Pouya Afshar

Bird Rock Bio, Inc. develops protein therapeutics. It focuses on the discovery and development of novel antibodies with upsized potential that represent to antibody therapeutics. The company was founded by Richard J. Ulevitch, Phyllis Ellen Whiteley and Katherine S. Bowdish in 2007 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Global Empire LLC provides staffing services for the healthcare sector. It provides healthcare professionals on a temporary, per diem or full-time basis. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA.

UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Alethea Capital Management LLC provides investment advice. The private company is based in San Diego, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded in 2011 by Tony Hsu, who has been the CEO since 2011.