Dan Janney

Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Bankers Trust Co. is an asset management headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1917 and is a subsidiary of BTC Financial Corp. The firm serves as a trusted partner for individuals’ comprehensive financial planning, trust and fiduciary needs.

InterMune, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that researches, develops and commercializes therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. It focuses on therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and fatal lung disease. The firms research programs are focused on the discovery of targeted, small-molecule therapeutics and biomarkers to treat and monitor serious pulmonary and fibrotic diseases. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Kémia, Inc. discovered and developed novel small molecule therapeutics for inflammation, cancer, HIV, diabetes and bone diseases. The firm specialized in the fields of medicinal and analytical chemistry, biology, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and clinical development. The company was founded in 2002 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Anesiva, Inc. develops and markets therapeutic drugs. Anesiva is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products for pain management. The firm was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Phenomix Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small-molecule product candidates directed toward clinically validated targets in significant therapeutic markets. It's internally discovered product candidates are designed to have improved efficacy, safety or convenience relative to existing therapies and other product candidates in clinical development. Its lead product candidate, dutogliptin tartrate, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4, or DPP-4, inhibitor that it is developing as an oral, once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Its Phase 2b clinical trial of dutogliptin demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c when administered in combination with existing drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The company commenced its Phase 3 clinical program in the third quarter of 2008. Its second product candidate, PHX1766, is a protease inhibitor currently in Phase 1 of clinical development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus, or HCV, infection. The company intends to maximize the value of its product candidates through independent development, licensing and other partnership opportunities. These may include co-development or co-marketing agreements, licensing agreements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that possess established development and commercialization capabilities or direct commercialization by building its own sales and marketing force.

CoTherix, Inc. develops therapeutic products. Its ventavis product is a nebulizer delivered therapy for pulmonary artery hypertension, which restricts blood flow to the lungs. CoTherix markets its products in the US, Europe, and Australia. The company was founded in February, 2000 by Donald J. Santel and Gerard Turino and is located in Brisbane, CA.

Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. provides specialty formulations of human milk for the nutritional needs of premature and critically ill infants. Its products include Prolact+ H2MF, Prolact+4, Prolact+6, Prolact+8, Prolact+10 and Neo20. The company was founded by Elena Taggart Medo in1999 and is headquartered in Duarte, CA.

Arête Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes molecule drugs to treat cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. It focuses on developing AR9281, an orally-administered compound that inhibits s-EH (soluble epoxide hydrolase), an enzyme that plays a key role in the metabolism of arachidonic acid. It also focuses on testing various back-up candidates as additional first-in-class anti-hypertensive plus agents. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

MAKO Surgical Corp. is a medical device company, which develops and markets advanced robotic arm solution, joint specific applications for the knee, hip and orthopedic implants for orthopedic procedures. It also provides RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system, including a tactile robotic arm utilizing an integrated bone cutting instrument and a patient specific visualization component. The company was founded by Maurice R. Ferre and Rony A. Abovitz in November 2004 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Alba Therapeutics Corporation is a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical Company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Genetics, environment, aberrant immune response, and barrier dysfunction are all required for autoimmunity. Alba's technology platform is based on modifying disease state epithelial permeability using compounds which impact the regulation of tight junctions in cell barriers throughout the body with potential applications in celiac disease, Crohn's disease, asthma/COPD and acute lung injury. As a development stage company Alba maximizes value creation by leveraging its human capital, partnerships and technology. Since the Company's formation in 2004, the company has entered human clinical trials with its lead product, received Fast Track designation from the FDA (in Celiac Disease), successfully completed three Phase I clinical trials and completed its first Phase II study. Along with $30m raised in its Series A financing, equity and non-equity capital, such as SBIR and ATP grants and venture debt, are being used to develop products, enhance its powerful IP position and build the Company's infrastructure and core competencies

Viveve, Inc. engages in the development of medical devices that promote personal health and wellness. It offers InControl products and Viveve system solutions. The company was founded by Jonathan B. Parmer in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

Acureon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets therapeutics for infectious diseases. The firm’s synergistic combination of anti-infective expertise, dedicated clinical operations, marketing know-how and intellectual property, all coupled with well documented low attrition rates for anti-infective should translate into multiple product opportunities with a lower risk of failure, more rapid development timelines and early substantial returns on investment. The company was founded by Giorgio Mosconi in 2006 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Virobay, Inc. develops protease inhibitors for the treatment of neuropathic pain, cancer, autoimmune and liver diseases. It utilize cysteine cathepsin platform for the development and commercialization of novel drugs. The firm's research & development activities focuses on neuropathic pain, autoimmune diseases and liver fibrosis. The company was founded by Robert F. G. Booth on May 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

SARcode Bioscience, Inc., develops biopharmaceutical products. Its program is a novel class of lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonists for the treatment T-cell mediated inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Thomas Gadek and John P. Burnier in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. develops pharmaceutical products. It develops small molecules with new mechanisms of action to treat malignancies with significant unmet medical needs. The firm also develops personalized oncology, obesity and diabetes medicines. The company was founded in September 1958 and is headquartered in Geelong, Australia.

