Linda Kelley

Excel Medical Ventures LLC (Excel Medical Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Steven R. Gullans. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Proteus RM LLC (Venture Capital) (Proteus RM) is a venture capital subsidiary of Proteus RM LLC founded in 2006 by Gregory A. Bonfiglio. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

Allegacy Federal Credit Union has been helping its members, employees, and communities make smart financial choices for 54 years. The private company is based in Winston-Salem, NC, and has subsidiaries in the United States. With almost $2 billion in assets and nearly $1.60 billion in assets under management in its financial planning group, Allegacy is one of the largest credit unions serving over 166,000 members worldwide. The credit union has 16 locations and nine high school student-run credit unions, offering personal and business financial services to a broad membership base, including the employees, retirees, and families of over 1,800 companies throughout the country. Allegacy's goal is to help its members pursue wellness of mind, body, and wallet. The company was founded in 1967, and the CEO is Cathy Pace.

Plureon Corp. is a technology company that creates technologies for regenerative medicine. The private company is based in Winston-Salem, NC. The company has been developing these technologies since 2002.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center provides research and education grants. Its services include financing, technology assessment, business planning, and marketing strategies implementation. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium provides biomedical technology consortium services. The company is headquartered in Summerville, SC.

Precise Bio, Inc. is a regenerative medicine company that specializes in bio-printed tissues and organs for patients in ophthalmology. The company is based in Winston-Salem, NC. The company's main focus is on developing a bio-printed cornea graft to replace donor corneas. The company is also working on a 3D cardiac tissue "patch" for post myocardial infarction implant to retrieve cardiac muscle viability and functionality. Precise Bio uses an integrated 3D printing and tissue-engineering platform to produce scalable, repeatable bio-fabricated organs from the patients' own cells. The company was founded in 2015 by Anthony Atala, Aryeh Batt, Shay Soker. Aryeh Batt has been the CEO since 2015.

Fork & Goode, Inc. manufactures pork meat products. The company was founded by Niyati Gupta, Gabor Forgacs and Andras Forgacs in October 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.