James DeStephens

CuraGen Corp. develops protein, antibody and small molecule pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the development of CR011-vcMMAE, a Phase II clinical trial drug for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and breast cancer. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Hawaii Biotech, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that focuses on the research and development of vaccines for established and emerging infectious diseases. It has developed proprietary expertise in the production of recombinant proteins applicable to the development of safe and effective vaccines. The firm's products include anti-toxin drugs for the lethal factor from B. anthracis and the botulinum toxin from C. botulinum. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Honolulu, HI.

Part of Polaris Capital Management Holdings LLP, Cheyenne Fund A Massachusetts LP is a company based in Boston, MA.

Abeome Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops therapeutic and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The firm’s DiSH (Direct Selection of Hybridomas) technology offers a process for selecting and cloning desired hybridomas that produce antibodies with optimal binding characteristics. The company was founded by Richard B. Meagher in 2000 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.

LeanTaaS, Inc. operates as a software firm. It offers LeanTaaS iGroup, a cloud-based suite of predictive analytics products that helps insurance carriers and self-insured employers reduce workers? compensation medical costs by identifying anomalies and key drivers; and LeanTaaS iQueue, a product line that helps hospitals lower wait times and increase patient volumes by optimizing patient pathways with data-driven optimizations. The company was founded by Mohan Giridharadas in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Precipio Diagnostics LLC operates as a cancer diagnostics reference laboratory. It offers its customers community oncologists and hospitals access to academic institutions and has combined academic-level excellence with the sales and marketing expertise, the proper operational processes and the necessary service level standards required to deliver proper support. The company was founded by Ilan Danieli in 2011 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

AxioMx, Inc. develops and produces recombinant antibody technologies. Its service offerings include antigen & project design, recombinant antibody development, antibody optimization, and antibody production. The company was founded by Christopher K. McLeod and Michael P. Weiner in 2012 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Vivendi SE, Cendant Software is an American company that manufactures educational and entertainment software. The company is based in NJ. Cendant Software was acquired by Havas SA, a subsidiary of Vivendi SE from Avis Budget Group, Inc. on January 12, 1999 for $1,000 million.

HealthpointCapital LLC (HealthpointCapital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002 by Mortimer Berkowitz and John C. McCormick. The firm is headquartered in New York.

454 Life Sciences Corp. engages in the provision of medical testing services to determine the nucleotide sequence of whole genomes. The company was founded by Jonathan M. Rothberg in 2000 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center operates as a private cancer center. It offers cancer care services to adult; and child and teen patients. Its services include risk assessment and screening; diagnosis and treatment; clinical trials; patient and caregiver education; and pediatric clinical trials. The company was founded by John J. Astor and Charlotte Astor in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

W.M. Keck Foundation, Inc. is a charitable foundation which supports scientific, engineering, and medical research. The company was founded by William Myron Keck in 1954 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The Boy Scouts of America provides a program for young people that builds character, trains in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Innosight Consulting LLC provides management consulting and training services. The firm offers market research, identification, classification, assessing potential and process development services. The company was founded by Clayton Matt Christensen and Mark W. Johnson in 2000 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Lux Capital Group LLC (Lux Capita Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Peter Hebert and Josh Wolfe. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional office in Menlo Park, California.

Santa Fe Institute of Science operates as a nonprofit, independent research center. It provides research and education services. The company was founded by George Cowan, David Pines, Stirling Colgate, Murray Gell-Mann, Nick Metropolis, Herb Anderson, Peter A. Carruthers, and Richard Slansky in May 1984 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

The National Research Council provides science, technology and health policy consulting and advice. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Caxton Health Holdings LLC operates as an investment firm. It focus on healthcare sectors, such as healthcare technologies, biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery technology and healthcare information technology. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Elm Street Advisors LLC (Elm Street Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Robert A. Bettigole. The firm is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

The University of Connecticut Research & Development Corp. provides information on research and development of technologies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Connecticut Yankee Council, Inc. engages in providing programs and services to young people. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Milford, CT.

The TCW Group, Inc. provides investment management services. The firm's clients include corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions, endowments and foundations in the United States, as well as a number of foreign investors and individuals. It works in partnership with financial advisors to help build the businesses and meet the needs of clients. The company was founded by Robert Addison Day in 1971 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV advises on technical and technological issues for engineering and applied sciences. The private company is based in Munich, Germany.

Mansa Capital Management LLC (Mansa Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Ruben J. King-Shaw, Jr. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

TEDMED LLC is an independent event that operates under license from the nonprofit TED conference. The private company is based in Stamford, CT. For over 20 years, TEDMED has been hosting an annual conference that focuses on health and medicine, featuring thought-provoking talks by leaders from a wide range of disciplines, both from inside and outside of the medical industry. TEDMED also has a year-round web-based community where all TEDMED talks are available for free to the world.

Tangen Biosciences, Inc. develops portable instruments and methods for use in molecular diagnostics. Its instrument provides rapid nucleic acid detection, with the specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction amplification. The company was founded by John R. Nobile and John Davidson in 2013 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

higi SH LLC provides retail health analysis kiosks. The company was founded by Michael Ferro, Khan Siddiqui and Lupe Fiasco in March 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Advantia Health LLC engages in the provision of integrated healthcare services. It offers OB-GYN, primary care, mental wellness, and specialist care services. The company was founded by Sean Glass and Peter Glass in 2014 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (Investment Management) (MSK-IM) is the investment management division of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. The firm was formed in 1960 to coordinate and guide the overall policy for Memorial Hospital and the Sloan Kettering Institute, and in 1980 these entities were unified into a single institution, with a single president and CEO. MSK-IM manages the investment portfolio of MSK.

Panakeia Technologies Ltd. is a company based in Cambridge, UK. The British company's mission is to make precision medicine accessible to patients and doctors worldwide, even in remote areas. Panakeia is revolutionizing biomarker testing by using AI to provide results in minutes instead of days or weeks, ultimately improving real-world treatment for patients. Additionally, the company runs an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. The company was founded in 2018 by Pahini Pandya and Pandu Raharja-Liu, with Pahini Pandya serving as the CEO since then.

Stradefy Biosciences, Inc. provides commercial physical and biological research. The company is based in New Haven, CT. The CEO of the company is Brian R. Dixon.

Neo Exchange, Inc. operates as a stock exchange. It offers trading venue and a value added listing venue for capital raising companies and investment products. The company was founded in March 2015 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.