Donald McCarthy

Stephens, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas. The firm was founded in 1933 and is a subsidiary of Susi Holdings, Inc., which is owned by Stephens Financial Services LLC. Stephens provides comprehensive securities sales and trading services, including customized solutions for clients in North America and abroad.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

RA Capital Management LP (RA Capital) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. RA Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Healthcare Funds and the Nexus Funds which are open only to certain financially sophisticated and high net-worth individuals and entities.

X-BODY, Inc. provides biotechnological research services. The company was founded on April 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The company was incorporated in June 20, 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

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

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Mass General Brigham Ventures LLC (Mass General Brigham Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Partners Research Ventures & Licensing founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in the Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Part of Polestar Ltd., Technology Transfer Group is a Bermudian company that provides licensing of technologies in the security printing field. The company is based in Flatts, Bermuda.

Shangpharma Corp. provides pharmaceutical and biotechnology research outsourcing services. It offers various integrated services across the drug discovery and development process to international and chinese pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and academic and research institutions. The company was founded by Michael Xin Hui and Wenjuan Xiao in 2002 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Partners Innovation Fund LLC, an Evergreen Fund, invests in companies located in the US. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of healthcare sector. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. It also makes follow on investments.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School provides education services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Shanghai ChemPartner Co., Ltd. operates as a contract research organization. It provides chemistry, biology, pharmacology, DMPK, process R&D, pre-formulation, and analytical development services to global pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Aurigene Discovery Technologies Ltd. operates as biotechnology company. It offers research services such as integrated research and stand-alone research. The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Partners Innovation Fund II LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of life sciences includes drugs, devices, diagnostics, and digital health. It provides financing for seed and early stage capital requirements. It makes co-investments.

Expansion Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Del Mar, CA.

ShangPharma Innovation Inc. (ShangPharma Innovation) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Shangpharma Investment Group Ltd. founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-technology company. It develops in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs to address serious, unserved medical needs. The company was founded by Alain D. Baron, Marcus F. Boehm and Xinzhong Dong and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

HotSpot Therapeutics, Inc. develops new allosteric therapies with the ability to treat disease. The company was founded by Jonathan Montagu and Geraldine Harriman and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

RA Capital Management LP (Private Equity) (RA Capital) is a private equity & venture capital subsidiary of RA Capital Management LP founded by Peter Kolchinsky in 2004. The firm is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Dianthus Therapeutics OpCo, Inc. provides heath care services. The company was founded by Jonathan Violin and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Alpine BioTherapeutics Corp. engages in the development of stem cell-based therapy to treat blindness. The company was founded by Jiagang Zhao and Ying Wu in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Rome Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases by harnessing the power of the repeatome-vast stretches of uncharted genetic materials. The company was founded by Rosana Kapeller and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Life Sciences Group, Inc. operates as an American biotechnology company.

Aim-Hi Accelerator Fund, Inc. is a non-profit company that was born out of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR). The company is based in Rockville, MD. The company aims to bridge the gap between innovative, early-stage cancer research and successful development of high-impact oncology products. Aim-Hi is a new paradigm to fund translational research designed to focus on startups that have commercial potential at cancer therapeutic discovery. The company was founded by Sujuan Ba, Charlie Weatherspoon, Franklin Cary Salisbury. Sujuan Ba has been the CEO since incorporation.

Matchpoint Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA. The company aims to discover and develop precision covalent medicines to transform the treatment of immune diseases and other serious illnesses. Matchpoint's proprietary Advanced Covalent Exploration (ACE) platform integrates advanced chemoproteomics, machine learning, and covalent chemistry library evolution. The company was founded by Jianwei Che, Edward Chouchani, Tinghu Zhang, Nathanael S. Gray, and the CEO is G. Andre Turenne.

Paros Bio, Inc. is a private company that specializes in gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company is focused on developing a gene replacement approach to treat autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD). Specifically, they are working on a gene therapy that targets mutations in the presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1), which is the underlying genetic cause of ADAD.