Mike Melnick

Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. provides commercial research and development services. The firm engages in development projects for materials for other applications, including gas storage, carbon capture, thermoelectric, and structural materials. Its products include electrolyte additives such as EM1, CM1, CM2, and EM2. The company was founded by Peter G. Schultz and Robert K. Downs in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Inventure Renewables, Inc. provides process technologies for the extraction of mixed sugars and other value-added derivatives. It offers biofuels, biochemicals and biomaterials solurions. The company was founded by Hans Haglund and Mark G. Tegen in July 2007 and is headquartered in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Assay Designs, Inc. researched and developed antibodies, reagents, proteins and related biological chemicals. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. manufactures and distributes research tools for cell function and diseases. It offers primary antibodies, activators and inhibitors, buffers and dyes, cellsimple, and cytokines. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Danvers, MA.

New England Biolabs, Inc. produces and supplies reagents for the life science industry. The firm?s products include restriction endonucleases, PCR, qPCR and amplification technologies, DNA modifying enzymes, sample preparation for next generation sequencing, nucleic acid purification, DNA assembly, cloning and mutagenesis kits, genome editing, competent cells, markers and ladders, RNA reagents, gene expression, cellular analysis, epigenetics, protein tools, DNA plasmids, glycobiology, protein expression and purification technologies. The company was founded by Donald Comb in 1974 and is headquartered in Ipswich, MA.

Presidio Partners is a venture capital firm founded in the year 1989 by Thomas R. Baruch. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Biolight Harvesting, Inc. developed renewable fuels and chemicals from blue-green algae. The company was founded by Steve Kay in 2004 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Microvi Biotech, Inc. develops clean and waste-free water treatment technologies. It offers scientifically-advanced biotechnologies available to clean water, preserve the environment, and protect human health. The firm also conducts extensive research and development programs designed to discover and implement novel solutions for a variety of environmental and human needs. The company was founded by Fatemeh Shirazi in 2004 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.