Chris Kemmerer

Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Corthera, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals, such as cardiovascular preparations. It engages in acquiring, developing, and commercializing therapies for illnesses in the acute care setting. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures, develops therapeutics for the treatment of scarring and fibrotic disorders. The company was founded by John Gordon Foulkes and Nicholas M. Dean in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. researches and develops pharmaceuticals and imaging products to treat diseases. It focuses on pharmaceuticals to treat unmet medical needs in the fight against HIV, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, cancer and arthritis-related disorders. The company is located in Wilmington, DE.

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.

Peplin, Inc. develops drugs and pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by James Harrison Aylward in 1998 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Omniome, Inc. provides biotechnical research services. The firm's biosensors can be adopted for mobile diagnostics and health monitoring applications. The company was founded by Kandaswamy Vijayan in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Novartis International AG manages the Novartis Group. It provides administrative, financial, legal, and technical services. It also offers scientific consultation to the Group. The company was founded on December 13, 1989 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Truvian Sciences, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It offers automated benchtop system which produces lab-accurate results for a full suite of tests from a small sample of blood. Its product features include compact and fully automated, dry reagent technology, and fast accurate results. The company was founded by Dena Marrinucci, Mark Bowles and Kim Puloma Kamdar in 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Adjuvant Capital LP (Adjuvant Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Glenn Rockman, Kabeer Aziz and Charlie Petty. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. engages in the provision of neurological treatment services. It offers technologies for patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell-based therapies. The company was founded by Jeanne Loring and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Seraphina Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a health and wellness company. The company was founded by Stephanie Venn-Watson, Eric Venn-Watson, Nicholas J. Schork and Kim Kamdar and is headquartered in San Diego ,CA.

Alume Biosciences, Inc. operates as an biotechnology company. It develops nerve- targeted pharmaceuticals for surgical and therapeutic use. The company was founded by Quyen Nguyen, Brett Berman, Chrysa Mineo, Mike Whitney, and Roger Tsien in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Pleno, Inc. is a company that specializes in multi-omic instrument platform technology for clinical testing and biomedical research. The company is based in San Diego, CA and was founded by Pieter van Rooyen, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company's proprietary hypercoding™ technology uses signal processing techniques to provide targeted biological information with exceptional scale, precision, and performance.

Access Youth Academy operates as a school. The non-profit company is based in San Diego, CA.

Epitel, Inc. is a digital health company based in Salt Lake City, UT. Epitel, Inc. revolutionizes how brain health is monitored by combining wearable EEG technology with data analytics and machine-learning capabilities. The company designs and develop wireless solutions that provide long-term monitoring for people living with epilepsy. The company's proprietary cloud-based wearable sensor system, along with other innovative AI technologies, empowers better treatment decisions by making EEG readily deployable and accessible. Epitel's flagship product, Remi, is an unobtrusive wearable seizure detection system that records long-term EEG, providing peace of mind and better understanding for individuals managing their seizures. The company was founded by Mark Lehmkuhle and he has been the CEO since incorporation.

Medical Excellence Capital LLC (MEC) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by John R. Prufeta. The firm is headquartered in New York City.

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.

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.

ROX Medical, Inc. manufactures medical ultrasonic scanning devices. It offers ROX Coupler that is intended for use in patients with treatment resistant hypertension to lower blood pressure by reducing peripheral vascular resistance and improving vascular compliance; and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to improve breathing, reduce symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and improve exercise tolerance. The company was founded by Rodney Brenneman and John Faul in 2004 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Ascension Orthopedics, Inc. designs, develops and markets orthopedic implants and devices. The company was founded by Jerome J. Klawitter in 1996 and is headquartered in Overland Park, KS.

Child Welfare League of America provides assistance to abused and neglected children and families. The firm helps at-risk children and their families. Its member agencies provide services in adolescent parenting and pregnancy prevention, child day care, child abuse prevention, treatment, adoption to children and their families each year. The firm was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA

Sirrus, Inc. provides adhesives, sealants, coatings and resin solutions. Its product Nexabond 2500 wood adhesive is used by forcabinetry and millwork professionals. The firm advances manufacturing technology through chemistry relating to the synthesis, stabilization, activation and formulation of a unique and reactive class of monomers commonly known as methylene malonates. The company was founded by Adam Malofsky, Bernard Miles Malofsky and Steve Levin in 2009 and is headquartered in Loveland, OH.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Acurian, Inc. provides clinical trial patient recruitment and retention solutions for the life sciences industry. It offers recruitment feasibility, site identification and selection, patient recruitment and retention services. The firm also provides the recruitment manager platform or database that features feasibility and project management capabilities. The company was founded by Lance D. Converse, David Restrepo and Leslie D. Michelson in 1998 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Blanca Laguna School operates as secondary school. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Domain Associates LLC (Domain Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Domain LLC provides investment advice.

Torrey Mesa Research Institute develops genomic tools and gene technology. The company is headquartered in Fortitude San Diego, CA.