Paul Leff

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.

Medtronic, Inc. operates as a medical technology company. It offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, eternal defibrillators, inferior turbinate surgery products, and continuous glucose monitoring device. The company was founded by Earl E. Bakken and Palmer J. Hermundslie on April 29, 1949 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Berry Global, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and research and development of healthcare packaging and protection solutions. It offers intermediate bulk containers, medical, supermarket, personal care, institutional can liners, sheeting, trash bags, corrosion prevention and control technologies, special nonwoven materials, and tapes. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Evansville, IN.

Foley & Lardner LLP engages in the provision of legal services. Its practice areas include employee benefits and executive compensation, environmental, estates and trusts, finance, international tax and transfer pricing, private equity and venture capital, real estate, securities, commodities and exchange regulation, taxation, and transactions. The company was founded by Asahel Finch and William Pitt Lynde on September 8, 1842 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Southpoint Capital Advisors (Southpoint) is an independent, SEC-registered independent investment adviser and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by John Clark, II. Southpoint provides discretionary investment advice to private investment funds.

Flugen, Inc. develops and produces influenza vaccines. Its products include a live attenuated vaccine candidate, a cell-line technology that provides vaccine production efficiency and capacity, and a novel, vaccine-loaded intradermal delivery technology. The company was founded by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann and Paul Radspinner in 2007 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Next Energy Technologies, Inc. specializes in sustainable technology for buildings. Next Energy Technologies is based in Santa Barbara, CA. The company's focus is on creating beautiful windows that can power buildings and contribute to a net-zero energy output. The company was founded by Daniel Emmett, Corey Hoven, and Arnold Tamayo and is currently led by CEO Brenton Taylor.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Part of RTX Corp., The Athena Group LLC is a company that develops network security software solutions. The company is based in New York, NY.

Berbee Information Networks Corp. provides information technology solutions. It specializes in network infrastructure and unified communications, systems and storage, security, productivity applications and managed services. The company was founded by James G. Berbee in 1993 and is headquartered in Madison, WI.

Perry Strategic Capital Inc (Perry Strategic Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Perry Corp founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Children's Health Care engages in the operation of a children's hospital. It offers emergency and trauma care, primary care, surgery, walk-in ready care, specialty care and departments, family services, and education materials. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Financial Executives International enhances member professional development through peer networking, career planning services, conferences, publications and special reports, and research. Its members include Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, and Controllers. The company was founded in December 1931 and is headquartered in Morristown, NJ.

Grace Matthews, Inc. provides merger, acquisition and corporate finance advisory services. Its services include business sales and corporate divestitures, buyouts and leveraged transactions, recapitalizations and acquisitions, and buy-side projects. The company was founded by John L. Beagle and Douglas Mitman in 1999 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Founded in 1987, BioForward is a member-driven state association and venture capital investor located in Madison, Wisconsin. The firm serves as the voice of Wisconsin's bioscience industry. They advocate on their members behalf to create investment and partnership opportunities, attract and retain the best people and support public policy that fosters their continued growth. BioForward also provides member-support services including networking opportunities through a variety of conferences and events, online resources and group purchasing programs. Their members include bioscience companies, universities, non-profit organizations, service providers, as well as state, regional and local government representatives. BioForward was previously known as the Wisconsin Biotechnology & Medical Device Association.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank, Inc. is a commercial bank based in New York, NY. Citibank, Inc. provides commercial banking services. Michael Louis Corbat has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Founded by Metin Negrin, Lexin Capital LLC is a real estate investment firm located in New York City.

Nexos Capital Partners LLC (Nexos Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Morgridge Institute for Research, Inc. is a biosciences research institution. The private company is based in Madison, WI. The CEO of the company is Brad Schwartz.

Colby is transitioning to a clinical stage drug development company. The company was launched as a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) spin-out and is strategically aligned with leading clinicians and drug discovery scientists at the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC). Colby is accessing data from funded grants and private investment to develop its therapeutic drugs for therapy-resistant and hypoxic conditions. Colby's lead drugs have unique mechanisms of action and target specific pathways. The company is focused on clinical development of its lead drugs, CPC-100 and -200, in patients with recurrent PCa and other solid tumors, respectively. In 2010, Colby plans to launch a Phase I/IIa study of CPC-100 in men with PCa who fail Androgen Depletion Therapy, as evidenced by rising PSA levels. CPC-200 is being scheduled for a Phase I/IIa in men with high-risk tumors. Colby's two pipeline drugs, CPC-300 and CPC-410 for therapy-resistant metastatic and hypoxic tumors are in late pre-clinical development and are funded by federal grants, including an awarded Colby SBIR grant and by private investors. The Company has demonstrated safety of its lead drugs following efficacy studies in rodents and toxicology studies in mice, rats, and dogs.

Soroban Capital Partners LP (Soroban) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded as Soroban Capital Partners LLC in 2010 and is a subsidiary of EMMHC2 LLC. Soroban provides investment advisory services on a discretionary basis to private funds that are pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

Pleasant Lake Partners LLC is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Rincon, Puerto Rico. The firm was founded by Jonathan Lennon and David Mastrocola in 2012.

Savoy Bank operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It offers business and personal checking; business financing; real estate investment; money market; savings and retirement account; and SBA (Small Business Administration) loans . The company was founded by Elena Sisti and Magda Souffront in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Isomer Partners LP (Isomer) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Mendel Hui in 2016. Isomer serves as the investment adviser, with discretionary trading authority, to private, pooled investment vehicles. Investment in a Fund is generally open to, among others, institutions, pension plans, endowments, high net-worth individuals, financially sophisticated individuals, and other sophisticated investors.

AllerFund Ventures LLC (AllerFund Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Scarsdale, New York.

WARF Ventures (WARF Ventures) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary arm of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation founded in 2019. The firm is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.