Alan Hornsby Davidson

Heartport, Inc. develops systems and procedures for heart surgery. The company's technologies allow surgeons to perform a wide range of less invasive open-chest and minimally invasive heart operations, including stopped heart and beating heart procedures. Heartport was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Lazard Frères Real Estate Investors LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC founded in the year 1994. The firm is headquartered in New York.

PIramed Ltd. develops drugs, diagnostics, and other therapeutic products. It develops treatment for cancers which include proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis. The company was co-founded by Michael Waterfield, Peter Parker, and Paul Workman in 2003 and is headquartered in Slough, UK.

EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products. The company currently has eight products on the market, including Caphosol for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common and debilitating side-effect of radiation therapy and high-dose chemotherapy, ProstaScint for imaging the extent and spread of prostate cancer, Quadramet for the treatment of pain in patients whose cancer has spread to the bones, Erwinase and Kidrolase for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the antibiotic surgical implant Collatamp. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx bupivacaine implant for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006, EUSA Pharma is supported by a consortium of leading life science capital investors, comprising TVM Capital, Essex Woodlands, 3i, Goldman Sachs, Advent Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, NeoMed and NovaQuest. Since its foundation, the company has raised over $275 million, and completed several significant transactions, including the acquisitions of Cytogen Corporation, Talisker Pharma Ltd, the French biopharmaceutical company OPi SA and the European antibiotic and pain control business of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Inc. As part of its rapid growth strategy the company has established commercial infrastructure in the US, a pan-European presence covering over 20 countries and a wider distribution network in a further 25 territories. EUSA Pharma plans to continue its aggressive program of acquisitions and in-licensing within its specialist areas of medical and geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade.

White Pine Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

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.

Sierra Ventures, Inc (Sierra Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1982 by Peter Wendell. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Part of Medtronic Plc, CardioRhythm is a company that manufactures electrophysiological catheters. The company is based in San Jose, CA. CardioRhythm was acquired by Medtronic, Inc., part of Medtronic Plc from January 27, 2015 on May 26, 1992.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

ProteinSimple engages in the proprietary systems and consumables for protein analysis. Its products include simple plex, ice, simple western, micro-flow imaging, and single-cell western. The company was founded by Linda Cahill, Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Scott Lockard, and Jim Schlater in December 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

IPVALUE Management, Inc. provides strategic intellectual property consultation services. It specializes in IP rights licensing, technology transfer and enablement, spin-outs, and new venture formation. The company was founded by Peter Wheeler and Joseph J. Cote in 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Wellcome Trust Ltd. Direct Investments (WTDI) is a private equity and venture capital division of the Wellcome Trust Ltd. The firm was founded in 1936 by Sir Henry Wellcome. It’s headquartered in London, UK.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd. is pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, oncology supportive care and critical care products. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Founded in 1998, Kyowa Kirin Ltd. is a British pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceutical products. Part of Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., the company is based in London, UK.

Macrotarg Ltd. is a biotechnology research and British experimental development company founded in 2007. The private company is based in Winnersh, UK.

September Ventures LLC (September Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of The Wellcome Trust Ltd. founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Armonk,New York.

Laboratoires Majorelle SAS operates as an independent French pharmaceutical company. Its products include Vitaros, Optilov, Keat range, and Carmex. The company was founded by Guillaume El Glaoui in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

BBI Diagnostics Group 2 Plc provides diagnostic tests and materials. It offers a portfolio of products and services that are provided to the diagnostic, healthcare, research, defense, and food industries. The company was founded on October 22, 2013 and is headquartered in Bedford, the United Kingdom.

Part of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., Diurnal Ltd. is a European, British UK-headquartered specialty pharmaceutical company founded in 2004. The company is based in Cardiff, UK. The company is dedicated to developing lifelong treatments for rare and chronic endocrine conditions.

Storm Therapeutics Ltd. develops small molecule drugs that target RNA-modifying enzymes. It offers research and development of drug molecules for the treatment of specific cancers. The company was founded by Anthony Kouzarides and Eric Miska on April 21, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Istesso Ltd. Operates as a drug discovery and development company. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.