August M. Watanabe

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Twilight Venture Partners LLC (Twilight Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Jim R. Baumgardt, Harry L. Gonso, and Ronald D. Henriksen. The firm is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

QuatRx Pharmaceuticals Co. manufactures and develops therapeutic compounds. Its clinical products, ospemifene and fispemifene, treat hormone deficiencies that result from aging in women and men. The firm's preclinical program is designed to address sex steroid dependent diseases through inhibition of 17beta- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) enzymes. The company was founded by Robert Zerbe, Christopher Nicholas, and Stuart Dombey on November 20 2000 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Kalypsys, Inc. discovered and developed novel, first-in-class therapeutic agents to address unmet medical needs in respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The firm advanced its proprietary lead program, a novel, non-corticosteroid small molecule formulated for intranasal delivery, into clinical proof of concept studies. The company was founded by Pratik Shah, Jeremy S. Caldwell, Randall W. King, Kevin D. Lustig, Peter G. Schultz and Robert Downs in 2001 and was headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Endocyte, Inc. engages in the development of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. It uses a proprietary technology to create novel small molecule drug conjugates and companion imaging diagnostics for personalized targeted therapies. Its small molecule drug conjugates are actively target receptors that are over-expressed on diseased cells. The company was founded by P. Ron Ellis and Philip S. Low on December 6, 1995 and is headquartered in West Lafayette, IN.

Frazier Management LLC (Frazier Healthcare Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Frazier & Co Inc. founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Indiana University Foundation provides financial support to education and charitable causes. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Bloomington, IN.

Marcadia Biotech, Inc. develops therapeutic products for diabetes and obesity. It is a biopharmaceutical company focuses on developing a broad portfolio of drug candidates for treatment of diabetes and obesity. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Carmel, IN.