Paola Picotti

Micreos BV develops phage-based products against specific dangerous bacteria. It offers human health, food safety, agriculture and animal health products. The company was founded by Mark Offerhaus and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Soudronic AG develops, builds and installs welding solutions for a variety of applications specific to the metal packaging industries. Its range of products includes canbody and drum welders, bodyformers, two-piece canmaking systems, and endmaking systems. The firm designs, constructs, installs, and maintains integrated canbody production lines that include slitters, transfer systems, canbody welders, seam protection systems, curing systems, bodyformers, combination machines, and testers. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Bergdietikon, Switzerland.

Uster Technologies AG manufactures and markets quality control equipment for testing fiber, yarn and fabric. The firm offers testing and monitoring instruments, systems and services that allow optimization of quality through various individual stages of textile production. It also provides integrated data and expert systems and after sales services to the textile industry. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Uster, Switzerland.

Institut Straumann AG operates a dentistry group. It engages in the research, development and manufacturing dental implants, instruments, prosthetics and tissue regeneration products for use in tooth replacement and restoration solutions. The company is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV (Forbion) is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm which was founded by Bart Bergstein. Headquartered in Naarden, the firm specializes in late-stage and early-stage clinical development programs to optimize the commercial potential of their investee company's technologies.

F2G Ltd. provides novel drugs for the treatment of life-threatening systemic fungal diseases. It primarily focuses on developing an F3 series of anti mould compound, which is an antifungal agent that acts through a mechanism different from marketed drugs. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Acacia Pharma Ltd. develops supportive care product opportunities for post-surgical and cancer patients. It specializes in the discovery and development of cancer supportive care product opportunities based on established drugs. The firm’s product pipeline addresses supportive care indications, such as post-operative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, xerostomia and cachexia. The company was founded by Andrew Muncey, Julian Clive Gilbert and Robert William Gristwood in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Phytech Ltd. provides agriculture mission of improving agricultural practice. Its phytomonitoring technology monitors the plant’s growth rate and contraction by using various sensors, and enable growers to receive and share a constant real-time stream of data that gives them the exact status of the plant and its stress level. The firm’s products are used by growers worldwide in various crops, including almonds, pistachios, pomegranate, citrus, avocado, mango, walnuts, blueberries, apples, dates, vineyards, cotton, corn, sugar cane, soy beans, chickpeas, carrots, potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers, flowers, and more. The company was founded by Zohar Benner and is headquartered in Yad Mordechai, Israel.

Syngenta Ventures is a venture capital firm in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Switzerland.

Redbiotec AG develops and produces multi protein assemblies. It specializes in producing virus-like particles, various types of protein complexes and single proteins and VLP-based vaccines against various infectious diseases. The firms products are used in complex drug target, structural studies, target validation, antibody generation, biopharmaceutical and VLP applications. The company was founded in 2006 by Christian Schaub and Corinne John and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Targovax Oy focuses on the development and commercialization of targeted cancer immunotherapy. It is a biotechnology company with novel immunotherapy platform that is based on engineered oncolytic viruses armed with potent immune-stimulating transgenes. The firm's products induce a tailored response by the immune system directed at each patient’s unique cancer cells. The company was founded by Pekka Ilmari Simula and Antti Vuolanto in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Athyrium Capital Management LP (Athyrium) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffrey A. Ferrell in 2008 as Athyrium Capital Management LLC and converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware limited partnership in 2015. Athyrium provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to its clients, which may include specific tailored vehicles and pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

CTC Analytics AG is a Swiss company that specializes in sample preparation and handling platforms. The private company is based in Zwingen, Switzerland. The company's PAL System is a widely used and successful platform, with over 40,000 systems worldwide. The PAL System is known for its reliability, flexibility, and precision in handling both gaseous and liquid samples. Beat E. Lüthi has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

Brandtone Ltd. provides mobile marketing services. It offers consumer profiling, product promotion, incentive and loyalty programs, and direct marketing solutions. The firm also serves various FMCG brands. It closes the loop between brand and consumer, between communications & purchase, through the reach and intimacy of the mobile phone; all with a clear, measurable return on marketing investment. The company was founded by Ben Atherton in 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Apaco AG is a private company based in Grellingen, Switzerland. and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. The Swiss company's main focus is on providing high-quality packaging solutions for various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Apaco offers a wide range of products, including bottles, jars, tubes, and closures, and also provides custom packaging solutions tailored to the specific needs of its clients. With a strong commitment to sustainability and innovation, Apaco has established itself as a leading player in the packaging industry in Switzerland and beyond.

YouRehab AG creates interactive therapy systems for neurological motor disorders. It offers YouGrabber, an all-in-one upper limb rehabilitation product for arms and fingers, which trains patients at peak intensity using rehabilitation gaming to enahcne clinical outcomes; YouKicker, a lower limb rehabilitation product for legs and feet. The company was founded by Oliver Ullmann, Kynan Eng, Edith Chevrier, Lisa Holper, Daniel Kiper, Pawal Pyk and Ewa Siekierka in April 2010 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Part of Mettler-Toledo International, Inc., Mettler-Toledo GmbH (Switzerland) is a Swiss company that manufactures measurement solutions and precision instruments and services. The company is based in Greifensee, Switzerland.

Creoptix AG provides biosensor devices for applications in drug discovery. It specializes in optical instruments and consumables for the label-free analysis of molecular interactions for the drug discovery. The firm’s products include instruments, sensors, and software. The company was founded by Kaspar Cottier in 2009 and is headquartered in Wadenswil, Switzerland.

PIQUR Therapeutics AG engages in development of anti-cancer drugs based on the inhibition. Its products include PQR309, PQR620 and PQR5xx. The company was founded by Bernd Giese, Vladimir Cmiljanovic, Andreas Emmenegger, Ralf Rosenow and Matthias Wymann in August 2011 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and delivery of treatments to help improve the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases. Its products include Lomitapide and Metreleptin. The Lomitapide provides homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), and Metreleptin provides treatment for generalized lipodystrophy (GL) and partial lipodystrophy (PL). The company was founded on December 20, 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

NMD Pharma ApS engages with the research and preparation of small molecules targeting an undisclosed ion. It offers medical treatment of neuromuscular diseases for patients with chronic muscle wasting diseases such as myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by Ole B?kgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, and Claus Elsborg Olesen on May 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Part of Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Essential Pharmaceuticals LLC is a company that manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded in 2006. Emma Jane Johnson has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Essential Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Accord Healthcare, Inc. on July 26, 2017.

Essential Pharmaceuticals Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 24, 2010 and is headquartered in Egham, the United Kingdom.

WeedOUT Ltd. is an Israeli company that focuses on exploiting sterility against resistant weeds. The company is based in Ness Ziona, Israel. Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili has been the CEOs since 2016. The company was founded in 2016 by Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili.