Brent Nicholson

Verinata Health, Inc. focuses on maternal and fetal health. It develop and offer non-invasive tests for early identification of fetal chromosomal abnormalities. The firm's products include 'verifi' prenatal test, a non-invasive test that detects three primary aneuploidies for trisomies 21, 18 and 13 from a single maternal blood draw as early as 10 weeks and 'Monosomy X', a test for Turner syndrome. The company was founded by Michael D. Grisham and Richard P. Rava in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

RainDance Technologies, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of professional laboratory system. It develops and manufactures genomic tools for non-invasive liquid biopsy applications for the research, early detection, treatment of cancer, and inherited and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Andrew Griffiths, Darren R. Link, and Jerome Bibette in 2004 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Visible Measures Corp. offers Internet video audience measurement software and services. It develops Fabric, a demand-side platform for brand marketers to buy consumer engagement through videos, which lets brands, agencies, trading desks, and publishers to plan, manage, and optimize for brand engagement through a programmatic self-service interface. The company was founded by Brian Shin in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Finsphere Corp. engages in the provision of mobile identity-authentication services. It offers wireless engineering and geospatial analysis, risk analytics, analytic models, real time processing, identity management, adaptive access, and marketing offers. The company was founded by Michale F. Buhrmann and Chuck Dennis in 2007 and is headquartered in Delaware.

Sequenta, Inc. operates as a biotech company which discovers and develops clinical diagnostics based on immune system status. It develops molecular diagnostic assays based on a sequencing approach to the profiling of T and B cell receptor repertoires. The firm also provides sequencing-based test for minimal residual disease for leukemia and lymphoma. The company was founded by Thomas D. Willis and Malek Faham in 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Splice Machine, Inc. develops a SQL-compliant database designed for Big Data applications. Its flagship product is Splice SQL Engine, which provides all the benefits of NoSQL databases such as auto-sharing, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability, while retaining the strengths of the industry standard. The firm’s SQL Engine optimizes complex queries to power real-time Big Data apps and enables interactive analytics without rewriting existing SQL-based apps and front-end BI tools. The company was founded by Monte Zweben, John Leach and Gene Davis in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Jefferies LLC is a global investment bank and institutional securities firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF). Jefferies provides corporate clients with research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services such as underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Springboard Enterprises, Inc. is a leading network of industry experts, investors, and innovators dedicated to building companies at scale led by women who are transforming industries in technology, life sciences, and healthcare. The non-profit company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. Since 2000, over 890+ Springboard portfolio companies seeking investment and human capital for product development and expansion have created over $39.10b in value. With 225 exits to strategic acquirers, 27 IPOs, and 10 unicorns, Springboard entrepreneurs are transforming industries. The American company's mission is to accelerate the growth of women-led entrepreneurial companies through access to essential resources and a community of experts. Springboard is a network of entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors accelerating the success of women entrepreneurs in technology and life sciences. The company was founded by Kay Koplovitz, Amy Millman. Natalie Buford-Young has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

MDV Management Co. LLC (MDV Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1983. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

OneSpot, Inc. provides software platform that delivers the most relevant web media content. The firm offers content marketing with the power, data intelligence, and infrastructure of online advertising. It offers a platform that enables users to make content personalization and repeat engagement work across various channels. The company was founded by Nathan Matthew Cohen in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The Personalized Medicine Coalition promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products. The private company is based in Washington and was founded by Patrick F. Terry.

Crossover Health, Inc. provides worksite health and wellness services. It offers primary, ancillary, and advanced services, includes urgent care, occupational health, preventive care, chronic disease management, health risk assessment, health education, health coaching, biometrics, physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, specialist preferred network, care coordination, health analytics, and remote care. The company was founded by Scott Shreeve in 2010 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

UT Horizon /Venture Capital/ (UT Horizon) is a venture capital subsidiary of The University of Texas at Austin founded in 2011 by Bryan T. Allinson. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Sommetrics, Inc. develops medical products for assessing and managing sleep problems associated with obstructive sleep effect. Its aer+ technology develops solutions for sleeping disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic snoring. The firm's technology include sleep quality and acute care. The company was founded by Jerome Aarestad in 2007 and is headquartered in Vista, CA.

Playground Global (Playground Global) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Andy Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Lyra Health, Inc. engages in the development of a platform to identify people with behavioral health condition. It provides analytics and screening tools to identify people who can benefit from mental health care. The company was founded by Dena Bravata, Bob Kocher, Bryan Roberts, and David A. Ebersman in 2015 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Wildcat Venture Partners LLC (Wildcat Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Bill Ericson, Bryan D. Stolle, Bruce Cleveland and Katherine Barr. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Goforward, Inc. develops online technology platform to manage patient''s health data. Its technology offers body scanner, real-time blood testing and personalized genetic risk assessment, The company was founded by Ilya Abyzov, Adrian Aoun and Robert Sebastian in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Health Velocity Mgmt LLC (Health Velocity Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Mindful Health Solutions engages in the provision of healthcare services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

WISDO LTD provides application searvices. The company was founded by Boaz Gaon and Ido Engel and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Brightline, Inc. engages in the provision of health technology and services. Its services inlcude behavior therapy, psychiatry and medication support, speech language therapy, and occupational therapy. The company was founded by Naomi L. Allen and Giovanni M. Colella in 2019 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Klue, Inc. develops an operating system for behavior change and real-time digital therapeutics. The company was founded by Katelijn Vleugels and is headquartered in San Carl, CA.

1910 Genetics Operates as a biotechnology company. The company was founded by Jennifer Nwankwo and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

NourishedRx, Inc. provides personalized food and nutrition solutions to Medicare Advantage (MA) members with nutritionally sensitive chronic diseases and at risk of food insecurity. The company was founded by Lauren Driscoll and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Lassogen, Inc. operates as a preclinical biotechnology company. It develops lasso peptides as a new therapeutic modality for diagnosing and treating intractable health challenges. The company was founded by Mark J. Burk, Douglas Mitchell, Tracy Handel and Kent Boles in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nalu Bio, Inc. designs cannabinoids for wellness and therapeutics. The company was founded by Caitlyn Waller Krebs, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley, and Randall Ussery in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Surface Ventures (Surface Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Gyan Kapur and Dimitri Boguslavsky. The firm is headquartered in New York.

GreyMatter BrainTrust LLC (GreyMatter) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Andrew Barr and Danish Munir. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional office in New York.

WorkFusion, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) crowd computing platform. The firm offers intelligent automation cloud. The firm serves the banking and finance, insurance, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Max Yankelevich and Andrew Volkov in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.