Deborah A. Eppstein

Specialized Health Products International, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary disposable medical devices for clinician and patient safety. Its products include LiftLoc, PowerLoc, and MiniLoc Safety Infusion Set, SecureLoc Safety Introducer Needle, SafeStep Huber Needle Set, and Monoject Bone Marrow Biospy Needles. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Bountiful, UT.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

US Food & Drug Administration operates agencies to protect health and human services. It protects and promotes public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, cosmetics, animal foods and feed and veterinary products. The company was founded by Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley on 30th June, 1906 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, MD.

National Institutes Of Health conducts & supports peer-reviewed medical research and science. The firm's scientists & researchers investigate on different ways to prevent diseases as well as the causes, treatments and cures for common and rare diseases. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

Navigen, Inc. operates as a drug discovery and development company. The company was founded by Hunter Jackson and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Catheter Connections, Inc. develops vascular access products. Its flagship product DualCap, designed to protect patients from acquiring infections during intravenous infusion therapy. It disinfects both IV tubing end connectors and needle-free valves. The company was founded by Michael W. Howlett, James Mercer, Vicki Farrar, and Robert Hitchcock in 2008 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Texas Water Alliance Ltd. supplies and distributes water. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Duff & Phelps LLC provides financial advising and investment banking services. It's consulting and investment banking services include financial reporting and tax valuation, fixed asset and real estate consulting, M&A advisory, fairness and solvency opinions, ESOP and ERISA advisory services, legal business solutions and dispute consulting. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

The Texas Water Co. engages in the supply of water services. Its service area surrounds Canyon Lake and includes approximately 250 square miles within Comal County and southern Blanco County. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in New Braunfels, TX.

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its lead product candidate, ITCA 650, is currently in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The firm’s platform technology is a proprietary subcutaneous delivery system that involves a matchstick-size, miniature osmotic pump implanted sub-dermally to provide continuous and consistent drug therapy, and the company’s proprietary formulation technology, which maintains stability of therapeutic proteins and peptides at human body temperatures for long extended periods of time. The company was founded by Mark Moran in June 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Blackswan Vascular, Inc. manufactures vascular medical devices. The private company is based in Hayward, CA. The company was founded in 2017 by Sanjay Shrivastava. The CEO is Suresh Pai.

Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. provides specialty formulations of human milk for the nutritional needs of premature and critically ill infants. Its products include Prolact+ H2MF, Prolact+4, Prolact+6, Prolact+8, Prolact+10 and Neo20. The company was founded by Elena Taggart Medo in1999 and is headquartered in Duarte, CA.

M2Gen Corp. provides informatics-based solutions to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of personalized medicine. Its solutions include Total Cancer Care Protocol and ORIEN Avatar. The company was founded by William S. Dalton in 2006 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Toucan Capital Fund III LP seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States, primarily in the Mid Atlantic region. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of life science and advanced technology. It provides equity financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of $0.1 and $5 million. It acts as a lead investor, considers co-investments and makes follow-on investments.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc. provides research & contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. The firm operates as National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center. The company was founded by Lee H. Moffitt in 1981 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Vet-Stem, Inc. develops and tests veterinary pharmaceuticals. The firm develops therapies in veterinary medicine that apply regenerative technologies while utilizing the natural healing properties inherent in animals. It offers veterinarian consultation, collection and shipping system, training materials, protocols and information for utilization of regenerative cell therapy, and literature references and background information services .The company was founded by Robert J. Harman and Michael Dale in 2002 and is headquartered in Poway, CA.

Toucan Capital Fund II LP, an SBIC fund, seeks investment opportunities in companies located in the United States, primarily in the Mid Atlantic region. The fund focuses on companies operating in the fields of life science and advanced technology. It provides equity financing for seed, early and later stage capital requirements with an investment size of $0.1 and $5 million. It acts as a lead investor, considers co-investments and makes follow-on investments.

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.