Bob Kavner

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

PhysioLogic Devices, Inc. provides treatment for people with type 1 diabetes. It develops implantable intraperitoneal closed-loop artificial pancreas which eliminates the need for testing blood sugars and taking insulin through the skin. The company was founded by Peter Lord and is headquartered in Alpine, CA.

Surf Bio, Inc. is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company that develops enhanced therapeutic solutions for various therapeutic areas, including diabetes, oncology, infectious diseases, and gene therapy. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA, and was founded by Jennifer Schneider and Bryan Mazlish. The company leverages a novel biotechnology platform and a breakthrough drug stabilization technology developed in the Appel lab. The technology enables a reduction of refrigeration requirements, transition from IV to subcutaneous therapy, and novel pharmaceutical formulations. Surf Bio was launched by the founders of Bigfoot Biomedical and Mode AGC. Bryan Mazlish has been the CEO since incorporation.

American Diabetes Association provides diabetes related medical services. It funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Velocity Pharmaceutical Development LLC develops pharmaceutical drugs. It identifies drug candidates, target markets and designing and managing outsourced clinical trials. The firm seeks to acquire promising drug candidates, generally within a year of their entering human clinical trials or after initial human clinical data have been generated. The company was founded by David Collier, Ed Schnipper, Jim Larrick and Andy Perlman in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Gynesonics, Inc. provides medical devices for women's health. It offers VizAblate System for the transcervical treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids under intrauterine ultrasound guidance. The company was founded by Jessica grossman in 2005 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

NeuroHealing Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops drug therapies for the post-acute and chronic neuro-rehabilitation patients. Its products include NH001, a dopaminergic agent to help post traumatic brain injury patients to emerge from a coma, vegetative, or minimally consciousness state, NH004, a treatment for the social debilitating condition of sialorrhea, a non-motor complaint of Parkinson's disease patients and NH02D, an orally administered drug for on-demand treatment of premature ejaculation, a male sexual disorder affecting sexually active men. The company was founded by Esteban Fridman and Daniel Katzman in 2003 and is headquartered in Waban, MA.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops broad-spectrum antifungal agents for the treatment of life-threatening fungal infections. The firm's compound APX001, shows broad-spectrum activity in animal models of invasive fungal infection by common species of Candida and Aspergillus. It develops oral and injectable anti-infective drugs, including protease inhibitors and antibiotics. The company was founded by André Marquis, Mitchell W. Mutz and Gerry Crabtree in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Life Science Angels (Life Science Angels) is a venture capital subsidiary of Life Science Angels, Inc. founded in 2004 by Allan W. May, Greg B. Scott and J. Casey McGlynn. The firm is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

VeraLight, Inc. develops noninvasive technologies for the disease detection and health monitoring of diabetes epidemics. It offers a noninvasive diabetes screening system designed to provide a method for screening pre-diabetes based on the presence of diabetes-related biomarkers found in skin. The company was founded by David Van Avermaete and John Maynard in October 2004 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Cartilix, Inc. develops surgical devices and associated biomaterials to treat focal cartilage defects in joints. Its technology is used in wound sealing solutions, spinal disc regeneration, and other biological interfaces. The company was founded by Frank Huerta, Norman A. Marcus, and Jennifer Elisseeff in July 2004 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA

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.

Medtronic Spine LLC develops medical devices for invasive therapies. It designs, manufactures and markets instruments used in therapies for the restoration of spinal anatomy. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Hamilton Hall LLC provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

CityGrid Media LLC provides local business advertising solutions. The firm offers information on businesses, restaurants, spas, hotels, and retail. It helps people make informed decisions about where to spend their time and money by delivering trusted content, local expertise, and useful tools. The company was founded by Thomas H. Layton, Yen Lee, and Steve Glenn in 1995 and is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA.

Overture Services, Inc. provides commercial search services on the Internet. It used to provide search-driven targeted advertising services to its customers. It also used to distributes text-based advertising based on keywords that typically appears next to online content. It also used to operates the AltaVista.com and AlltheWeb.com web sites. It was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003. It was founded in the year 1997. It was headquartered in Pasadena, CA.