Joël Jean-Louis Besse

Atlas Venture LLP is the London office of the independent and partner-owned venture capital investment group Atlas Venture Inc., headquartered in Boston with additional offices in Paris and Munich, plus an administrative office in Amsterdam. The group originated in 1980 and focuses on high-technology financing, aiming for a transatlantic operations model. The London office was established in 1986. The group manages a range of venture capital funds.

U3 Pharma AG researches and develops novel targeted therapeutics aimed at treating human disease. It develops products for hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer and commercializes human monoclonal antibody therapies directed against validated proprietary drug targets selected from its portfolio. In addition, it has created a second generation functional genomics platform, TASC, which mimics the progression of a tumor cell as it progresses towards its fully malignant cancerous state. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Martinsried, Germany.

Arrow Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a pharmaceutical company that focuses on research and development of novel antiviral drugs. Its products include novel antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and preclinical compounds. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

FIBREX Medical Inc. is a development stage bio-pharmaceutical company. Its operational affiliate FIBREX Medical Research & Development GmbH was established in Vienna in February 2001. The company was founded to convert high impact scientific discovery into pharmaceutical products for important diseases. The company aims to become a leader in the development and commercialization of pharmaceuticals targeting fundamental mechanisms of inflammation and tissue injury. While inflammation is highly desirable to defend the organism against foreign particles and infections, it can become harmful and destructive if it runs unchecked. Inflammation-based tissue injury is well known as a major component in the pathogenesis and progression of important diseases such as myocardial infarction, septic and hemorrhagic shock, graft rejection, or rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, endothelial dysfunction in inflamed tissues leads to capillary leak and deleterious edema formation, aggravating organ dysfunction.

Horizon Therapeutics Schweiz GmbH is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes medicines to target unmet therapeutic needs in arthritis, pain and inflammatory diseases. The company was originally founded in 2004 as a spin-out of Merck KGaA and is headquartered in Reinach, Switzerland.

Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops drugs for diseases related to the central nervous system. Its drugs are used in curing diseases such as Huntington's, Parkinson's, restless legs syndrome, schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, and sleep apnea diseases. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington DC.

Novexel SA researches and develops anti-infective drugs for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections. The firm focuses on discovery and development of novel antibiotics designed to overcome the significant global problem of microbial resistance. The company was founded in December 2004 and is headquartered in Romainville, France.