Millie Ray

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Venrock Associates is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1969. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto.

KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops biopharmaceutical drugs. It is a multiple, novel clinical-stage programs in the areas of cardiovascular, renal, and pain. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. It develops quantitative, objective, reproducible blood tests to provide rheumatologists with deeper clinical insight to help enable more effective management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Mike B. Centola and Christopher L. Sutton in July 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Oxford BioTherapeutics Ltd. develops antibody-based medicines for oncology. The firm offers antibody-based cancer drugs with integrated diagnostics against novel targets. The company was founded by Christian Rohlff in 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

Neurona Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company. It focuses on the discovery and development of cell-based therapies to treat intractable neurological disease. The company was founded by Arnold R. Kriegstein, John Rubenstein, Cory R. Nicholas, and Arturo Alvarez-Buylla and is headquartered in South San Francisco, 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.

The University of Melbourne, founded in 1853, is a world-renowned institution located in Parkville, Australia. The university is a leader in education, teaching, and research, offering a wide range of coursework and research programs.

Duke Clinical Research Institute manufactures medical and botanical products. It offers specialized patient databases and clinical and operational expertise. The firm accelerates the development of therapies, diagnostics, and medical devices to humans. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity (OrbiMed Advisors Private Equity) is a private equity and venture capital subsidiary of Orbimed Advisors LLC founded in 1993 by Samuel D. Isaly. The firm is headquartered in New York and it has additional offices in San Francisco, Mumbai, Shanghai, Herzliya, Hong Kong and London.

The Column Group LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Svennilson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Inc. develops cancer immunotherapies. It targets the tumor microenvironment to enhance the body?s antitumor immunity. The company was founded by Max Krummel and Sachdev Sidhu in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Surrozen Operating, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on harnessing the Wnt pathway for applications in regenerative medicine. The firm implements a surrogate Wnt platform with the potential to unlock stem cell control in an array of human tissues. The company was founded by K. Christopher Garcia, Roeland Nusse, Calvin J. Kuo, Hans Claudia and Claudia Janda in 2015 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Ponoi Capital LP seeks investments in companies located in North America. The fund targets companies in the fields of science, health and biotechnology. It provides financing for early and later stage capital requirements.

Hexagon Bio, Inc. operates as a data-driven biotechnology company. It engages in mining of fungal genome data for drugs. The company was founded by Maureen E. Hillenmeyer, Brian T. Naughton, Colin James Bell Harvey and Yi Tang and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Exonics Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for neuromuscular diseases. It also develops gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas9 to permanently correct the majority of duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations. The company was founded by Eric N. Olson in February 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Evox Therapeutics Ltd. develops and markets transformational therapeutics. The firm creates novel exosome-based biotherapeutics for the treatment of various severe diseases with limited options for patients and their families. The company was founded by Matthew Wood, Per Lundin, and Samir EL Andaloussi in 2016 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Eikon Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Remix Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It involves in developing small molecule therapies which are designed to reprogram RNA processing to address the underlying drivers of disease. The company was founded by Pete Smith and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tune Therapeutics, Inc. is a genetic medicine company based in Durham, NC. Tune Therapeutics is pioneering a new therapeutic modality with its versatile and powerful tempo epigenomic control platform. The platform has the potential to fine-tune any gene network and unlock the full power and potential of regenerative medicine. The company is driving through an inflection point in the history of genetic medicine by addressing thousands of common and complex diseases for which no curative treatment is available. Tune Therapeutics pioneers next-generation genetic therapies by exploring epigenomic control for discovering novel targets that are inaccessible to other approaches. The company was founded in 2020 by Fyodor Urnov, Akira Matsuno, Charles A. Gersbach. The CEO is Matt Kane.

Actio Biosciences, Inc. is an American precision medicine company that focuses on developing new therapeutics for rare and common diseases by targeting shared genetics. Actio Biosciences was founded in October 2021 and is based in an undisclosed location. The company applies its expertise in genetics, drug discovery, and data sciences to identify programs where both biological and technical risk can be minimized to streamline the drug development process and bring forward potent and precisely targeted therapeutics. The company is led by leaders in genetics and drug development and backed by top healthcare investors.