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Playground Global (Playground Global) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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

NetraDyne, Inc. provides Internet of Things solutions. The firm offers sensory input for drones, automotive, agriculture and construction, artificial intelligence, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Avneesh Agrawal and David Julian in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Bodyport, Inc. manufactures sensor fitted weighing scales. It offers scale that measures weight like others do, but also measures blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, and arterial stiffness through a user's feet. The company was founded by Corey Centen and Sarah Smith and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lassogen, Inc. operates as a preclinical biotechnology company. It develops lasso peptides as a new therapeutic modality for diagnosing and treating intractable health challenges. The company was founded by Mark J. Burk, Douglas Mitchell, Tracy Handel and Kent Boles in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Carrum Health, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for medical procedures. It offers bundled payment solution for employers. The firm directly connects self-insured employers to regional healthcare providers through the industry?s bundled payment solution. The company was founded by Sachin Jain in 2014 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

OneSpot, Inc. provides software platform that delivers the most relevant web media content. The firm offers content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and infrastructure of online advertising. It offers a platform that enables users to make content personalization and repeat engagement work across various channels. The company was founded by Nathan Matthew Cohen in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Springboard Enterprises, Inc. is a leading network of industry experts, investors, and innovators dedicated to building companies at scale led by women who are transforming industries in technology, life sciences, and healthcare. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Since 2000, over 890+ Springboard portfolio companies seeking investment and human capital for product development and expansion have created over $39.10b in value. With 225 exits to strategic acquirers, 27 IPOs, and 10 unicorns, Springboard entrepreneurs are transforming industries. The American company's mission is to accelerate the growth of women-led entrepreneurial companies through access to essential resources and a community of experts. Springboard is a network of entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors accelerating the success of women entrepreneurs in technology and life sciences. The company was founded by Kay Koplovitz, Amy Millman. Natalie Buford-Young has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

UT Horizon /Venture Capital/ (UT Horizon) is a venture capital subsidiary of The University of Texas at Austin founded in 2011 by Bryan T. Allinson. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

M12 Ventures (M12) is a venture capital subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Pachyderm, Inc. provides open source platform for employing containers to run big data analytics and process jobs. Its products include Pachyderm File System (PFS) and Pachyderm Pipeline System (PPS). The company was founded by Joseph Zwicker and Joseph Doliner on December 23, 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Syntiant Corp. operates as a moving machine learning from the cloud to the devices. The company was founded by Kurt Busch, Jeremy Holleman, Pieter Vorenkamp and Stephen Bailey in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Bonsai AI, Inc. provides platform to offers developer an easy-to-use programming experience. The company was founded by Mark Hammond and Keen Browne in 2014 and is headquartered in , the United Kingdom.

Twenty Billion Neurons GmbH engages in the development of artificial intelligence machines with a human-like awareness. Its products include Inference Engine, Predictive Models, and Datasets. The company was founded by Roland Memisevic, Ingo Bax, Florian, Hoppe, and Christian Thurau on March 13, 2015 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Alydia Health, Inc. operates as medical device company which provides solution to postpartum hemorrhage. The company was founded by Nathan Bair and Jessie Becke on May 8, 2018 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. provides wireless communication systems. Its solutions include automotive, networking, healthcare, and mobile computing. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Carnegie Mellon University is an American school that operates as a college or university. It is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

IntutiveX, Inc. provides technology services to medical industry. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Founded in 1981, the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) is an independent private foundation located in Seattle, Washington. WRF assists universities and other nonprofit research institutions in the state of Washington with the commercialization of their technologies and provides support, through gifts and grants, for scholarship and research.

