Seppo Olavi Mäkinen

MERLIN Diagnostika GmbH operates as a microbiological diagnostics company, manufactures and supplies diagnostic equipment to identify bacteria and yeasts. Its products include MICRONAUT-E, which identifies enterobacteriaceae and other gramnegative bacteria; MICRONAUT-NF that identifies non-fermenting and gram-negative bacteria; MICRONAUT-IDS, which identifies gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria; MICRONAUT-RPO that identifies gram-positive bacteria; and MICRONAUT-Candida, which identifies clinically relevant yeasts. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Bornheim-Hersel, Germany.

Exiqon A/S engages in the development of solutions for ribonucleic acid research and analysis through its Locked Nucleic Acid proprietary technology. Its products and services are used by researchers in academia, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies around the world to make discoveries about the correlation between gene activity and the development of disease. The company was founded by Mikael Ørum, Henrik Ørum and Troels Koch on November 1, 1995 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Rumen Oy provides waste treatment technology solutions. It offers composting plants for organic waste handling as well as sorting and processing plants for municipal solid waste treatment. The company is headquartered in Lahti, Finland.

MAP Medical Technologies Oy engages in the development and manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical products. It provides positron-emission tomography diagnostic agents and single-photon emission computed tomography products. The company was founded by Mika Nyyssönen and Jarmo Haukka on March 13, 1991 and is headquartered in Tikkakoski, Finland.

ilochip Bioscience A/S develops lab-on-chip technology for identification of pathogens to detect bio terror agents. The company was established in September 2001 and is headquartered in Norresundby, Denmark

ArcDia International Oy Ltd. manufactures smart grid inverters. The firm's mariAST and mariPOC platforms are based on the proprietary ArcDia TPX detection technology. Its TPX technology allows multianalyte rapid testing with fully automated and random-access test system. The company was founded by Aleksi Soini in 2008 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Ventac Partners GMBH offers life sciences consultancy services. Its consulting services include due diligence, education and training, market analysis, product development and valuation. The company was founded by Mikael Oerum in 2002 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Ginolis Oy develops and provides disposable test platforms for the global diagnostic and medical technology industries. The firm offers production and laboratory automation solutions for manufacturing, laboratories and end-user instruments. The company was founded by Teijo Ilkka Sakari Fabritius and Matti Ahti Koivu in 2010 and is headquartered in Oulunsalo, Finland.

Magnasense Technologies Oy provides a platform for lateral-flow immunochromatographic tests utilizing paramagnetic particles as a label. The firm’s products include CRP product specifications, Magnia reader and product specifications, and assay development. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Vantaa, Finaland.

BioFund Management Oy is a venture capital and private equity investment firm headquartered in Helsinki with an office in Turku and a subsidiary in Copenhagen. BioFund was founded in 1997 by Dr. Kalevi Kurkijärvi, Seppo Mäkinen and Dr. Timo Petäjä. BioFund's main investors are institutions in Finland such as insurance firms, pension funds, foundations, and the European Investment Fund. The firm manages venture capital funds.

Evondos Oy develops and manufactures medicine dispensing system. Its services include medicine dispensing robot E300, evondos mini, telecare system and multi-dose sachets. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Salo, Finland.

CBRA Genomics SA provides medical research and development services. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of clinical decision-support tools based on a patient's whole-genome sequencing. It also offers research and development services for genomics of gastric cancer. The company was founded in 2012 by Carlos Fiolhais, Carlos José Fialho da Costa Faro, Manuel Gonçalo Lopes de Almeida Quadros, Marco Costa and Nuno Arantes-Oliveira and is headquartered in Cantanhede, Portugal.

Profos AG is provides biotechnology services. It offers products for the capture, detection and decolonization of bacteria and bacterial components. The company was founded in 2009 and is located in Bernried am Starnberger See, Germany.

PartnerTech Oy developed and manufactured diagnostics equipment and hospital electronics. The company was founded in 1993 and was headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Konelab Oy manufactures clinical chemistry analyzers and modular laboratory automation systems.

Rados Technology Oy develops and markets equipment and systems for detecting and measuring of ionising radiation, radioactive contamination and nuclear waste. Its equipment is used for personnel dosimeter, environmental radiation monitoring, and nuclear waste clearance. The company was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Part of Sanofi, Pharming NV is a Belgian company that develops therapeutic products for the treatment of a range of medical indications. The company is based in Geel, Belgium. Pharming was acquired by Genzyme Corp., a subsidiary of Sanofi from Pharming Group NV on October 30, 2001.

Labmaster Oy manufactures and distributes diagnostic tools for applications in functional food research and routine clinical diagnostics. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Turku, Finland.

Fluilogic Oy develops and produces micro and nanoliter dispensing modules for applications which are used in precise liquid handling in global markets. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

VideoVisit Oy engages in the provision of digital telehealth solutions. It offers remote care platform that offers all necessary tools for social and healthcare service providers to deliver care beyond hospital walls including VideoVisit HOME, VideoVisit LIVE, and VideoVisit REMOTE. The company was founded by Esa Ojala and Juhana Ojala in 2010 and is headquartered in Finland.

Mérieux Equity Partners SAS (Mérieux Equity Partners or MxEP) is a Private Equity and Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Mérieux Développement SASU founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Lyon, France, with additional offices across the country.

RSP Systems A/S provides non-invasive solutions for sugar and insulin blood level measurements. Its products are used to make measurements of molecules in terms of identification and quantities. The company was founded by Olav Storm Kjestrup, Stefan Banke, and Morten Henneberg in May 2006 and is headquartered in Odense, Denmark

Part of ValiRx Plc, ValiRx Finland Oy provides medical and clinical services, and distributes pharmaceutical drug preparations. The company is based in Oulu, Finland. ValiRx Finland was acquired by ValiRx Plc on August 18, 2011.

Part of Med Group Oy, Med Group Holding Oy functions as an investment holding Finnish company. The company is based in Vantaa, Finland.

Lino Biotech AG provides foal molography technology. It is a novel label-free biosensor platform for direct imaging of biomolecular interactions in living cells. The company was founded by Mirko Stange, Volker Gatterdam, and Andreas Fruter and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Klinik Healthcare Solutions Oy operates a health website that helps consumers to identify their health issues, gives guidance about treatment, and connects to health specialists. It also offers a marketing platform for health products, devices, over-the-counter medications, and health professionals. The company was founded by Hannu Sakari Nissinen and Petteri Matias Hirvonen on March 1, 2013 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.