John F. Stapleton

Oldtech, Inc. was engaged in developing treatments for conditions that affect the back of the eye, including age related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The company was headquartered in New York.

SARcode Bioscience, Inc., develops biopharmaceutical products. Its program is a novel class of lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonists for the treatment T-cell mediated inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Thomas Gadek and John P. Burnier in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

California Pacific Medical Center operates medical centers. It offers acute and specialty care services including obstetrics, gynecology, cardiovascular, pediatrics, neurosciences, orthopedics, and organ transplantation. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Skyview Capital LLC (Skyview Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2003 by Alex R. Soltani. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Amvest Financial Group, Inc. is an investment banking firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions. The private company is based in Independence, MO, and the CEO is Charles K. Oppenheimer. The company has been serving its clients for over forty years and offers a range of services including sell side assignments, management buyouts, valuations, strategic advisory, private equity, debt, pre-sale positioning, and other corporate finance services. The professionals at Amvest have unique experience as M&A professionals, with many of them having experienced personally every service the company offers its clients. Amvest operates throughout the United States and offers its services to clients with sales ranging from $10 million to over $6 billion.

Clarus Ventures LLC (Clarus Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Blackstone, Inc. founded in 2005 by Nicholas G. Galakatos. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PAS Technologies, Inc. provides original equipment manufacturing, maintenance, repair, overhaul application and components. It offers products, services and solutions for the commercial and military aerospace, industrial gas turbine and oil and gas markets. The firm operates through its offices located in Hillsboro, Kansas City, Phoenix, Manchester, Singapore and Prahova. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in North Kansas City, MO.

NewNet Communication Technologies LLC provides signaling and messaging solutions for wireless transaction industry. It offers solutions for contact centers, next generation mobile and fixed line networks, mobile communications, secure transaction transport and enterprise file sharing and storage. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Lombard, IL.

SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceuticals drugs. It offers drugs for cancer, kidney, thyroid, leukemia, and lung cancer. The company was founded by Roberto DeBenedetto in January 2009 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Lumos Pharma Sub, Inc. develops and commercializes a novel treatment for the rare disease creatine transporter deficiency. It focuses on bringing novel therapies to patients afflicted with unmet medical needs in severe, rare, and genetic diseases. The firm's technology LUM-001 is a repurposed small molecule that is a kinetically similar analog of creatine and has shown promising therapeutic potential for the treatment of creatine transporter deficiency. Lumos Pharma was founded by Richard J. Hawkins in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

HealthQuest Capital Management Co LLC (HealthQuest Capital ) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Garheng Kong. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Viewpoint Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It prevents and treats cataracts and presbyopia, and protein misfolding. The company was founded by Leah Makley in July of 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Ophthalmology Innovation Summit provides investment services. The private company is based in Jericho. The American company was founded by Emmett T. Cunningham, Gilbert H. Kliman.

Pr3vent, Inc provides healthcare technology services. The company was founded by Jochen Kumm and Darius M. Moshfegh and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Blackstone Life Sciences Advisors LLC (Blackstone Life Sciences) is a private equity subsidiary of Blackstone, Inc. founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Kitu Super Brands, Inc. produces flavored energy drinks. It offers super coffee, super creamer, and super espresso. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Ainsly Ltd., Placid0, Inc. develops a mobile platform for assessing ocular conditions. The company is based in Pasadena, CA. The company was founded in 2020 by Andrew Moshfeghi, Zach Bodnar, Darius M. Moshfeghi, Jochen Kumm, Emmett T. Cunningham. Placid0 was acquired by Ainsly Ltd. on February 10, 2022.