Robert A. Figler

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Scitent, Inc. provides eLearning solutions. It helps nonprofits, associations, healthcare organizations and for-profit organizations foster and grow their eLearning business. The company was founded by Lawrence W. Gimple, Ralph S. Buckley and Debra K. McMahon in 1995 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Greenleaf Corp. manufactures and develops cutting tool products. It specializes in tungsten carbide and ceramic inserts as well as toolholding systems. The company is headquartered in Saegertown, PA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Dynamic Literacy LLC provides research based computer software, workshops, and printed materials.It engages in vocabulary, language, and reading comprehension for students. The company was founded by Rollin David Larrick in 2002 and headquartered in Lake Junaluska, NC.

Part of Foundation Energy Co. LLC, Foundation Energy Management LLC is a manager and operator of onshore oil and gas producing properties. The company is based in Dallas, TX. The company's strategy is to acquire, exploit, and develop assets on behalf of its institutional partners. Operating in ten states, the company manages oil and gas assets for institutional investors. The company was founded in 2005 by Eddie W. Rhea, who has been the CEO since 2005.

Woods Rogers PLC provides legal counsel services. It is a full services offers business and corporate law, labor and employment law, and litigation, tax, and trusts and estates. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Roanoke, VA.

The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sharp Edge Labs, Inc. develops biosensors to the cellular biology research community. It operates as a assay development company that offers products and services for drug discovery. The firm offers fluorogenic activating protein, which provides accurate and detailed detection method for cellular changes that is amendable to high-throughput screening and detailed follow-up. The company was founded by Alan S. Waggoner and Marcel P. Bruchez in 2010 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

L-Nutra, Inc. develops nutri-technologies that mimic the effects of fasting, to enhance the body?s natural ability to rejuvenate itself and promote longevity. The company was founded by Valter Longo and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Senscio Systems, Inc. develops digital health solutions that provide information and support for consumers and clinicians. It offers Ibis solution, which provides a clinical safety net that enables care in the least restrictive setting for people with complex clinical, social, and behavioral conditions. The firm’s Ibis recognizes emerging health issues and care gaps in real time, provides self-care protocols, and alerts the care team to early intervention opportunities, avoiding the need for hospitalization using patent-pending artificial intelligence. The company was founded by Pilai De, Hugh Franklin Stoddart and Hugh A. Stoddart in 2010 and is headquartered in Boxborough, MA.

Alertgy, Inc. engages in the development of a device for diabetes. Its product, Alerty GM, is a wristband that works with a mobile application to measure blood sugar. The company was founded by Marc E. Rippen and is headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

Basys.Ai LLC is a healthcare platform that utilizes generative AI to simplify prior authorization and utilization management. The platform promotes transparency and collaboration among healthcare insurers, providers, and other stakeholders to reduce administrative and medical costs and improve healthcare outcomes. The American company was founded by Amber Nigam and Jie Sun, with Amber Nigam serving as CEO since incorporation.

Theromics, Inc. is a medical device technology company that is developing a next-generation thermal accelerant technology for soft tissue ablation procedures and combination therapy. The company is based in West Bridgewater, MA. The company's proprietary heatsync™ gel is based on a protein naturally found in the body and may increase cost-efficiencies and improve outcomes through more focused and patient-centric delivery. The company will first focus on tumor ablations and then expand into additional applications, including pain and abnormal uterine bleeding. Longer-term, Theromics plans to apply its thermal technology for use as an oncolytic intratumoral drug/immunotherapy delivery platform with the potential to enhance efficacy and improve safety profiles of currently approved medicines. The company was founded by Damian E. Dupuy, William Keun Chan Park. The CEO is Ron Murphy.

Maroon Venture Partners LLC (Maroon Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Altrixbio, Inc. develops novel drugs that target metabolic diseases. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company was founded in 2019 by Ali Tavakkoli, Jeffrey Karp, Nancy Briefs. Nancy Briefs has been the CEO since 2019.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Research Laboratories Massachusetts LLC is a pharmaceutical company that provides free medicines and adult vaccines to qualified patients through their Merck Patient Assistance Program. The company is based in Boston, MA and is a part of Merck & Co., Inc. and its affiliates. The company also offers information about insurance coverage and financial assistance options for eligible patients. The company conducts clinical trials and provides medical information covering thousands of topics in all fields of medicine through their Merck Manuals. Additionally, they report on their commitment to operating responsibly to benefit society through their corporate responsibility program, which includes their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report. Merck for Mothers is an initiative to create a world where no woman has to die giving life.

Charlottesville Venture Group is a non-profit organization that provides education and resources for entrepreneurs. The non-profit company is based in Charlottesville, VA.

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd. develops novel medicines for global markets. It licenses preclinical and early clinical compounds from global pharmaceutical companies, focusing on oncology, respiratory and inflammation diseases and uses the high quality and efficient development resources available across Asia to progress the drugs through clinical development. The company was founded by Carl Aslan Jason Morton Firth, Mark McHale and Jeffrey Tomlinson in 2010 and is headquartered in Singapore.

SoundPipe LLC provides health care services. It offers GUIDE-Tx platform is an intravascular ultrasound system that using a catheter mounted ultrasound device to image the vessel and improves drug delivery. The company was founded by Joseph P. Kilroy in 2013 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

American Heart Association, Inc. operates a voluntary health organization funded by private contributions. The organization offers services for coronary heart diseases and strokes, high blood cholesterol & physical inactivity, obesity, and diabetes. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Faeth Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in TX. The American company focuses on developing precision therapies for metabolic oncology using a machine-learning platform and a metabolic regimen involving the patient's diet. Faeth's lead program combines FTH-001 and FTH-003 with an insulin suppressing regimen to slow tumor growth by shutting down the PI3K/MTOR pathway. The company's scientific founders include Drs. Lew Cantley, Sid Mukherjee, and Karen Vousden. Anand Parikh has been the CEO since incorporation.

Rubedo Life Sciences, Inc. develops intelligent drug platform to design unique, targeted and controlled therapies for age-related diseases. The company was founded by Marco Quarta, Mark Gallop and Julian Klein in 2018 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley, CA.

Khosla Ventures LLC (Khosla Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.