Pieter de Geus

GigaSpaces Technologies, Inc. provides software for deployment, management and scaling of mission-critical applications. Its products include XAP In-Memory Computing and Cloudify. The company was founded by Nati Shalom and Eli Cohen in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Lonza Biologics Plc manufactures monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.

Part of PAION AG, Cenes Ltd. develops treatments for diseases of the central nervous system. The company is based in Histon, UK.

4RF Ltd. designs and manufactures radio communications equipment. Its products include Aprisa XE, Aprisa SR family, Point-to-Point systems and Point-to-Multipoint systems. The firm offers path planning, ask 4RF, training and regulatory services. It serves to the oil, gas, and mining industries, utility, public safety and military, transport, enterprise and government, fixed line telecom and fixed wireless industries. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Fortissimo Capital Management Ltd.(Fortissimo Capital) is private equity firm founded in 2004 by Yuval Cohen. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

OrSense Ltd. develops and markets non-invasive monitoring systems for measurement of hemoglobin. Its products include NBM 200 is a non-invasive finger blood analytics monitor measures and displays arterial blood hemoglobin and pulse rate values; Glasswing offers a unique, breakthrough non-invasive solution for hemoglobin measurements; and SpectOLight Sensor non-invasive optical measurement platform includes a ring-shaped sensor probe fitted around the subject's finger. The company was founded in Shimon Eckhouse, Ilya Fine and Alex Sternberg in 1996 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

PharmaCell BV manufactures cell therapy and regenerative medicine. The firm engages in human cell line development and manufacturing of bio pharmaceuticals. Its services include process research and development, project management, incoming logistics, incoming goods, manufacturing auto logous and allogeneic products, quality control, final formulation, release and outgoing logistics. The company was founded by René Lardenoije and Jan Thio in 2005 and is headquartered in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Magnolia Capital Partners Ltd. is an Israeli real estate investment company that has reengineered the investment management model at its core. The private company is based in Tel Aviv, IL. and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Hagi Schwartz and the CEO is Max E. Peek.

Haemostatix Ltd. designs and develops solutions for haemostasis and thrombosis. Its products include Rapid and effective haemostatic action which is new class of topical coagulant or haemostat that is applied directly to a wound during surgery to control bleeding, and ready-to-use formulations, blood-free ingredients and a new class with a unique mode of action. The company was founded by Sarah Middleton and Alison Goodall in 2003 and is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

Janssen Pharmaceutica NV engages in the development of medical solutions. It offers research and development services in the field of mental illness, neurological disorders, anesthesia, analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, allergies and cancer. The firms products include Zytiga, Caelyx, Dacogen, Edurant, Fentanyl-Janssen, Intelence, Leustatin, , Pariet, and Reminyl. The company was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen and is headquartered in Beerse, Belgium.

Kings' Holdings LLC Owns and operates educational institutions. The company holds and manages Schools and learning facilities. The company was founded in 2004 and it is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

InteRNA Technologies BV develops RNA technologies and applications. It provides drug discovery and development services for the treatment of cancer based on the proprietary microRNA (miRNA) functions. The company develops miRNA-based therapeutics that control genes connected in signal transduction pathways and biological processes as a part of cancer initiation, progression and metastasis. InteRNA Technologies was founded by Edwin Cuppen and Eugene Berezikov in December 2006 and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Prometheus is an independent network of four southern-European think tanks that specialize in economic, business, and geopolitical research. The private company is based in Antwerp, Belgium, and have subsidiaries in Belgium. Prometheus recently published a report on the music production and reproduction ecosystem. The Belgian company was founded in 2006 by Clyde Davis.

FABPulous BV develops a handheld disposable plasma separation device with embedded in vitro diagnostic test capability. It offers ultra rapid plasma preparation platform that can make a defined dilution of plasma from a small volume of whole blood in seconds and integrated lateral flow IVD platform. The company’s tests provide diagnosis and benefit to the patient, as well as the healthcare sector, the insurance industry, governments and society in general. FABPulous was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven provides medical services. It offers abdominal surgery, abdominal transplant surgery and coordination, breast centre, cardiac surgery, dentistry, emergency medicine, endocrinology and haematology. The company was founded in 1080 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

DCPrime BV engages in the provision of therapeutic vaccines for the treatment of cancer. It develops whole-cell-based vaccine addressing blood cancers with a high risk of relapse. The company was founded by Ada M. Kruisbeek and Rik J. Scheper in March 2005 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

