Francis Ota

DSM BV engages in the provision of ingredients, expertise, and solutions for plant-based products. It operates through the following segments: Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH); Health, Nutrition, and Care (HNC); Food and Beverage (F and B); and Other. The ANH segment includes developing sustainable animal farming through essential products, performance solutions, and precision services serving the poultry, swine, ruminants, and aquaculture markets. The HNC segment provides health, nutrition, and care solutions for markets such as early life nutrition, dietary supplements, pharma, medical, and personal care. The F and B segment focuses on supporting healthy diets through nutritious, delicious, and sustainable solutions for several market segments including bakery, beverages and brewing, dairy, savory, plant-based alternative proteins, and pet food. The Other segment is involved in corporate activities. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

Advent Venture Partners LLP (AVP) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1981 by David James Scott Cooksey. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Pacira Cryotech, Inc. develops novel technologies for treatment of peripheral nerves. Its iovera treatment harnesses the power of cold with the Focused Cold Therapy delivery system and delivers immediate results for both therapeutic and aesthetic applications. The firm’s iovera treatment does not use toxins, chemicals, or pharmaceuticals to achieve results and leaves nothing behind in the body. The company was founded by Lisa Elkins in 2005 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Saladax Biomedical, Inc. develops novel and commercializes diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine. Its products include pipeline, MY5-FU, mypaclitaxel, and mydocetaxel. MyCare product serves the central nervous system field, with antipsychotic drug dose management assays. The company was founded by Adrienne Choma and Salvatore J. Salamone in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA.

4Tech Cardio Ireland Ltd. develops and manufactures surgical devices. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

ERGO Group AG engages in the provision of insurance and financial services. Its business units include German, International, and Direct and digital business. The firm offers life insurance, health insurance, legal expenses insurance, property and casualty insurance, travel insurance, pension fund, and financial services. The company was founded on August 1, 1997 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. engages in the manufacture and design of diagnostic, transfusion, clinical equipment, and systems. It provides solutions for screening, diagnosing, monitoring, and confirming diseases early before they put lives at risk. Its products include instrument systems and reagents that screen for AIDS and hepatitis C, as well as blood typing systems. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raritan, NJ.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. engages in the provision of management and technology consulting services. Its services include consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber security, and product. The company was founded by Edwin G. Booz in 1914 and is headquartered in McLean, VA.

Tibotec-Virco NV develops drugs and individualized disease management products. The firm also offers early stage research programs concentrating on the development of treatments for cancer, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases. The company also provides HIV drug resistance testing and other analytical services in the United States, Japan, Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has operations in Belgium, North Carolina, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It was founded in by Paul Stoffels in March, 2001 and is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.

Ernst & Young Belgium provides accounting services. Its services include assurance, tax, advisory, transactions and strategic growth. The company is headquartered in Machelen, Belgium.

MyCartis NV develops technologies for healthcare personalization needs. It offers Evalution, a multiplex analysis platform to develop protein and nucleic-acid based clinical biomarkers. The company provides disruptive solutions in the fields of clinical and translational research for various applications in the detection of proteins and nucleic acids, such as sandwich immunoassays, antibody assays, genotyping assays, and mutation analysis assays to customers and partners. It offers products for various disease areas, including cell signalling, cardiovascular, oncology, and preeclampsia. The company was founded by Koen Kas in August 2004 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Strategy& engages in the provision of global management consulting services. It serves industries including aerospace and defense; health; oil and gas; technology; automotive; entertainment and media; power and utilities; telecommunications; and transportation. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Biocartis SA develops molecular diagnostic solutions. It focuses on Oncology. The firm’s products include Idylla and Oncology assays and mutation tests. It also provides instant access to personalized medicine for patients. The company was founded by Rudi Pauwels in 2007 and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Humedics GmbH operates as a research-based medtech company. It focuses on rapid and precise lover function measurement using LiMax, a breath analysis technology. The company was founded by Martin Stockman, Erwin de Bujizer, and Karsten Heyne in 2009 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Kew, Inc. provides oncology services. It provides multiple services to oncologists to assist in treatment decisions for cancer patients and offers genomic testing for patient tumor samples and genomic information important to diagnostic and treatment decisions that assist physicians and are detailed in cancer-specific Therapeutic Pathways. The company was founded by Richard Bohmer, Viren Mehta, Clayton Matt Christensen, Jeffrey Elton, Mason Freeman, John P. Glaser, H. Robert Horvitz, Bruce Johnson, Kathy Behrens Wilsey and Raju S. Kucherlapat in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Valiance Advisors LLP is the alternative asset management subsidiary of Valiance Asset Management Ltd. in Great Britain. The firm was founded by Jan Pensaert in 2008. Headquartered in London, Valiance Advisors manages Life Sciences portfolio for individual and institutional investors.

Valiance Asset Management Ltd. provides investment services. It offers sovereign funds, pension funds, leading families and individuals investment services. The company was founded by Jan Pensaert in 2008 and is headquartered in St. Peter Port, Guernsey.

Valetusan Ltd. is an Irish private company located in Dublin that provides business and management consultancy services.

Smile Invest Management Co. NV (Smile Invest) is a private equity firm founded in 2017 by Urbain Vandeurzen. The firm is headquartered in Linden.

Julius Clinical Research BV is a scientifically focused CRO that provides end-to-end clinical trial services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers, governments, and academia. The private company is based in the Netherlands and was founded in 2008. Julius Clinical's renowned scientific leaders are at the forefront of their fields, which combine with operational excellence and a network of research sites to deliver tailor-made solutions for customers and their clinical trials. The Dutch company has approximately 200 employees and has supported over 130 clinical trials, enrolling more than 200,000 participants in around 40 countries. Julius Clinical has a focus on the therapeutic areas of neurology, renal, cardiometabolic, and infectious diseases. The company uses its unique triangle of science, networks, and operations to provide tailored CRO and SMO services. Martijn Wallert has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Valiance Life Science Investments (Valiance Life Science Investments) is a private equity subsidiary of Valiance Asset Management Ltd. founded in 2017. The firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

CytoVas LLC develops informatics platform that provides information on novel cellular markers of disease progression and individual treatment response to clinicians and drug developers. The firm's platforms include Cloud Cytomics and CytoVas Vascular Health Profile. Cloud Cytomics provides automated data collection, mining, and modeling solutions to clinical researchers. CytoVas Vascular Health Profile provides cytometric vascular health event detection test for clinical studies. The company was founded by Emile Mohler, III, Jonni Moore and Wade Rogers and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

ANeuroTech is a Belgian mental health company that specializes in developing innovative treatments with minimal or no side effects. ANeuroTech is located in Belgium. The private company's lead asset, ant-01, is an adjunctive anti-depression drug that has shown positive results in late-stage clinical trials. The drug is a low-dose of an existing substance, pipamperone dihydrochloride, and has an excellent safety profile. ANeuroTech plans to begin a pivotal phase iiib clinical trial of ant-01 as an adjunctive anti-depression drug for major depressive disorder (MDD) in 2023. The company was founded by CEO Dr. Erik Buntinx, an experienced clinician and key opinion leader in the field.