Steve Barnard

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Payveris LLC provides online and mobile payment solutions. It also offers full service online bill pay and interbank transfer solutions for financial institutions and service providers. The company was founded by Francis P. Duggan and Louis Hernandez Jr. and is headquartered in Cromwell, CT.

Accele Biopharma, Inc. (Accele Biopharma) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Aeromics, Inc. operates as a preclinical company that develops clinical candidate targeting a molecular water channel for the treatment of cerebral edema (brain swelling) in stroke. It offers AER-271, a drug candidate that blocks aquaporin-4 (AQP4), the molecular water channel found at the blood-brain barrier and controls of cerebral edema in models for ischemic stroke, cardiac arrest, and water toxicity and blocks edema in models of cardiac ischemia and transplant. The company was founded by Marc F. Pelletier and Walter F. Boron in 2008 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Device42, Inc. engages in the provision of data center infrastructure management software solutions. Its products include Device42 DCIM/ CMBD, IT for operations, and for transformation. The company was founded by Rajneesh Jalan and Steve Shwartz in 2010 and is headquartered in West Haven, CT.

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.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

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.

Aventri, Inc. provides software for cloud-based analytics for end to end event management and venue sourcing. It offers event management software, meetings management, mobile events app, venue sourcing, survey solutions, and email marketing. The firm serves education, financial services, technology, media, automotive, and airlines sectors. The company was founded by Leonora Valvo in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

DiA Imaging Analysis Ltd. operates as an imaging processing software company. It technology is based on a platform of proprietary algorithms that enable automatic detection of the heart’s ventricle walls borders. The firm’s platform enables the evaluation of echo images to be fully automated. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Be'er Sheva, Israel.

Epic Sciences, Inc. develops novel diagnostics to the treatment and management of cancer. It develops sensitive diagnostic tests to molecularly characterize circulating tumor cells in the blood. The firm also offers fluid-phase biopsy that identifies rare cell of interest in the blood; and provides cancer management through earlier diagnosis, staging and therapeutic selections. The company was founded by David M. Nelson in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

ActualMeds Corp. provides web-based solutions to facilitate patient data collection and automate coordination. It offers real-time comprehensive medication management solutions and medication reconciliation for health plans, accountable care organizations, patient centered medical homes and pharmacy benefit managers. The firm provides medication management in patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, congestive heart failure and diabetes and older adult patients who typically have multiple chronic conditions and the most complex therapeutic regimens. The company was founded by Patricia S. Meisner, Anne Marie Biernacki and Patricia J. Neafsey in February 2009 and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

Maravai Life Sciences, Inc. provides investment services. It focuses on acquiring companies and products in the diagnostics and life sciences industry. The company was founded by Carl W. Hull and Eric Tardiff in March 18, 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

LifeSci Index Partners LLC (LSIP) is an independent investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was co-founded by Paul Yook, Andrew McDonald and Michael Rice in 2014. LSIP is an index provider of healthcare-based stock market indices and also serves as the investment sub-advisor for the BioShares exchange traded funds.

Invest Michigan (Invest Michigan) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Northville, Michigan.

OdinText, Inc. provides plug and play intelligence tools for ecommerce merchants and disruptor brands to better understand their customers and businesses. The company was founded by Andy Greenwalt and Tom H. C. Anderson in 2015 and is headquartered in Fairfield, CT.

Paygilant Ltd. develops an electronic payments platform. Its include ecommerce, digital wallet providers, crypto wallets and financial institutions. The company was founded by Nachshon Margaliot, Ori Einhorn and Yuval Raz and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Gemshelf, Inc. operates as a software services company that works at the intersection of information problems and software solutions. It offers GemShelf, a centralized knowledge base for all content, including documents, videos, Web links, articles, photos, books, and directories of people and organizations. The company was founded by Sedarius Tekara Perrotta and Colin Kennedy in 2014 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Bactana Corp. develops microbes for animal health. Its products are used to trigger modifications to an animal’s immunometabolism to boost productivity and promoting good health. The company was founded by John A. Kallassy and Rodrigo Bicalho in 2016 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

LifeSci Venture Partners (LifeSci Venture Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of LifeSci Index Partners LLC founded in 2017 by Paul Inho Yook. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Covr Financial Technologies LLC operates digital personal insurance platform. It digital platform provides way to research, compare, shop for and buy insurance from providers. The company was founded by Todd Ruplinger in 2013 and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

Aureus Analytics Ltd. provides big data analytics platform for understanding customers, business risks and operational efficiencies in insurance, banking and healthcare sectors. It offers statistical and analytical platform that allows business users and analysts to work with the data than on the data. The company was founded by Nitin Purohit, Anurag Shah and Ashish Tanna in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Iviva Medical, Inc. develops autologous tissue to serve kidney diseases. The company was founded by Harald C Ott and is headquartered in Beverly, MA.

Chorus Labs LLC operates as a software company that creates tools for the modern workplace. Its product Baton is a task and project management application, encouraging users to delegate everything by passing the baton. The company was founded by Justin Reid Briggs and Matthew Sartin in 2012 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK.

Prime Movers Lab LLC (Prime Movers Lab) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Dakin Sloss. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Deep Science Ventures Ltd. (Deep Science Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded 2016 by Mark Hammond and Dominic Falcão. The firm is headquartered in Essex, United Kingdom.

Elevian, Inc. develops medicines that restore youthful regenerative capacity. The company was founded by Mark J. F. Allen, Sebastian Giwa, Peter H. Diamandis, Brock C. Reeve, and Luis Alvarez and is headquartered in Allston, MA.

Fintron LLC engages in the provision of banking, and financial services. It also provides financial freedom and security for the digital generation through better education, affordable financial products, and philanthropic give-back programs. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Rellevate, Inc. is a financial services company that offers a full-featured digital account to manage day-to-day finances. The company is based in Stamford, CT. Rellevate was founded by Stewart A. Stockdale, Mark Forster, and Greg Schneider, and Stewart A. Stockdale has been the CEO since incorporation. The company is dedicated to empowering consumers to access, move, and use their money anytime, anywhere. Rellevate is a leader and one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the employer and public sector disbursement industry.

Holisto Ltd. engages in the provision of hotel reservation services. It offers online hotel selection and reservation. The company was founded by Eran Shust and Avi Wortzel in 2015 and is headquartered in Rishon LeZion, Israel.

Cyber SecBI Ltd. provides cyber security solutions. The firm specializes in security operations centre soc, investigation, cyber security, start up and orchestration. The company was founded by Ziv Ambar, Doron Davidson, and Alex Vaystikh in 2014 and is headquartered in Beer Sheva, Israel.