NightBalance BV develops and markets sensor-devices for the treatment of sleep apnea. It offers sleep position trainer, a small and light aid which can be worn around the chest with an ergonomic band. The firm's a sleep position sensor which gradually and comfortably trains patients using vibrations to not sleep on their back. The company was founded by Eline van Beest and Thijs van Oorschot in 2009 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Cristal Delivery BV develops and manufactures nanomedicines for therapeutic drug optimization. It offers pipeline, oncology, and inflammation programs. The company was founded by Joost J. M. Holthuis and Cristianne Rijcken in April 2011 and is headquartered in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Mellon Medical BV manufactures and develops surgical suturing devices. The firm’s suturing device, the Switch, is designed for surgeons who perform the challenging operations and can easily be rotated in the hand because of its pencil-like shape. The company was founded in April 2013 by Mark Vrancken Peeters and is headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

OneBlood, Inc. operates blood centers. It serves Florida and areas of South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, and Community Blood Center of the Carolinas. The company is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Nutrileads BV develops food ingredi?nts with a specific nutritional value. It identifies promising lead ingredients, develops sustainable and commercially viable production processes and initiates scientific and clinical programs to test the health effects. The company was founded in 2012 by Erik Dam and Ruud Albers and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Waterman 40 Holding BV (Waterman 40 Holding) is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Maarsbergen.

Part of Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, Sanquin Plasma Products BV acts as a private group led by Biosolutions LLC and Fortissimo Capital Management Lt. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The CEO of the Dutch company is Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi.

Epstein Capital Ltd. provides investment banking services. The private company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Israeli company was founded in 2005 by Nir Epstein. Nir Epstein has been the CEO since 2005.

Part of Oneblood Foundation, Inc., OBF Investments LLC provides investment services. The company is based in St. Petersburg, FL.

Secure Transfusion Solutions, Inc. is a life sciences company based in Austin, TX that aims to increase the quality, safety, and availability of transfusable blood components, starting first with apheresis platelets. STS provides healthcare institutions with safe and consistent service and true supply chain diversification. By partnering with STS, hospital systems diversify their sourcing risks, strengthening their supply chain and putting them in position to meet the transfusion needs of their patients. Customers of STS include some of the most well-respected and innovative medical institutions in the country. The company was founded by Vijai P. Mohan and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Pan Cancer T is a company based in Rotterdam, Netherlands that was founded in 2020 by Reno Debets, Dora Hammerl. The Dutch company focuses on advancing next generation TCR T cell therapies for hard-to-treat solid tumors. The company's approach includes exploiting unique targets for T cells that are exclusively and robustly expressed by multiple solid cancers and developing technologies that enhance the durability of the T cells. The company has ongoing R & D programs to develop safe and effective adoptive T cell therapies for patients with triple negative breast cancer as well as cancers of the bladder, ovarium, colorectum, prostate, skin, esophagus, lung, or brain. Rachel Abbott has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

EsoBiotec SA is a Belgian company that provides research and development on natural sciences and engineering. The company is based in Charleroi, Belgium. The company was founded in 2020 by Jean-Pierre Latere. Jean-Pierre Latere has been the CEO since 2020.

FundaMental Pharma GmbH is a neuroscience company based in Heidelberg, Germany. The German company develops first-in-class small inhibitors for the treatment of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. The company's scientists have discovered an entirely new class of drugs that safely counteract glutamate excitotoxicity, a common cause of neurodegeneration. The company's current focus is on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington's disease, but the applicability of these molecules extends to a range of neurodegenerative disorders such as dementia and aging-related memory loss. FundaMental Pharma was founded in 2016 by Thomas Schulze, Hilmar Bading, and Daniela Mauceri, and Thomas Schulze has been the CEO since 2016.

1858 Capital Partners LLC is a boutique M&A advisory firm that specializes in mergers and acquisitions and principal investments. The private company is based in Winter Park, FL, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company has a focus on the middle market and utilizes its network, internal resources, and the latest technology to attain successful transactions. Unlike traditional investment banks, 1858 was formed with a community banking model in mind. The 1858 team is very selective regarding engagements and looks to limit the number of engagements taken on at any one time so maximum client interfacing is achieved. The company was founded in 2022 by Jay Chaudhari, Michael Skat, Michael Ward, Michael A. Okaty.