Chris Hill

Genencor International, Inc. develops and manufactures enzyme product solutions for industrial, agricultural and health care markets. It finds genes and alters their proteins for use in cleaning, textile, health care, food and animal feed products using gene discovery, molecular evolution, functional genomics and immunology techniques. The company also develops solutions for the biofuels, biodefense and biosafety industries. Genencor International was founded in 1982 and is located in Rochester, NY.

Rubicon Media, Inc. provides software development services. The company was founded by Christopher Elston Griffin and Amit Kumar in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Champagne Laurent-Perrier SA manufactures and supplies champagnes and alcoholic products. Its products include wines, brandy, NSK and brandy spirits. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Tours-sur-Marne, France.

Babcock & Brown LP is a boutique investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services. The firm offers mergers and acquisition advisory services. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TEC Edmonton operates as a business incubator. The firm's area of expertise include business development, funding and finance, technology management, and entrepreneur development. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Edmonton, CA.

Renault SAS specializes in the construction of motor vehicles. The company was founded on July 7, 1971 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Pernod Ricard UK Ltd. wholesales and distributes wine & alcoholic beverages. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hounslow, GB.

Part of Hermès International SCA, La Montre Hermès SA is a company based in Biel, Switzerland. The Swiss company designs and manufactures watches.

DCVC Management Co LLC (DCVC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Zachary Bogue and Matthew Ocko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Hermès International SCA, Hermès Italie is a company based in Milan, Italy. The Italian company retails leather goods and luggage.

Ardian Holding SAS engages in the acquisition and management of interests and securities in other firms. The company was founded on July 7, 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) is a venture capital subsidiary of Monsanto Co founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Atomwise, Inc. develops artificial intelligence systems. It specializes in drug discovery and machine learning. The company was founded by Abraham Heifets, Izhar Wallach and Alexander Levy and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

9905553 Canada, Inc. operates as a digital market place that allows buyers and sellers to list, negotiate, and finalize grain deals. The company was founded by Brennan Turner and Alain Goubau and is headquartered in Ontario, Canada.

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.

GenEdit, Inc. develops gene therapies and gene editing-based therapeutics. Its proprietary nanoparticles applies for the development of CRISPR-based therapeutics and gene therapy products for a range of genetic diseases. The company was founded by Kunwoo Lee, Niren Murthy, and Hyo Min Park in 2016 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Société Civile Du Chateau Palmer is a private company based in Margaux Cantenac, France. The French company engages in the production of grapes.

Pairwise Plants LLC operates as a agriculture company. The company was founded by Feng Zhang, David Liu and J. Keith Joung and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Lancaster Group SA manufactures perfumes and toilet products.

Plexium, Inc. provides drug development methodology services. It specializes in immunomodulation as a therapeutic approach for CNS and oncology. The company was founded by Brian Paegel on July 12, 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Verdant Robotics, Inc. engages in the provision of autonomous farming services. It transforms profits by digitally mapping the entire farm across time and space. The company was founded by Gabe Sibley and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

X-37 Service Co., Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical discovery and development company. The firm uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to discover novel drug candidates by screening vast libraries of chemical compounds against pharmaceutical targets. It offers five development programs in areas of high medical need including cancer, autoimmune diseases, and coagulation disorders. The company was founded by David J. Collier and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Stemson Therapeutics, LLC is a pre-clinical stage cell therapy company that aims to cure hair loss by using induced pluripotent stem cells to regenerate the critical cells required to grow hair. The company is based in La Jolla, CA, and is passionate about delivering a scientifically based, clinically tested cure for hair loss to the millions of hair loss sufferers who seek help for their hair loss condition. Stemson's breakthrough innovation uses a novel cell engineering process to produce the cell types required to regenerate hair follicles. The company was founded in 2018 by Geoff Hamilton and a team of world-class scientists, advisors, and collaborators.

Collaborative Medicinal Development LLC engages in the development of innovative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. It offers CuATSM drug and clinical trials for ALS and Parkinson’s disease. The company is headquartered in Mill Valley, CA.

Sabanto, Inc. is a company based in an undisclosed location with a mission to accelerate autonomy in agricultural machinery. The American company aims to solve the problems of labor scarcity in rural areas and the increasing capital expenses of modern ag machinery. Sabanto specializes in low-cost retrofits to existing agricultural machines, regardless of make or model, and the development of supporting software to maximize the utility of autonomous technology, increasing producer ROI. The company is creating simple, open, and cost-effective technologies that enable the future of agriculture. Sabanto's aftermarket autonomy system can increase productivity by making tractors autonomous.

Oceanix USA, Inc. is based in New York, NY. Oceanix USA, Inc. designs and builds floating cities for people to live on the ocean. Philipp A. Hofmann has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Creyon Bio, Inc. is a pre-clinical stage drug development company based in San Diego, CA. The company is focused on developing precision oligonucleotide-based medicines (OBMs) such as ASOs, siRNAs, guide RNAs, RNA editing guides, mRNAs, and aptamers. Creyon Bio uses a data-first approach to generate powerful datasets and develop machine learning models to uncover the engineering principles that make precision OBMs possible for patient populations of all sizes. The CEO of the company is Christopher E Hart.

Bandit (Pennsylvania) is the home of Conscious Cultures Creamery, an American plant-based cheese company that creates cheese with love and care, aged with reverence to the time-honored traditions of affinage. The private company's products include blooming rind cheese, cave-aged for three weeks in a style comparable to camembert and brie, and cultured butter aged for seven days, continuously maturing, evolving, and intensifying throughout the life of the butter. The company appears at pop-ups twice monthly and offers pre-orders for their cheese. Conscious Cultures Creamery has received positive feedback from customers and is highly regarded in the vegan community.