Scott Pickering

Tepha, Inc. develops and commercializes medical devices and biomaterial technology. The firm’s products include monofilament suture, monofilament mesh, surgical film and composite mesh. The company was founded by Anthony J. Sinskey and Simon Williams in 1998 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Kodiak Ventures Management Company Inc (Kodiak Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Jim H. Furneaux and David Furneaux. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation improves global health by overcoming obstacles to the development and implementation of biomedical innovation. Its programs include Biomanufacturing Program, Consortium on Adventitious Agent Contamination in Biomanufacturing and New Drug Development Paradigms program. The company was founded by Frank Lennox Douglas in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Akeso Biomedical, Inc. develops solutions for the treatment of bacterial infections, microbial biofilms, and chronic wounds using a broad-spectrum iron complex chemistry. Its product includes Fe3C compounds for the prevention of foodborne illnesses, and the treatment of bacterial infections, including chronic wounds and medical devices. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.