Michael Chiu

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Vestaron Corp. develops and markets bioinsecticides derived from naturally occurring peptides. It offers the following brands: Spear-T for the treatment of thrips, Spear-P controls Colorado Potato beetle, and Spear-C protects crops from lepidopteran pests. The company was founded by Glenn F. King in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Xandr, Inc. develops a platform for real-time online advertising. The firm offers AppNexus programmable platform, AppNexus Adserver, AppNexus SSP, Yieldex Analytics, and Audience Extension. The company was founded by Michiel Nolet and Brian O'Kelley in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain provides expertise and support to its member pharmacists. The private company is based in Great Britain. Alex MacKinnon has been the CEO of the British company since 2010.

BIOTECanada serves as a national association for Canada's health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Trinity Partners LLC engages in provision of financial advisory services. Its services include strategic planning, and tactical and operational planning. The firm?s practice areas include corporate strategy, pipeline and portfolio optimization, licensing and acquisitions, brand and launch planning, market analysis, and advanced analytics. The company was founded by John E. Corcoran in 1996 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

SpeeDx Pty Ltd. is a medical diagnostic company focused on the research, development and commercialization of molecular diagnostic detection technologies. It offers various technologies, including MNAzymes, which are multi-component nucleic acid enzymes composed of DNA to be adapted for sensitive and specific multiplexed detection of various target analytes, as well as catalytically modify substrates producing signals to indicate the presence of target; DNAzymes, which are deoxyribozymes or DNA enzymes to catalyze a repertoire of chemical reactions and are used in the sensor/nanotechnology arena, as well as used for human and animal health; and EzyAmp, an isothermal signal amplification cascade that utilizes restriction enzymes. The company was founded by Elisa E. Mokany and Alison V. Todd in 2009 and is headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia.

ImmusanT, Inc. develops a new class of therapeutic vaccines to change the lives of people living with autoimmune diseases. Its Epitope-Specific Immuno-Therapy platform provides a precision medicine approach to restoring immune tolerance across a range of diseases, including celiac disease and type 1 diabetes. The firm’s product Nexvax2, protects celiac disease patients against the debilitating effects of gluten. The company was by Leslie J. Williams and Robert P. Anderson founded in December 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Capital Network, Inc. is a private company based in Wellesley, MA that provides founder-focused fundraising education programs. The company aims to create a more inclusive and accessible funding ecosystem to support female and other first-time founders of early stage startups. The company offers three programs: the Fellowship for Female Founders, Fundraising Readiness Workshops, and the Investment and Inclusion Series. The Fellowship for Female Founders is a six-month program that has helped over 90+ female founders raise over $85m in capital. The company also offers ongoing workshops for first-time startup founders and a series of honest conversations to bring about meaningful systemic change. The Capital Network has a network of 300+ investors and sponsors who help them make the fundraising ecosystem work for everybody. The company was founded by Ashkan Afkhami and Chula Reynolds.

clypd, Inc. operates an advertising technology platform for the television industry. Its platform delivers workflow automation, data-enhanced decisioning and provides media partners with tools to manage their sales efforts. The company was founded by Joshua Summers and Doug Hurd in 2012 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

NextGen Venture Partners LLC (NextGen Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Brown Advisory Inc, founded in 2011 by Daniel Mindus and Grant Allen. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ultivue, Inc. engages in provision of biotechnology services. It offers super-resolution imaging, single-molecule and diagnostics services. Its product Multiplex IHC Reagent Kits, a performance marker multiplexing detection and analysis.The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Walt and Ralf Jumgmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Teckro Ltd. owns and operates a mobile digital answers engine. It has developed a software platform that streamlines clinical trials in pharmaceutical industries. The firm offers artificial intelligence platform that returns actionable information automatically. The company was founded by Nigel Hughes, Jacek Skrzypiec and Gary Hughes in 2015 and is headquartered in Limerick. Ireland.

RackN, Inc. develops software platform and provides governance for how hybrid information technology and develops tools work together in production. It offers open source software, converged infrastructure, DevOps and data center operations. The firm helps CIOs, CTOs, data center staff and software developers better collaborate and align on business, operational and technical priorities, frameworks and choices. The company was founded by Greg Althaus, Dan Choquette and Rob Hirschfeld in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Companyon Ventures Management LLC (Companyon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Thomas John Lazay and Parthib Srivasthsan. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Cherrycircle Software, Inc. provides technology services. It offers knowledge management solution that includes material management, risk assessment and traceability, risk mitigation and control, process capability, and process flow and maps. The company was founded by Yashvinder Sabharwal and Ryan Shillington and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Inflammatix, Inc. operates molecular diagnostics company which develops rapid tests that read the immune system. The firm specializes in molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, computational immunology, in-vitro diagnostics, personalized medicine and bioinformatics. The company was founded by Purvesh Khatri, Jonathan Romanowsky and Timothy Sweeney and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Labviva, Inc. develops digital marketplace for life science products for accelerating the science of life. Its platform is built with scientists in mind to connect researchers with suppliers of reagents, chemicals and instrumentation. The firm offers biological kits, buffers and solutions, chemicals and chromatography. The company was founded by Siamak Baharloo, Nicholas Rioux and Aaron Miramontes and is headquartered in Swampscott, MA.

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. is a life sciences company that develops synthetic cells for various applications in diagnostics and therapeutics. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. The company utilizes advances in distributed manufacturing, engineering, and polymer chemistry to provide an industry-first, off-the-shelf solution for cell-like reagents that are stable, low-cost, and targeted towards a range of indications and markets. Slingshot Biosciences focuses on developing cutting-edge tools for fluorescence imaging to revolutionize how scientists explore and understand the intricate mechanisms of life. The company is committed to empowering researchers with exceptional products that enable groundbreaking discoveries and shape the future of bioscience. The company was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Kim, who has been the CEO since 2012.

Mable Wholesale, Inc. owns and operates a mobile and web-based B2B wholesale platform for retailers, brands, and distributors. Its platform connects retailers, distributors, and brands to enable product discovery, ordering, financing, and inventory management. The company was founded by Eric Carlstrom and Arik Keller in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Donaldson Co., Inc., Isolere Bio, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company that develops novel and proprietary reagents. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded in 2017 by Kelli Luginbuhl, Joseph McMahon, Ashutosh Chilkoti. Kelli Luginbuhl has been the CEO since 2017. Isolere Bio was acquired by Donaldson Co., Inc. on February 21, 2023 for $62.50 million.

Torus Biosystems, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology services. It performs DNA testing for scientific and medical research purposes. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brookline, MA.

Molecule AG is a collaborative platform that connects stakeholders in drug development to accelerate the process of bringing novel therapeutics to patients. Molecule AG is based in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland and was founded by Paul Kohlhaas, Tyler Golato, and Titian Steiger, with Paul Kohlhaas serving as the CEO since incorporation. The Swiss company turns intellectual property and its development into a liquid and easily investable asset, connecting leading researchers to investment opportunities.

Reprise, Inc. operates as a demo creation platform company. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA.