Ariel Fishman

The American Association of Blood Banks is a professional organization dedicated to advancing the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. The non-profit company is based in Bethesda, MD and has subsidiaries in Puerto Rico. The association provides accreditation and certification programs for blood banks and transfusion services, as well as educational resources and advocacy efforts.

NYBC Ventures (NYBC Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of New York Blood Center Inc founded in 2022. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part of SS & C Technologies Holdings, Inc., SS & C GlobeOp is a company that provides alternative fund management services. The company is based in New York, NY.

SS&C Technologies, Inc. develops investment and financial management software solutions. It products and services include asset management platform, genesis, outsourcing, portfolio exchange, advisor ware, agency lenders, Altair, common diamond wealth platform, recon, risk reporting, SVC and Syncova. The firm offers services to the commercial lenders, corporate treasury groups, insurance and pension funds, municipal finance groups and real estate property managers. The company was founded by William C. Stone in February 1986 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

California Cryobank LLC provides donor sperm, private semen cryopreservation and reproductive services. The firm provides donor matching consultation, genetic counseling, family planning, vial buy-back and exchange, and directed donor services. The company was founded by Charles A. Sims and Cappy M. Rothman in 1977 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Roche Co., Ltd. manufactures pharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Gwangju, South Korea. The CEOs are Dong-Ki Lee, Jung Choi. The South Korean company was founded in 2009.

Catena Biosciences, Inc. is an American biotech company that was founded in May 2021. The company is based in El Cerrito, CA. The company is based on technology developed in the Doudna and Francis labs at the University of California, Berkeley. Catena Biosciences' patented technology, called the Catenase platform, allows the construction of biomolecules that are currently unobtainable using modern manufacturing techniques. The platform has applications across multiple therapeutic areas, with an initial focus in oncology. The company is the recipient of an NIH SBIR grant and the American Cancer Society's BrightEdge Golden Ticket at UC's Bakar Labs. The company was founded in 2020 by Marco Lobba, Gregorio Guillen, Matthew B. Francis. Marco Lobba has been the CEO since 2020.

Kalocyte, Inc. operates as a pre-clinical stage healthcare biotech company. It provides artificial red blood cell substitutes used for trauma care related services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Thymmune Therapeutics is a preclinical biotechnology company located in the US that is developing a machine learning-enabled thymic cell engineering platform to restore normal immune function in aging and disease. The American company's approach in ipsc-thymic cell manufacturing can generate off-the-shelf cells at scale. Thymmune is developing a pipeline of therapies to treat immunodeficiencies, transplant-related, and autoimmune diseases. The company has strong IP positioning and is backed by early investors and founders of successful high-profile biotechnology companies.

MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

CureDuchenne Ventures LLC (CureDuchenne Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of CureDuchenne, founded in 2014 by Debra Miller. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Rarebase, PBC is a biotech company that is dedicated to discovering and developing medicines for rare diseases. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA and was founded by Onno Faber and Omid Karkouti. The company has a product engine that is designed to discover treatments for hundreds of monogenic diseases simultaneously. Rarebase has already uncovered potential treatments for hundreds of rare diseases and has built a "drug-gene atlas" to enable AI-driven drug discovery. Onno Faber has been the CEO since incorporation.

Aronora, Inc. operates as an early clinical stage translational biopharmaceutical company. It researches and develops proprietary biological therapeutics. The company was founded by Andras Gruber and Erik I. Tucker and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

EMD Serono, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical firm. The firm develops recombinant prescription medicines. Its therapies include neurology and immunology, metabolic endocrinology, fertility, and oncology. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Rockland, MA.

Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops biopharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis. It develops parathyroid hormone analogs for the treatment of bone diseases, which are characterized by deficits in bone formation, including osteoporosis, orthopedic conditions and renal bone disease. The company was founded by Paul Morley and Godfrey Marchand in 2000 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Locust Walk Partners LLC provides commercial supporting and advisory services. The firm involves in securities-related transactions for clients, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements & mezzanine financings and partnerships involving equity investments. The company was founded by Geoff Meyerson and Joseph Mohr in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Mesentech, Inc. engages in the development of drug conjugate that delivers medicines selectively to the bone. Its bone anabolic drug conjugates are used as a treatment for renal osteodystrophy, osteogenesis imperfecta, and Duchenne associated osteoporosis. The company was founded by Robert Young, Ian McBeath, Michael Underhill, Pieter R. Cullis, and Fabio Rossi and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

AZTherapies, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease and ischemic stroke treatments. Its product pipelines include ALZT-OP1, ALZT-OP2, AZHALER-D, and ALZT-QoL. The company was founded by David R. Elmaleh in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

US Fertility LLC is the largest physician-owned and physician-led integrated network of top-tier IVF/fertility practices in the United States. US Fertility and Ovation Fertility, a national network of premier IVF laboratories, are united under a shared mission to deliver the joy of parenthood through advanced reproductive medicine and innovative science. US Fertility supports over 200 physicians by leveraging collective expertise, driving innovation, and providing advanced business and digital solutions that streamline and enhance the delivery of exceptional patient care. The company is based in Rockville, MD, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers comprehensive fertility-market-focused non-clinical, administrative, and technical platforms that help domestic and international practices improve patient outcomes and increase profitability. The company has helped more than 225,000 individuals and couples build their families using assisted reproductive technology. Richard Jennings has been the CEO of the company since 2023.