Lowell E. Sears

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. used to develop and commercialize antibiotics to treat life threatening infections. The company used to develop optimal anti-infective therapies that offer improved efficacy, dosing and safety characteristics over existing therapies. It was founded in 2001. The company was located in Alameda, CA.

Asthmatx, Inc. develops catheter-based outpatient procedure that provides asthma control for adult severe asthma patients. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Coapt Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets bio absorbable implants for surgeons to use in plastic surgery to fixate soft tissue to other soft tissue and bone. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. develops stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapeutics for blood disorders and cancer. The firm focuses on curative therapies for seriously ill patients and is developing a cell-based medicine as a treatment for chemotherapy and radiation-induced neutropenia as well as for Acute Radiation Syndrome. The company was founded by Irving L. Weissman in 2003 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It focuses on dental products. The company's OraVerse product (phentolamine mesylate) reverses the effects of local anesthetic with a vasoconstrictor and accelerates the return of normal sensation and function. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics for metabolic and immune disorders. It develops therapeutics for diabetes, insulin resistance and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Dennis M. Lanfear and Christos S. Mantzoros in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Vital Therapies, Inc. operates as a biotherapeutic company, which develops a cell-based therapy targeting the treatment of acute forms of liver failure. Its product candidate, ELAD System, is a human cell-based bio-artificial liver support system that operates outside the body or extracorporeal. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Novacea, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing novel agents to revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Novacea’s in-licensed product portfolio features three clinical stage oncology therapeutics. The Company has two products which are anticipated to commence Phase 3 clinical trials in 2006, DN-101 and vinorelbine oral. Banoxantrone (AQ4N) is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials. It is located in South San Francisco, CA.

Sears Capital Management Inc (Sears Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Lowell Edward Sears. The firm is headquartered in Portola valley, California.

SiteOne Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel pain therapeutics and diagnostics. Its therapeutic candidates are selective inhibitors of a voltage-gated sodium ion channel. The company was founded by Sandip Biswal, Justin Du Bois, George Miljanich, John Mulcahy and David Yeomans in 2010 and is headquartered in Bozeman, MT.