Chris Picardo

FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. engages in the developing, manufacturing and marketing of in hand-carried ultrasound systems, which are used in a variety of medical specialties in a range of clinical settings at the point-of-care. It designs products for applications, including emergency medicine, surgery, critical care, internal medicine, musculoskeletal, and vascular access procedures as well as for imaging in traditional applications, such as radiology, cardiology, vascular medicine and obstetrics and gynecology. The company was founded in April 1998 and is headquartered in Bothell, WA.

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Accium BioSciences, Inc. provides ultrasensitive bioanalytical services to the pharmaceutical industry. The company was founded by Ali Arjomand and Michael Chansler in 2004 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Skytap, Inc. provides cloud-based environments-as-a-service for development and testing teams to deliver better software. It offers development and testing, hybrid cloud or information technology, virtual training, software demos, and professional solutions. The company also provides cloud stack and security services. The company was founded by Henry M. Levy, Brian Bershad, Steven D. Gribble, and David Richardson in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. designs and develops cloud-native network detection and response platform for the hybrid enterprise. The firm offers ExtraHop Reveal(x), Reveal(x) Cloud, ExtraHop for application and network performance, threat detection and response, customer experience monitoring, and SDN and virtualization. The company was founded by Raja Mukerji and Jesse Rothstein in 2007 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

2nd Watch, Inc. provides public cloud workload management services. The firm offers cloud migration services, such as cloud readiness and optimization assessment, security assessment, migration strategy, and roadmap; total cost of ownership; proof of concept; consulting services; new build, virtualization, hybrid, and physical implementation; application re-platform implementation; and reference architecture catalog creation. It also provides a managed cloud platform service, such as day-to-day cloud operations for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment; conducts cloud training sessions and workshops; and offers lifecycle engagement services, including assessment, design, deployment, management, optimization, and destruction of cloud infrastructure. The company was founded by Jeff Aden, Kris Bliesner and Brett Turner in 2010 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Threshold Ventures, Inc. (Threshold Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson International, Inc. founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Pomona College offers curriculum in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It was founded in 1887 and it is headquartered in Claremont, CA

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

AGC Biologics A/S provides contract process development and biopharmaceuticals manufacturing services worldwide. It specializes in delivering custom solutions for the scale-up and the cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics for pre-clinical, clinical trials, and commercial production. Its services include cell line development, bioprocess development, formulation, and analytical testing. The company was founded by Peter Vilby, Mads Laustsen, Thomas Sandal, and Morten Munk in 2001 and is headquartered in Soeborg, Denmark.

Advanced Medical Technology Association is a trade association which provides medical technology solutions. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Alliance of Angels (Alliance of Angels) is a venture capital firm, subsidiary of the Seattle-based Technology Alliance, founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Accelerator Services Corp (Accelerator Services) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Carl Weissman and Rodney F. Burgar. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

AGC Biologics, Inc. develops therapeutic proteins for early clinical trials. The firm offers integrated cGMP manufacturing services using microbial fermentation and mammalian cell culture processes. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Bothell, WA.

Chef Software, Inc. develops and publishes software solutions for company and configuration management. Its products includes enterprise automation stack, chef automate, infra, inspec, habitat. The company was founded by Adam Brent Jacob, Nathan Haneysmith, Barry Steinglass, and Jesse G. Robbins in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Part of Bayer AG, Bayer HealthCare is a company that provides medical care and animal health care services. The company is based in Tarrytown, NY.

Asian Counseling & Referral Service provides health services. Its services include aging services for older adults, behavioral health and wellness, child and youth development, employment and training, citizenship and immigration assistance and recovery services. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Mobisante, Inc. provides ultrasound imaging services. It offers MobiUS SP1 system, a diagnostic imaging solution that enables providers to deliver remote diagnosis and archiving their images with other medical professionals. The company was founded by Sailesh Chutani and David M. Zar in 2009 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

Placed, Inc. provides mobile analytic software. It offers location-driven insights and mobile advertising intelligence. The firm measures mobile device information, includes location for market research purposes. The company offers Placed Insights, a ratings service for the physical world that enables clients to gain actionable intelligence into offline consumer behavior and competitive trends, grow customer segments, benchmark their business against the competition, and measure the impact of advertising campaigns in driving traffic to their stores. Placed was founded by David Shim in January 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

W Fund Management LLC (W Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Mr. Hamburg Robert. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Ncardia SA engages in drug discovery research and development. Its cardiac products encompass hiPSC-derived Pluricyte, Cardiomyocytes, Cor.4U cardiomyocytes and vCor.4U ventricular cardiomyocytes and FibroCor.4U cardiac fibroblasts. The company is headquartered in Gosselies, Belgium.

Dynamk Capital LLC (Dynamk Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Daniella Kranjac and Mario Kranjac. The firm is headquartered in New York, New York.

Alpenglow Biosciences, Inc. engages in the development and production of three-dimensional open-top light-sheet microscope for the improvement of conducting pathology. The company was founded by Steven Buckley, Adam Glaser, Jonathan Liu, Nicholas Reder, and Larry True in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Curi Bio, Inc. is engaged in providing drug development services. The company was founded by Elliot Fisher and Deol-Ho Kim and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

CellFE, Inc. develops delivery platform to enable engineering of life-saving therapies. The company was founded by Anna Liu and Alla Zamarayeva in 2018 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Ai2 Incubator Inc (Ai2 Incubator) is a venture capital, a subsidiary of The Allen Institute For Artificial Intelligence founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Lucid Scientific, Inc. provides technology services. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Mozart Therapeutics, Inc. is a company focused on developing first-in-class disease-modifying therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, with a therapeutic focus on autoimmune mediated gastro-intestinal disorders. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company utilizes a novel approach to restoring immune system function by targeting the CD8 T regulatory network. Mozart Therapeutics is advancing a pipeline of first-in-class ‘CD8 Treg modulators’ designed to restore durable immune balance. The CEO of the company is Katie Fanning.

Vernal Biosciences, Inc. is a fully integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that specializes in manufacturing and formulating mRNA and LNP-mRNA. Vernal's focus is on democratizing access to their expertise and unparalleled LNP-platform technologies to accelerate the potential of mRNA. The American company provides comprehensive high purity platform manufacturing solutions for mRNA-based medicines, from research to clinical development. Vernal Biosciences is pioneering the custom development and manufacturing process for a variety of applications including vaccine development, gene replacement, and more. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered just outside of an undisclosed location. The company was founded by Cobaugh Christian, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Part of Ncardia SA, Cellistic is a subsidiary that specializes in the process development and manufacture of cell therapies based on human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology. The Belgian company's focus and expertise in iPSC reprogramming, differentiation, and expansion protocol development make it an ideal partner for innovative cell therapy developers to commercialize novel advanced therapies. The company was founded by Stefan Braam, and Gustavo Mahler has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Balena Ltd. operates as an infrastructure provider for headless devices. Its product features include control on device environment, manage fleet at scale, security out of the box, and automate device fleet. The company was founded by Petros Angelatos, Pagan Gazzard, and Alexandros Marinos on October 3, 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.