Brett Williams

Telegraph Hill Partners Management Co. LLC (Telegraph Hill Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Robert G. Shepler, Thomas A. Raffin and Deval A. Lashkari. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Excellos, Inc. is a full-service contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in San Diego, CA. Excellos is focused on supplying cGMP cellular products and services, as well as process development and manufacturing expertise to scientists and clinicians working with cell and gene therapies. The company is dedicated to improving human life by providing critical products and services to life science research and the next generation of cell and gene therapies. Excellos accelerates cell and gene therapies by improving the quality, breadth, and variance of donor samples, and providing end-to-end cell therapy services. The company's proprietary Excellos 360 technology provides deep characterization of cells to better match patient with therapeutic development needs. The company was founded in 2020 and is led by CEO David Wellis.

Dynex Technologies, Inc. develops laboratory and clinical instruments. It focuses on research of microplate analysis. The firm products include, DSX four-plate system, SpectraMR scanning spectrophotometer, MLX luminometer, UltraWash Plus washer, MRW multi-buffer washer and Fluorolux HB microplate. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Chantilly, VA

Argonaut Manufacturing Services, Inc. engages in providing contract manufacturing in the life science and biotech arena. It offers products launch, scale-up & volume, decline and sunset services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Part of Revvity, Inc., Sage Labs, Inc. is a company that provides animal research models and support services. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. Sage Labs was acquired by Horizon Discovery Group Ltd., part of Revvity, Inc. from December 24, 2020 on September 29, 2014 for $48.05 million.

Genometrix, Inc. performs commercial physical and biological research. The private company is based in The Woodlands, TX.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Emerging Therapy Solutions, Inc. operates predictive intelligence platform which outsourced management of cell and gene therapy treatments for health care payers. It offers pipeline analytics, medical services, contract placement, claims administration, and reporting. The company was founded by Dave J. McLean and is headquartered in Bloomington, MN.

Trinity Partners LLC engages in provision of financial advisory services. Its services include strategic planning, and tactical and operational planning. The firm?s practice areas include corporate strategy, pipeline and portfolio optimization, licensing and acquisitions, brand and launch planning, market analysis, and advanced analytics. The company was founded by John E. Corcoran in 1996 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

BluePrint Research Group LLC operates as a marketing research consultancy. It serves the healthcare companies to promote global health and wellness. The company was founded by Glen Bergstein in 2008 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Quill Medical, Inc. manufactures and distributes medical and surgical products. The company develops surgical devices based on its novel and proprietary knot-less, self-anchoring suture technology. Its products provide applications in the general surgery, orthopaedic and aesthetics fields. Quill Medical was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in North Carolina, US.

Altis Biosystems, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops patent-pending stem cell technology that recreates the human intestinal epithelium. The firm offers products such as RepliGut Planar and RepliGut Crypt. The company was founded by Michael Biron, Christopher Sims, Nancy Allbritton, Scott Magness and Yuli Wang and is headquarterd in Chapel Hill, NC.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sound Point Luna LLC (SPL) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow in 2003 and formerly known as BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and as Assured Investment Management LLC. In 2023, Sound Point Capital Management LP acquired the firm from Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO). SPL provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles that operate as private investment funds and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Carterra, Inc. engages in provision of innovative technologies designed to accelerate the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates. It offers Kinetics software, Epitope mapping, therapeutic areas, and antibody formats. The company was founded by James Smith and Josh Eckman in 2005 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Blue Mountain Capital Group LLC (Private Equity) (Blue Mountain Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Assured Investment Management LLC founded in 2012 by Andrew Todd Feldstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Nimble Therapeutics, Inc. provides drug discovery services using chemical synthesis. It enables the synthesis and screening of peptides, including scaffolded natural and modified macrocyclic peptidomimetics. The company was founded by Jigar Patel and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. provides products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome. It launches LightSwitch Synthetic Response Element which is used for understanding transcription factor activity in living cells. The firms endogenous human promoter vectors are used in primary screening assays to understand how drug candidates may affect biological pathways. The company was founded by Richard M. Myers, Nathan D. Trinklein and Shelley Force Aldred in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

BASF Corp. manufactures commercial and industrial chemicals. The firm serves the aerospace, agriculture, automotive, clean energy, nutrition, textiles, and building, and construction sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered Florham Park, NJ.

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. It offers development services in the areas of process development, protein formulation technology, analytical development and validation, and regulatory support. The company was founded by Magda Marquet and Francois Ferre in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

AcroMetrix LLC offers a range of quality molecular products designed to meet customer needs. Its products include controls and standards to assist in the implementation and monitoring of diagnostic assays for clinical laboratories, blood centers and manufacturers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Benicia, CA.

RareCyte Inc. develops life science research and diagnostic that focuses on characterizing and isolating rare cells in the blood. It engages in bringing its technology to the life sciences research, drug development and diagnostic markets providing new tools to answer difficult questions related to cancer and cardiovascular disease. It's ground-breaking sccuCyte system is an open platform for the unbiased discovery and isolation of circulating tumor cells and circulating endothelial cells from whole blood. The company was founded by Ronald Seubert in 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Agena Bioscience, Inc. develops, manufactures and supplies genetic analysis systems and reagents. The firm’s system are mass spectrometry-based platform for genetic analysis, and is used globally in diverse research fields such as cancer profiling for solid tumors and liquid biopsies, inherited genetic disease testing, pharmacogenetics, agricultural genomics, and clinical research. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Precision NanoSystems, Inc. manufactures equipment related to testing electricity and electrical Signals. It develops tools and processes for the development and manufacture of nanoparticles for use as medicines and in medical research. The company was founded by Robert James Taylor and Euan Ramsay in 2010 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Asuragen, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. Its products include AmplideX and QuantideX. It uses genomics to drive patient management through clinical testing solutions. The company was founded in March 2006 by Matthew M. Winkler and is headquartered in Austin, TX.