Spencer Swayze

Ceres, Inc. engages in the development and market of low-carbon and non-food grasses for advanced biofuels and biopower. The company was founded by Walter De Logi, Richard William Hamilton, and Robert B. Goldberg on October 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.

PTV Sciences LP (PTV Healthcare Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Matthew S. Crawford and Evan S. Melrose. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

University of Texas Investment Management Co. (UTIMCO) is a not-for-profit foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation was founded in 1996 to oversee investments for The University of Texas and Texas A&M University Systems. UTIMCO manages four major endowment funds under the fiduciary care of the UT System Board of Regents: the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Permanent Health Fund (PHF), the Long Term Fund (LTF), and the Separately Invested Funds (SIF). The PHF and the LTF are pooled and invest in shares of the General Endowment Fund (GEF).

Part of AgBiTech Pty Ltd., AgBiTech LLC is a leader in agriculture technology that helps to create healthy food systems to sustain our families and our planet for the 21st century. The company is based in Fort Worth, TX. The company is a rapidly growing and transformative crop protection company focusing on science-based biological insect protection. The company was founded in 2000 by Jeffrey Bidstrup. Adriano Vilas-Boas has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Hendrix Genetics Ltd. provides agriculture consulting services. The company is headquartered in Kitchener, ON.

AgBiTech Pty Ltd. offers pest management solutions and biological insecticide products. The firm’s services include ViVUS Max, Magnet, and Optimol. The company was founded by Patrick Buerger, Anthony Hawes and Jeffrey Bidstrup in 2002 and is headquartered in Toowoomba, Australia.

Hendrix Genetics BV is a multi-species animal breeding, genetics, and technology company, which engages in the breeding programs of breeding programs in turkeys, layers, guinea fowl, swine, salmon, and trout. The company was founded by Antoon van den Berg and Thijs Hendrix in 1923 and is headquartered in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.