Klaus N. Lindpaintner

Qiagen Beverly, Inc. produces reagents, kits and assays enables customers worldwide to transform patient treatment and life science research. Its products include xmal, mapl, taqiT, wgs ligase, sall, xhol and bamhi. The company was founded by Christopher Benoit and Stephen Picone in 2006 and is headquartered in Beverly, M A.

Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

Asuragen, Inc. develops molecular diagnostic products. Its products include AmplideX and QuantideX. It uses genomics to drive patient management through clinical testing solutions. The company was founded in March 2006 by Matthew M. Winkler and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

GenapSys, Inc. develops DNA sequencing technologies and systems for applied genomic testing and medical sequencing. It also develops gene electronic nano-integrated ultra-sensitive platform device for chip-based DNA sequencing. The company was founded by Hesaam Esfandyarpour in 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Axsun Technologies, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of miniaturized optical micro-instruments. Its products include OCT swept lasers, OMx optical monitors, NIR spectroscopy, and Anavo handheld analyzer. The company was founded by Peter S. Whitney and James Gerard Lewis in 1998 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

The Jackson Laboratory provides biotechnology research services. It offers nonprofit research, biomedical research, genomics, genetics, cancer, neuroscience, immunology, aging, bioinformatics, computational biology, research mice, genomic medicine, reproductive biology, developmental biology, eye research and hearing research. The company was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929 and is headquartered in Bar Harbor, ME.

CellCarta Biosciences, Inc. develops proteomics and immune monitoring services. The firm offers integrated platforms in proteomics and immune monitoring services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Its services include biomarker discovery, cell engine software, cellular enumeration, clinical laboratory services, functional profiling, host cell proteins detection, phenotyping characterization and receptor occupancy. The company was founded by Martin LeBlanc in 2000 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

The Society of Kauffman Fellows is a venture capital fellowship program that aims to foster innovative leaders. The non-profit company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The program lasts for two years and includes industry events, summits, and a venture capital fund. The CEOs of the company are Jeff Harbach, Costello Trish.

Adarza BioSystems, Inc. develops and manufacturers a multiplex immunoassay technology that can identify proteins and genetic markers in medical specimens. The firm operates as a medical diagnostics company which also develops a rapid and label-free biological assay platform for measuring clinical and point-of-care samples and also its technology allows hundreds of tests to be run simultaneously on a single chip. The company was founded by Benjamin L. Miller, Randolph R. Henke, Terry Gronwall and Christopher C. Striemer in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Dynacare Laboratories engages in the provision of medical diagnostic laboratory services. It also offers esoteric and routine testing including cytogenetic and toxicology. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ArcherDX LLC is a genomic analysis company, which develops software solutions for investigating cancer treatment. Its products include VariantPlex, FusionPlex, LiquidPlex, reveal ctDNA, Immunoverse, custom assays, and archer analysis. The company was founded by Jason W. Myers, A. John Iafrate, and Long Phi Le on January 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Nuburu Subsidiary, Inc. manufactures blue lasers. The firm serves in the industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy storage, healthcare and research. The company was founded by Mark Zediker and Jean-Michel Pelaprat and is headquartered in Centennial, CO.

Indie Bio is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SOSV Ltd. founded in 2014 by Arvind Gupta. Indie Bio is headquartered in San Francisco.

Anzu Partners LLC (Anzu Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by David Michael and David Seldin. The firm is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

6k, Inc. engages in the development, commercialization, and implementation of plasma technologies for the production of nanomaterials. Its proprietary platform, UniMelt, enables customers to tailor ceramic, metal, or composite materials to their specifications. The company was founded by Kamal Hadidi in 2014 and is headquartered in North Andover, MA.

The American company was founded by Ryan Bethencourt.

TeraPore Technologies, Inc. develops cutting-edge membrane technologies for high-permeability, high-resolution nanofiltration. The company was founded by Rachel Dorin in 2013 and is headquartered in

OTI Lumionics, Inc. develops OLED technology for lighting and displays. It manufactures light emitting diode. The company was founded by Jacky Qiu, Michael Helander, and Zhibin Wang in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Intabio, Inc. develops bio therapeutic drugs. The frim utilizes microchip platform to seamlessly integrate capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) and mass spec, two pillars of analytical methods in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing. The company was founded by Lena Wu and Erik Gentalen and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Babel Ventures LLC (Babel Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Barbara Minuzzi and Daniela Arruda. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Wild Earth, Inc. manufactures and develops pet food. It offers Koji-based protein products for dogs and cats. The company was founded by Kristin Wuhrman, Abril Estrada, Ron Shigeta, and Ryan Bethencourt and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Genoa Ventures LLC (Genoa Ventures) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jenny Rooke. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

NIRRIN Analytics provides biotechnology research and developmental services. The firm offers technologies and methodologies to deliver non-invasive, non-destructive, real-time, in-process monitoring of aqueous solutions. The company is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help people lead healthy and productive lives. The non-profit company is based in Seattle, WA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's mission is to create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. The company is guided by the belief that every life has equal value. The foundation is currently working on 'the big catch-up' project, which aims to increase vaccination levels among children to pre-pandemic levels and strengthen primary healthcare services for essential immunization in the future. The company was founded by Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates, and the CEO is Mark Suzman.