Kalevi Kurkijärvi

Hormos Medical Oy discovers and develops novel hormonal therapies. It provides research and development of products to treat endocrine disorders associated with aging. The company was founded by Risto Arvo Sakari Lammintausta and Lauri Kangas in 1997 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Innomedica is an international business consulting company serving the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. It provides a range of professional business development and project management services to its clients in both the public and private sectors. Innomedica's service portfolio includes Business Development, Licensing & Partnering, Japan Markets and Project Management. It is active on a global basis, though it specializes in the North European and Japanese markets. Its people are its main asset. Its success is based on leveraging the experience of professionals from different disciplines to deliver value to its clients. Its team portrays backgrounds from experienced business people to skilled lawyers and biomedical scientists. Innomedica was founded in 1997, and is a privately held company. Its client base covers both private and public sectors, both large and small.

Phadia AB develops, manufactures and markets blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Uppdala, Sweden.

Suomen Itsenäisyyden Juhlarahasto is a Finnish innovation fund directly under the Finnish parliament. It primarily invests in foreign and national funds while making selected follow-up investments in Finnish start-ups and later-stage companies. It can consider investing in foreign companies if it is purposeful for the fund's goals. Its investment focus is in the well-being of the Finnish people, environment, and the economy. The size of its initial venture is up to EUR 2 million and its average investment period per company is from 4 to 10 years.

Takara Bio Europe AB is a provider of stem cell derived products and technologies which will drive unprecedented innovation in drug discovery and regenerative medicine today and in the future. The company was first in the world to bring to the market human embryonic stem (hES) cell-derived hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes for use as drug discovery tools. Cellartis is also the single commercial source of ethically derived hES cell lines and has developed cell lines for a range of uses. This hES cell technology platform offers a path to tools and regenerative medicine discoveries of the future. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Hytest Oy manufactures biological products. It operates as producer of monoclonal antibodies and antigens for the diagnostic industry. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Idea Development ID Oy is an advertising agency based in Helsinki, Finland. The Finnish company operates as an advertising agency.