Artificial, Inc. engages in the development of software to close the loop between humans and robots in the lab. It offers flow scheduler, elements SDK, flow tools, and substrate core. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Nalu Bio, Inc. designs cannabinoids for wellness and therapeutics. The company was founded by Caitlyn Waller Krebs, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley, and Randall Ussery in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wildcat Venture Partners LLC (Wildcat Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bill Ericson, Bryan D. Stolle, Bruce Cleveland and Katherine Barr. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Atomic AI Inc. is a biotechnology company that specializes in using artificial intelligence and structural biology to discover and design RNA-based medicines. The company is based in San Francisco, CA, and is backed by an interdisciplinary team of machine learning researchers, medicinal chemists, engineers, and experimental biologists, as well as strategic scientific advisers and world-class investors. The company's proprietary R&D platform integrates deep learning foundation models with purpose-designed, in-house wet-lab assays to treat undruggable diseases. The CEO of the company is Raphael Townshend.

Miselu, Inc. develops music interfaces and instruments to enrich the experience of creating music with the iPad. It provides voice sharing and archiving application services that allow the customers to create comments, leave thoughts, comment on photos, and more. The company was founded by Yoshinari Yoshikawa on June 13, 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., IBM Research is a corporate research lab with over 3,000 researchers in 19 locations across six continents. The company is based in Yorktown Heights, NY and was founded by Thomas Boudalier. The company invests in breakthroughs such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain technology. IBM Research is dedicated to applying AI and science to industry challenges, from healthcare to environmentalism to retail.

Velo3D US, Inc. develops and manufactures metal laser sintering printing machines for 3D printing. It offers sapphire printer, flow software, and assure system. The company was founded by Benyamin Buller and Erel Milshtein in 2014 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Relativity Space, Inc. manufactures orbital rockets. The company was founded by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone in 2015 and is headquartered in Long Beach, CA.

Strand Therapeutics, Inc. develops genetically programming mRNA therapeutics. The company was founded by Tasuku Kitada, Darrell J. Irvine, Ron Weiss, and Jacob Becraft and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Manifold Biotechnologies, Inc. provides biotechnology services. The company was founded by Gleb Kuznetsov, Pierce Ogden, Shane Lofgren and George Church and is headquartered in Allston, MA.

Ultima Genomics, Inc. is a company that aims to drive the scale of genomic information to enable unprecedented advances in biology and improvements in human health. Ultima Genomics is based in Newark, CA. The company has built a revolutionary new sequencing architecture designed to scale far beyond conventional technologies and overcome the cost-driven tradeoffs scientists and clinicians are forced to make between the breadth, depth, and frequency with which they use genomic information. The company was founded by Gilad Almogy, who has been the CEO since incorporation.

Mangata Networks, Inc. is a technology company that provides satellite and terrestrial network solutions for various industries such as terrestrial backhaul, aeromobility, maritime, oil and gas, and IoT. The company was founded in 2020 by Juliette Neu and is based in Gold Canyon, AZ. The company's proprietary technology includes a network of satellite and terrestrial solutions that offer high-capacity and reliable service across the globe. The CEO is Brian Holz.

Amber Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in an undisclosed location. The American company is focused on developing a first-of-its-kind RNA editing platform that can correct genetic mutations in a safe and reversible way. Amber Bio is pioneering new gene editing modalities using multi-kilobase RNA writing to reach previously undruggable diseases. Co-founders Jacob Borrajo and Basem Al-Shayeb received their Ph.D. at leading institutions for gene editing research: Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard and University of California. Jacob Borrajo has been the CEO since incorporation.

MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Bird Rock Bio, Inc. develops protein therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel antibodies with upsized potential that represent to antibody therapeutics. The company was founded by Richard J. Ulevitch, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley and Katherine S. Bowdish in 2007 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

5AM Venture Management LLC (5AM Ventures) is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2002 by Andrew J. Schwab, Carin M. Rollins and John D. Diekman. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Verinata Health, Inc. focuses on maternal and fetal health. It develop and offer non-invasive tests for early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The firm's products include 'verifi' prenatal test, a non-invasive test that detects three primary aneuploidies for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks and 'Monosomy X', a test for Turner syndrome. The company was founded by Michael D. Grisham and Richard P. Rava in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, 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.