Janwillem Naesens

Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

The Academy of Medical Sciences was founded in 1998 and provides biomedical and health research services. The non-profit company is based in London, UK.

American Association for Cancer Research prints and publishes scientific journals including clinical cancer research, molecular cancer therapeutics, molecular cancer research, cancer epidemiology, and biomarkers and prevention. The company was founded on May 7, 1907 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

New England Venture Capital Association, Inc. is a non-profit organization which operates as a catalyst, and advocate, and a resource for the innovation economy. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Canbex Therapeutics Ltd. engages in the development of novel peripherally-acting cannabinoid agonists and mimetics for the treatment of multiple sclerosis spasticity and pain. Its lead drug candidate, VSN 16, has been established as a potent, stable and orally-available agonist of GPR-55 with a clear anti-spasticity effect in a validated preclinical model. The company was founded by David Baker, Gavin Giovannoni, Cristina Visintin, Gareth Pryce and David Lawrence Selwood in 2005 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Breast Cancer Campaign, Breakthrough Breast Cancer provides research and development services for breast cancer. The company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded in 1993. Breakthrough Breast Cancer was acquired by Breast Cancer Campaign on June 16, 2015.

Asceneuron SA operates as a biotechnology company. It develops therapeutics for orphan tauopathis and Alzheimer?s disease. The firm specializes in small molecule drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Dirk Beher, Frank Murdoch Armstrong and Christoph Wiessner in October 2012 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Metabomed Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It focuses in the field of cancer metabolism with a proprietary target identification platform based on computational biology and metabolomics. The company was founded by Eytan Ruppin, Tomer Shlomi and Eyal Gottlieb in 2013 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Calypso Biotech SA operates as a innovative biopharmaceutical company for gastrointestinal immunological disorders. The company was founded by Alain Vicari and Yolande Chvatchko in 2013 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Germany.

Part of University of California, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is a research, teaching, and patient care center that aims to deliver breakthroughs in cancer treatment. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The center offers social workers who provide support, problem-solving, and help accessing cancer-related resources to patients.

Merck Research Ventures (Merck Research) is a venture capital subsidiary of Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tizona Therapeutics, Inc. is an immunology company harnessing the power of the immune system to develop treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Its products include anti-ccr4 antibody for the treatment of cancer, il-35 antagonists for the treatment of cancer, and il-35 agonists for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company was founded by Charles G. Drake, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Drew M. Pardoll, Dario Vignali, Wayne A. Marasco and Jedd D. Wolchok and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Tango Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformational new drugs for cancer patients. The company was founded by Alan Ashworth, Jos? Baselga, Levi Garraway, Timothy K. Lu, Antoni Ribas and William G. Kaelin, Jr. in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

CTx Operations, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company. It develops novel cellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Saar Gill and Michael Klichinsky in 2017 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Jnana Therapeutics, Inc. provides drug development services. The firm focuses on immunometabolism changing the metabolic pathways in immune cells to affect function; lysosomal function and mucosal defense. The company was founded by Stuart L. Schreiber, Ramnik Xavier, Joanne Kotz and Joel C. Barrish and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Phoenix Molecular Designs operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing first-in-class inhibitors against ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK), an important drug target for cancer, heart disease, and inflammation. The company was founded by Sandra Dunn in 2012 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Nitrase Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs against newly discovered nitration enzyme. The firm provides disease modifying drugs for multiple additional aging-dependent diseases, such as neurodegenerative disease, heart disease and cancer. The company was founded by Irene Griswold-Prenner and is headquartered in Jackson, WY.

Enthera Srl develops therapeutic solutions to treat diabetes. The company was founded in 1985 by in October 2016 by Maria Gabriella Camboni, Paolo Fiorina and Francesca D'Addio and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Magnolia Neurosciences Corp. operates as a drug discovery and development company. The firm focuses on the creation of a novel class of neuroprotective medicines. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Caraway Therapeutics, Inc. provides heathcare services. The company was founded by Timothy Harris, Wade Harper ,Ivan Dikic ,Tony Hyman and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Institute of Cancer Research studies the interplay of genes, proteins, and biological processes that drive the development, growth, and spread of cancers. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company focuses on identifying new treatment targets.

Tallac Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of immunomodulating polynucleotides. The company is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Catalio Capital Management LP (Catalio Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by George Petrocheilos and Dr. Jacob Vogelstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Trishula Therapeutics, Inc. is a company solely dedicated to developing TTX-030, a first-in-class anti-CD39 antibody aimed at improving outcomes for people with cancer. Trishula Therapeutics is based in South San Francisco, CA. The company's leadership, board of directors, scientific advisory board, investors, and partners are all committed to this goal. Anil Singhal has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Mozart Therapeutics, Inc. is a company focused on developing first-in-class disease-modifying therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, with a therapeutic focus on autoimmune mediated gastro-intestinal disorders. The company is based in Seattle, WA. The company utilizes a novel approach to restoring immune system function by targeting the CD8 T regulatory network. Mozart Therapeutics is advancing a pipeline of first-in-class ‘CD8 Treg modulators’ designed to restore durable immune balance. The CEO of the company is Katie Fanning.

Aliada Therapeutics, Inc. is a neuroscience-focused company that aims to overcome the delivery hurdle in large molecule drug development. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company is advancing a generation of CNS therapeutics using its novel BBB crossing platform technology, which can efficiently transport a diverse array of therapeutic cargoes into the brain, resulting in enhanced downstream effectiveness. Aliada Therapeutics was founded by Sanjaya Singh, and the CEO is Adam Rosenberg.

Part of Xilio Therapeutics, Inc., Xilio Therapeutics LLC develops cancer biopharmaceuticals. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The CEO of the company is René Russo.

P33 Chicago is an American private company. The firm functions as an alternative investment manager. Brad Henderson has been the CEO since 2018.

InduPro, Inc. engages in integrating inherent protein proximity at the cell surface and translates biological insights into transformative therapeutics. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by K. Christopher Garcia.

Vaximm AG provides active immunotherapies for patients suffering from cancer. It develops and provides vaccines for patients suffering from cancer. The firmalso provides research, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in September 2008 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

AbbVie Ventures LLC (AbbVie Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of AbbVie, Inc. founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois.