Rachel Tsunemoto Hislop

Horsley Bridge Partners LLC (HBP) is a private equity firm, founded in 1983 by Phillip Horsley and Gary Bridge. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in London and Beijing.

BioMed Realty LP owns, acquires, develops, redevelops, leases, manages laboratory and office space. The company was founded on April 30, 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Synedgen, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company leveraging a proprietary glycomics technology platform to develop modified therapeutic polysaccharides that target mucosal surfaces in genetic and acquired disorders. The firm’s products include Prisyna oral care and Synedgen wound care. The company was founded by William P. Wiesmann and Shenda Baker in 2009 and is headquartered in Claremont, CA.

Microdermis Corp. engages in the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Its dermatological delivery platform Amidermal® produces compelling products with significantly-enhanced performance, low manufacturing costs, and rapid time-to-market. Its product Provodine® is an antiseptic that can be use as a surgical scrub, pre-operative skin preparation, healthcare personnel hand wash, and first aid antiseptic. The company was founded in October 2010 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Liquidgrids, Inc. develops social media health intelligence and marketing solutions. It offers Liquid Grids, a precision marketing platform for healthcare industry. The company was founded by Malcolm Bohm in December 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Celmatix, Inc. operates as a personalized medicine company that focuses on women?s health. It offers POLARIS, a web-based analytics platform for optimizing a woman?s fertility; and NOVA, a patient portal that helps clinics to maximize the patient experience. Its products help women to make informed decisions about their fertility, as well as provide doctors with data-driven tools for patient care. The company was founded by Piraye Yurttas Beim and Laura Towart Bandak in 2009 and is headquartered New York, NY.

Thesan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides novel therapeutics for disorders of the skin. The company focuses on the discovery and development of new chemical entities that provide improved treatment options to patients. Thesan Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2011 by Edward P. Monaghan and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital arm of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, founded in 1972 by Don Valentine. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Part of Starlight Investments Ltd. (Canada), Lion Funds Management, Inc. is a Canadian company that manages mutual funds. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. Lion Funds Management was acquired by Stone Asset Management Ltd. from Orion Securities, Inc. on March 19, 2002.

Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with ten colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. It was founded in 1829 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Profil Institute for Clinical Research, Inc. operates as a full-service clinical research organization (CRO), that focuses on diabetes, obesity and NAFLD/NASH. It offers clinical development, regulatory affair, clinical research, scientific, data management and statistical, monitoring, quality and compliance, and recruitment services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Chula Vista, CA.

Partners HealthCare Corp. provides patient care, research, teaching and community services. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Freedom Meditech, Inc. operates as a medical device company which focuses on the development and commercialization of ophthalmic medical devices. It specializes in devices for the detection, monitoring, and management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes. The company was founded by Craig H. Misrach and Keith D. Ignotz in December 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Renova Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm is developing definitive, one-time gene therapies and peptide infusion treatments to restore the health of people suffering from chronic diseases. Its product, RT-100, is a treatment that delivers a therapeutic gene directly to the heart during a routine outpatient procedure and has the potential to increase heart function in patients with CHF. The company was founded by Jack W. Reich, H. Kirk Hammond and Craig Andrews in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Biocon Ltd., Biocon Research Ltd. is an Indian company that develops and sells biotechnology products. The company is based in Bangalore, India.

Sensulin LLC engages in a biotechnology company. It develops once-a-day glucose responsive insulin that may mimic a healthy human pancreas. The company was founded by Mike Moradi, Ananth Annapragada, Daniel M. Bradbury, and Chris A. Rhodes and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Biolinq, Inc. develops skin-applied electronic sensors that analyze body fluids to provide health information. The company was founded by Jared Tangney and Josh Windmiller in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Biocon Biologics India Ltd. operates as a biotech company. It develops treatments for chronicle diseases. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India.

ADCY5 Org provides support services for adolescents.

Persephone Biosciences, Inc. engages in developing nutritional products to support the human gut microbiome. The company was founded by Stephanie Culler and is headquartered in Dan Diego, CA.

DelNova, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics. Its lead clinical candidate is ReViVox?, a patent-pending product for the rescue of complications caused by off-target muscle paralysis following aesthetic and medical neurotoxin therapies. The company was founded by Mary Gardner in 2016 and is headquartered in Highland, IL.

ProSciento, Inc. is a full-service clinical research organization that works with biopharma companies worldwide to support their outsourced clinical research needs. The company is based in Chula Vista, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company specializes in providing comprehensive and customized services for multinational, early development clinical trial programs for metabolic continuum diseases, including diabetes, obesity, and steatotic liver disease. ProSciento has conducted over 300 clinical projects and supported the development of many approved metabolic drugs and devices on the market. ProSciento was founded in 2003, and Marcus Hompesch has been the CEO of the company since its inception.

Biocon Biologics UK Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company founded in 2016. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company is focused on finding new and affordable ways to treat diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. Biocon develops affordable biosimilars, generic formulations, and complex APIs. The company's work in novel biologics and novel targets in large molecules has significant results in diabetes, oncology, and immunology. The company provides access to share information, news, press releases, company statements, media stories, factsheet, leadership profile, reports, video, and image gallery. Syngene, a division of Biocon, is divided into four divisions - drug discovery services, drug development services, manufacturing services, and dedicated R&D centers.

Good Start Genetics, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics firm. It offers pre-pregnancy diagnostic test services to screen a panel of genetic disorders. The firm also provides clinical laboratory and genetic counseling support services. The company was founded by Eric Boutin, Paris Wallace, and Gregory J. Porreca in December 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.