Endonetics, Inc. develops technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Definity Health Corp. provided healthcare services. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Eurofins DiscoverX Corp. develops, manufactures, and commercializes reagents and complete cell-based assay kits and provides profiling and screening services as well as other turnkey solutions for the drug discovery, screening, and life science markets. Its products include cell lines, target engagement assays, biochemical assays, detection reagents, cell culture kits, reagents, and consumables, ligands, and inhibitors, and retroviruses and cloning vectors. The company was founded by Pyare Khanna and Fabrice Plasson in January 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cellective Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceuticals products. It develops monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of oncology and autoimmune diseases. Cellective Therapeutics products include monoclonal antibodies that target the B-cell antigens CD19, CD20 and CD22 are in preclinical stage programs. It was founded by Thomas F. Tedder and Alter E. Geller in May, 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC

7TM A/S performs research and development within biotechnology. It engages in clinical development of drugs focusing on obesity and gastrointestinal diseases. The company was founded by Thue Walter Schwartz, Anders Fink Vadsholt, Mette Kirstine Agger, Christian Ellebæk Elling, and Peter Moldt on January 1, 2000 and is headquartered in Hørsholm, Denmark.

The California Academy of Sciences operates as a scientific and cultural institution. The Academy houses an aquarium, a planetarium a natural history museum and a rainforest. It was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The J. David Gladstone Institutes operates as an independent state-of-the-art biomedical research institution. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Neothetics, Inc. operates as a holding company, which provides clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical and developing therapeutics for the aesthetic. It focuses on localized fat reduction and body contouring. The company products include LIPO-202, is an injectable formulation of the long-acting ß2-adrenergic receptor agonist, salmeterol xinafoate. Neothetics was founded by John D. Dobak in February 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops oncology drugs. It is dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics with a focus on cancer. Its products include Guadecitabine, Onalespib, AT7519, AT13148, ASTX727, ASTX660. The company was founded on May 28, 1997 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Previvo Genetics, Inc. provides medical device. The firms develops Previvo Uterine Lavage System, an equipment for pre-implantation genetic testing. The company was founded by John E. Buster and Steven K. Buster in 2012 and is headquartered in Parker, CO.

Infinant Health, Inc. develops novel solutions to resolve the dysbiosis. It develops a probiotic bacteria activated with specific prebiotic oligosaccharides and delivery systems to provide and maintain a healthy microbiome in infants during the first six months of life. The company is headquartered in Davis, CA.

Array Ventures (Array Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Shruti Gandhi. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Novome Biotechnologies, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company focused on engineering defined activities into the human gut microbiota to treat chronic diseases. The company was founded by William DeLoache, Weston Whitaker, Liz Shepherd and Zachary Russ in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

CuraSen Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the discovery and development of therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases, including parkinson, alzheimer, and less common neurodegenerative disorders. The company was founded by Mehrdad Shamloo, Robert Booth, Anthony Ford, and Kathleen Sereda in 2018 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Lassen Therapeutics LLC operates as a therapeutic antibody company. It discovers and develops novel medicines to treat serious unmet medical needs. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Be Biopharma, Inc. develops engineered B cells as a new category of cellular medicines. The company was founded by David Steinberg, Aleks Radovic-Moreno and Lea Hachigian and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ImmuneID, Inc. is a precision immunology company that combines next-generation sequencing with protein display technologies to develop novel therapies for immune diseases. The company's proprietary platform identifies millions of antibody-target interactions to build the map of human immunity, which helps to improve and personalize patient diagnoses for precise treatments. The company was founded in 2020 by Longwood Fund and is headquartered in Boston, MA. James S. Scibetta has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

DEM BioPharma, Inc. is an American company that pioneers the next generation of immunotherapeutics to eliminate tumors by targeting 'don't eat me' and 'eat me' signals on cancer cells, macrophages, and other myeloid effector cells. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The proprietary CHOMP™ platform utilizes CRISPR-based functional genomic screens to discover and validate new signals that could enhance cancer cell elimination through increased phagocytosis. The company was founded by Longwood Fund and builds on groundbreaking functional genomics research and discoveries in macrophage biology from its scientific co-founders. Nenad Grmusa has been the CEO of the company since 2022.