Ingo Chakravarty

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops tissue-based diagnostic solutions. It designs and delivers medical diagnostic systems and slide-based cancer tests. Its products include absolute Eosinophil count (AEC) detection kit intended for laboratory use to identify targets by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue or frozen tissue on a BenchMark and BenchMark XT instrument and DISCOVERY XT research instrument that brings automation, reproducibility, and productivity to IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH) slide preparation and processing. The company was founded by Thomas M. Grogan in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Gen-Probe, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets rapid, accurate and molecular diagnostic products and services that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases, screen donated human blood, and ensure transplant compatibility. It also develops and manufactures the PROCLEIX assays, which are used to detect human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus, the hepatitis B virus, and the West Nile virus in donated human blood. The firm's clinical diagnostics products include APTIMA family of assays, which are used to detect the common STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea. Gen-Probe was founded by Thomas H. Adams and David E. Kohne in 1983 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. engages in the development, manufacturing, sales, and support of instruments and molecular tests based on its proprietary eSensor detection technology. Its solutions include ePlex System and XT-8 System. The company was founded by Jon Faiz Kayyem in 1993 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Microm Laborgeraete Gmbh is a German company that manufactures histology laboratory instrumentation. The company is based in Walldorf, Germany. Microm Laborgeraete was acquired by Apogent Technologies, Inc., part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. from August 03, 2004 on October 01, 1999.

Mesa Biotech, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostic company. Its products include mesa biotech dock and flu A/Flu B test cassette. The company was founded by Hong Cai and R. Bruce Cary in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

SSI Diagnostica Holding A/S is an investment holding Danish company. The private company is based in Hillerod, Denmark.