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Hypnion, Inc. discovered and developed neuroscience drugs. It focused on the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of central nervous system disorders to serve the underserved markets of sleep and wake-alertness disorders and circadian rhythm abnormalities. The company was founded in 2000 and was headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engaged in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics in the areas of thrombosis, other hematologic disorders, and inflammation. It offers Andexxa and Bevyxxa medicines. The company was founded by Charles J. Homcy and David R. Philips on September 2, 2003 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

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.

Founded in 2004, BancBoston Capital, Inc. is a private equity/venture capital firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. They are a subsidiary of Bank of America NA and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC).

Hydra Biosciences, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It is focused in major therapeutic areas, which include pain, inflammation, renal, anxiety, and pulmonary diseases. The company was founded by Laurie Bartlett Keating, Dean Y. Li, David E. Clapham, and Mark T. Keating in 2001 and is headquartered in Belmont, MA.

ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Inc. is a medical technology company, which focuses on developing and commercializing products. Its product, the coolsculpting system is designed to selectively reduce stubborn fat bulges. The company was founded by Mitchell E. Levinson in 2005 and is headquartered in North Chicago, IL.

Microbia, Inc. engages in the development of microbial manufacturing technologies for the production of chemicals from renewable raw materials. The company is headquartered in DE.

NuGenesis Technologies Corp. provides scientific data management solutions.The firm offers software for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries. The company was founded by Ajit S. Nagral in 1996 and is located in Westborough, MA.

Bioverativ Therapeutics, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It develops medicines for chronic diseases such as hemophilia, anemia, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune disorders. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

LSV Capital Management LLC (Lightstone Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Thrasos Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company which focuses on bringing new solutions to kidney disease patients. It develops novel approaches to protect, treat and restore kidney function for this underserved patient group. The firms products include THR-184 to prevent AKI associated with cardiac surgery, THR-204 to treat certain forms of CKD, and the THR-800 series to treat cast nephropathy, a form of AKI associated with multiple myeloma. The company was founded by William D. Carlson and Murty Bosukonda in 2003 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in the discovery and development of novel protein therapeutics. Its product candidates includes, Cabiralizumab (FPA008), Bemarituzumab (FPA144), and FPA150. The FPA008 is an antibody that inhibits colony stimulating factor-1, or CSF1, receptor, or CSF1R, that are developing in rheumatoid arthritis and plan to clinically develop in pigmented villonodular synovitis, or PVNS, and in combination with nivolumab in multiple cancers. The FPA144 is an antibody that inhibits fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b, or FGFR2b, that are developing to treat patients with gastric cancer. The FPA150 is a CD8 T cell checkpoint which targets B7-H4 that is developing as a monotherapy in multiple cancers. The company was founded by Lewis T. Williams in December 2001 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, C.

BancBoston Ventures Inc. (BancBoston Ventures), a subsidiary of Bank of America, NA (Charlotte, North Carolina) is a venture capital firm founded in 1959. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Genzyme Tissue Repair develops biological products and devices for orthopedic injuries such as cartilage damage and severe burns. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA

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.

Disarm Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics to treat patients with neurological diseases. It includes multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, glaucoma, and peripheral neuropathies. The company was founded by Jason Rhodes, Jeffrey Milbrandt, Raul Krauss, Aaron DiAntonio, and Rajesh Devraj on October 21, 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Gemini Therapeutics Sub, Inc. engages in the development of treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and linked ocular disorders. Its multimodal pipeline includes monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and gene therapies. The company was founded by James McLaughlin, Johanna Seddon, Paul Barlow and Andrew Herbert in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Cyteir Therapeutics, Inc.is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, develops and commercializes the next-generation of precision oncology medicines. Its lead product CYT-0851, a novel, oral, once-daily, small molecule drug candidate that is in Phase I/II clinical trial for monotherapy in solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, as well as for combination therapy in solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. The company was founded by Kevin Mills and Timothy Romberger in June 2012 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Locana, Inc. engages in the provision of ribonucleic acid targeting gene therapy. Its platform technology addresses a wide spectrum of human genetic diseases. It has advanced a powerful modular RNA targeting-effector approach to optimize and advance therapeutic candidates that is distinct from DNA-targeted approaches and nucleic acid-based RNA targeting. The company was founded by Gene Yeo and David Nelles in 2016 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nimbus Therapeutics LLC provides drug discovery research services. It is a computational technology-driven paradigm to rapidly advance a diverse pipeline of novel small molecule product candidates into clinical development. The company was founded by Bruce Lee Booth in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage precision medicine company. It is developing novel therapeutic compounds to treat genetically defined, age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Johanna Seddon, Paul Barlow and Andrew Herbert on March 3, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.