John D. McPherson

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Panorama Capital LLC (Panorama Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Chris Albinson, Rod Ferguson, Shahan Soghikian and damion wicker. The firm is headquartered in Campbell, California.

Novasys Medical, Inc. develops therapies for women's health. The company was founded by Stuart D. Edwards and Peter S. Edelstein on June 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

TOMA Biosciences, Inc. develops and provides DNA-based cancer testing technology. The company was founded by Hanlee Ji, Lincoln Nadauld, James M. Ford, and Calvin J. Kuo in 2011 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Palmetto GBA LLC provides medical services. Its services include transaction processing, technological connectivity, professional education and training, and clinical decision management. The company was founded in July 1966 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

Apse, Inc. offers technology and strategy services. It develops technology that will allow the cost efficient production of RNA for broad acre topical RNAi uses in agriculture. The company was founded by Juan Arhancet in 2011 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

BioGenerator (Venture Capital) (BioGenerator) is a venture capital subsidiary of BioGenerator founded in 2003. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

PowerVision, Inc. develops fluid-controlled intraocular lens. The firm provides FluidVision accommodating intraocular lens technology, which restores the vision of youth to middle aged or elderly individuals affected by presbyopia and cataracts regain to adjust focus for clear vision at all distances. The company was founded by Matthew A. Frinzi, Randy McDonald, and Barry Cheskin in 2002 and is headquartered in Belmont, CA.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Finney Capital (Finney Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Innerscope Research, Inc. operates as a media research firm. It specializes in marketing, biometrics, research, biometric research, market research, neuromarketing, neuroscience, facial coding, consumer neuroscience, eye tracking, implicit testing and media research. The company was founded by Carl D. Marci in 2006 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Thrive Bioscience, Inc. develops advance drug discovery solutions. The firm provides automated non-microbial cell culture instruments for research, drug discovery, drug development and regenerative medicine markets. The company was founded by Alan P. Blanchard and Thomas Forest Farb in 2014 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

seqWell, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. Its products include plexWellTM 96, plexWellTM 384, plexWellTM Plus 24, and plexWell LP 384. The company was founded by Joseph Mellor and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

S2 Genomics, Inc. develops laboratory automation solutions for processing solid tissues for life science applications. The company was founded by Stevan Jovanovich, Peter Wagner, Shannon Hall and Roger McIntosh in 2016 and is headquartered in Livermore, CA.

KaRNATeq, Inc. develops tools for RNA sequencing in genomics. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Driver Bioengineering, Inc. develops modular, drug-responsive, titratable, ribozyme based control devices for chimeric antigen receptor. It engages in building control systems for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapeutics. The company was founded by Gusti Zeiner, Christina Smolke and Benjamin Wang on May 12, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

PharmaSecure, Inc. provides anti-counterfeiting solutions for emerging markets. It protects patients from the threat of counterfeit medicines. The firm offers its brand protection platform to a wide-range of industries including FMCG, beauty and personal care, electronics, automotive, and agri-business. The company was founded by Taylor N. Thompson, Sarah Hine and Nathan J. Sigworth in November 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nationwide Children's Hospital engages in the provision of pediatric health care services. It specializes in otolaryngology services; gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition; hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplant; neurology, and sports medicine. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.