Karim Dabbagh

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.

Citizens JMP Securities LLC (Citizens JMP) is a full-service investment bank and broker/dealer headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Joseph Jolson in 2002 and was formerly JMP Securities LLC. The firm is a subsidiary of JMP Holding LLC, ultimately held by Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CFG). Citizens JMP provides equity research, institutional brokerage, and investment banking services to public and private growth companies and their investors. They are a research-driven, growth-oriented firm that provides services to small- and mid-sized companies and the institutions that invest in them. The firm specializes in four high-growth sectors of the economy: technology, healthcare, financial services, and real estate.

SV Health Investors LLP (SV Health Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Peter McPartland. The firm is headquartered in London.

Sofinnova Investment Inc (Sofinnova Investment) is a venture capital firm founded in 1976 by Jacques F. vallle & Joel F. Martin. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

GSK Equity Investment Ltd (GSK Equity) is a venture capital firm a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Reedwood City, California.

Laboratoires Fournier SAS manufactures pharmaceutical preparations. The company was founded on July 10, 2007 and is headquartered in Rungis, France.

Bpifrance SA provides aids and financial support to small and medium companies. Its solutions include loans, insurance, warranties, and equity investments. The creation of the BPI was formalized by Law no. 2012-1559 on 31 December 2012, amending Ordinance no. 2005-722 of June 29, 2005, relating to the creation of the public institution OSEO, which became EPIC BPI-Groupe then EPIC Bpifrance, and the public limited company OSEO (now Bpifrance). The company was founded in 1923 and headquartered in Maisons-Alfort, France.

Integrated Diagnostics, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics firm. It develops diagnostics and measurement technologies that has a capability of measuring biomarkers for diagnosis and management of complex diseases. The company was founded by Jim Heath, David J. Galas, Leroy E. Hood, and Paul Edward Kearney and is headquartered Seattle, WA.

21 Invest France SAS is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of 21 Invest SpA founded in 1998 by Gérard Pluvinet and Henry Huyghues-Despointes. 21 Invest France is headquartered in Paris.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Roche Ventures is the venture investment division of the pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG (SWX:ROG). The group is headquartered in Basel with operations and affiliates worldwide, and is a world leader in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. The firm was founded in 2002.

American Association for Cancer Research prints and publishes scientific journals including clinical cancer research, molecular cancer therapeutics, molecular cancer research, cancer epidemiology, and biomarkers and prevention. The company was founded on May 7, 1907 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Biocodex Benelux is a Belgian pharmaceutical company that has been operating in the healthcare market for over 60 years. The private company is based in Anderlecht, Belgium. The company offers a soothing cream specially formulated for a decimating massage of tired legs, which relieves, depletion, and tones the tired legs. The CEOs of the company are Jean-Marie Lefèvre and Francois Hublot.

LAMY LEXEL Avocats Associés provides legal services. The firm offers corporate, merger-acquisition, banking and stock market, Tax, contracts and litigations services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Pharcor provides financial services. The company is headquartered in Gentilly, France.

Biocodex SA develops and markets pharmaceutical products. Its services include Gastroentorology, Neurology and Psychiatry, pain treatment, and degenerative Osteoarthritis treatment. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Gentilly, France.

TargEDys SA develops microbiome-based solutions for appetite regulation. It provides humanity with easy means of regulating their eating behaviors for the third millennium. The company was founded by Pierre Dechelotte and Gregory Lambert 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

SR One Capital Management LP (SR One) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Redwood, California.

Dren Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It focuses on protein engineering technologies for depletion of cells, protein aggregates, and other disease-causing agents. The company was founded by John Wesley and Nenad Tomasevic in 2019 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

The American company was founded by Nick Johnson, Cheng Zhang, and Marcel van der Brug, with Cheng Zhang serving as the CEO since incorporation. Character Biosciences is focused on developing therapies for ophthalmic and other progressive polygenic diseases. The company has developed a platform that integrates genomics with longitudinal clinical data to select drug targets and match therapies to the right patients. Currently, Character Biosciences is advancing two lead drug discovery programs through preclinical development for dry age-related macular degeneration.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc. provides research, development, and manufacturing capabilities in cell therapy and genetic engineering. The company was founded by Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Fred Ramsdell, Alexander Rudensky, and Qizhi Tang in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Opal Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Entasis Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovey, development, and commercialization of novel antibacterial prodcuts to treat serious infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Its pipeline includes ETX2514SUL, targeting Acinetobacter baumannii infections; ETX0282CPDP, targeting Enterobacteriaceae infections; a Non-Beta-lactam PBP inhibitor, targeting Gram-negative infections; and zoliflodacin, targeting Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The company was founded by Manoussos Perros in May 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

COVED provides waste management services and is ultimately controlled by the Government of France.