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

CathWorks Ltd. develops medical devices for the interventional cardiology market. Its technology is based on processing visual information and automatic multi-layered algorithms. The company was founded by Guy Lavi and Ifat Lavi in 2013 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Quark Venture Inc (Quark) is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Enclear Therapies, Inc. develops and manufactures novel device-based therapies to treat patients. The firm device is developed to treat and halt the progression of neurodegenerative diseases by removing toxic proteins known to drive pathology. The company was founded by Anthony R. DePasqua, Jonathan J. Fleming, Kasper Roet, William B. Gormley and Kevin Eggan and is headquartered in Newburyport, MA.

Volastra Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies for patients with metastatic cancers. The company was founded by Lewis Cantley, Samuel Bakhoum and Olivier Elemento and is headquartered in Boston, MA.