Shannon Hall

Micro Focus (US), Inc. develops implements and supports proprietary, mixed source and open source software. Its solutions include visual cobol, terminal emulation, borland, corba and mainframe solutions. The firm helps to organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Provo, UT.

Biolog, Inc. enages in the manufacture of diagnostic substances. It offers microbial identification, phenotype microarrays for microbial and mammalian cells, mitochondria function assays, educational porta, microbiome, microbial community analysis, and microbial detection. The company was founded by Barry R. Bochner and Donald W. Barnby in 1984 and is headquartered in Hayward, CA.

IntegenX, Inc. develops rapid human DNA identification technology, next-gen sequencing library preparation, and DNA/RNA ambient temperature stability and storage products. The firm platforms are the result of the integration of advanced fluidics, optics, and biochemistry capabilities to produce products for DNA-based human identity testing and forensics and biodefense applications. The company was founded by Stevan Jovanovich, Dennis W. Harris, Richard A. Mathies in 2003 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Innerscope Research, Inc. operates as a media research firm. It specializes in marketing, biometrics, research, biometric research, market research, neuromarketing, neuroscience, facial coding, consumer neuroscience, eye tracking, implicit testing and media research. The company was founded by Carl D. Marci in 2006 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

PharmaSecure, Inc. provides anti-counterfeiting solutions for emerging markets. It protects patients from the threat of counterfeit medicines. The firm offers its brand protection platform to a wide-range of industries including FMCG, beauty and personal care, electronics, automotive, and agri-business. The company was founded by Taylor N. Thompson, Sarah Hine and Nathan J. Sigworth in November 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ampersand Management LLC (Ampersand Management) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Richard A. Charpie. The firm is headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Tecan Systems, Inc. engages in the provision of automated laboratory instruments and solutions. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society operates as an organization for liberal arts and science education. The non-profit company is based in Washington.

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Part of Danaher Corp., Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC is a company that manufactures therapeutics. The company is based in Marlborough, MA.

Finney Capital (Finney Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Orion Genomics LLC provides genomics research and clinical laboratory services to healthcare and agricultural research organizations. It develops genomic research tools and oncology diagnostic products for cancer screening and therapy selection. The company was founded by Robert A. Martienssen, W. Richard McCombie, John D. McPherson and Richard K. Wilson in 1998 and is headquartered in St. Loius, MO.

Thrive Bioscience, Inc. develops advance drug discovery solutions. The firm provides automated non-microbial cell culture instruments for research, drug discovery, drug development and regenerative medicine markets. The company was founded by Alan P. Blanchard and Thomas Forest Farb in 2014 and is headquartered in Wakefield, MA.

seqWell, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. Its products include plexWellTM 96, plexWellTM 384, plexWellTM Plus 24, and plexWell LP 384. The company was founded by Joseph Mellor and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

KaRNATeq, Inc. develops tools for RNA sequencing in genomics. The company is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Driver Bioengineering, Inc. develops modular, drug-responsive, titratable, ribozyme based control devices for chimeric antigen receptor. It engages in building control systems for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapeutics. The company was founded by Gusti Zeiner, Christina Smolke and Benjamin Wang on May 12, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Vector Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets labeling and detection reagents for immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, DNA/RNA and glycobiology. Its products include neuronal tracers, ultrapure immunological products, and novel reagents for detection and isolation of nucleic acids, fusion proteins and carbohydrates. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Maravai Life Sciences, Inc. provides investment services. It focuses on acquiring companies and products in the diagnostics and life sciences industry. The company was founded by Carl W. Hull and Eric Tardiff in March 18, 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.