Thomas H. Braden

4-D Neuroimaging engages in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling medical imaging systems to medical institutions. Its medical imaging system allows physicians to monitor the body functions and provides an important tool to unravel how the brain functions. The company develops Magnetoencephalography systems to measure magnetic fields created by the human body for the noninvasive diagnosis of certain medical disorders, primarily in the brain. 4-D Neuroimaging was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sands Capital Management LLC (Sands Capital) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. The firm was founded in 1992 by Frank Sands and is majority owned by Sands Capital Management LP. Sands Capital provides investment management services to both US and non-US clients who have different tax statuses, often depending on the jurisdiction.

Viridos, Inc. develops and commercializes genomic-driven solutions and products. The firm's offerings are designed for application in solutions such as human health, food, water production, and environment. The company was founded by J. Craig Venter, Hamilton O. Smith, David C. Kiernan and Juan Enriquez-Cabot in February 2005 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Spinal Modulation, Inc. engages in the development of spinal cord stimulator systems for the treatment of chronic intractable pain. It offers Spinal Modulation Axium neurostimulator system, which is an intraspinal neuromodulation therapy that stimulates the dorsal root ganglion to provide pain management. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Daniel H. Kim in 2004 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Becton, Dickinson & Co., IMED Corp is a surgical and medical instruments company. The company is based in San Diego, CA. IMED was acquired by CareFusion 303, Inc. on October 18, 1993.

MP Biomedicals LLC manufactures and sells biotechnology research products. Its products include adsorbents, antibodies and immunoreagents, apoptosis, biochemicals and reagents, culture media and reagents, kits and assays, lab detergents and sanitizers, labware and instruments, proteins, enzymes, and peptides, radiochemicals, rare and fine chemicals, and research diets. The company was founded by Milan Paninc in 1959 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

RBC Capital Markets LLC is a full-service brokerage and financial services firm headquartered in New York City. They are a direct subsidiary of RBC USA Holdco Corp. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (TSE, NYSE: RY). Founded in 2010, the firm is comprised of 3 major business lines: the Private Client Group, the Fixed-Income Group and the Clearing and Execution Services Group. The Private Client Group serves individual investors, while the Fixed-Income Group provides services to institutions, municipalities and non-profit organizations. The Clearing and Execution Services Group is a provider of clearing and execution services to independent brokers/dealers throughout the US. RBC Capital Markets focuses on the following sectors: communications, media, consumer/retail, diversified industries, energy, financial institutions, forest products, healthcare, infrastructure finance, mining & metals, real estate, social infrastructure, technology and the US municipal markets.

Labcyte, Inc. operates as a biotechnology tools company that manufactures and markets echo liquid handling systems. It offers liquid handling, automation and consumables. The company was founded by Richard Nathan Ellson and Mark D. Fischer-Colbrie and A. Mark Bramwell in October 2003 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Eurofins DiscoverX Corp. develops, manufactures, and commercializes reagents and complete cell-based assay kits and provides profiling and screening services as well as other turnkey solutions for the drug discovery, screening, and life science markets. Its products include cell lines, target engagement assays, biochemical assays, detection reagents, cell culture kits, reagents, and consumables, ligands, and inhibitors, and retroviruses and cloning vectors. The company was founded by Pyare Khanna and Fabrice Plasson in January 2000 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services engages in the provision of security brokerage services. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Pearl Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. It offers respiratory product development, high quality therapies for COPD, Asthma and treatment and prevention of chronic respiratory diseases and asthma. The company was founded in 2006 by Sarvajna Dwivedi and is headquartered in Redwood City, 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.

Part of Glidewell Laboratories, Inc., IOS Technologies, Inc. is a company that manufactures and markets digital dental measuring and scanning systems. The company is based in San Diego, CA. IOS Technologies was acquired by Glidewell Laboratories, Inc. on August 31, 2012.

Tonbo Biotechnologies Corp. provides cell analysis reagents for use in in-vitro cell assays and protocols. It offers antibodies and reagents, recombinant proteins, PCR reagents, and research focus as well as technical support and custom and bulk reagents. The company was founded by Todd R. Nelson and john Miller in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Emulate, Inc. owns and operates Organs-on-Chips platform which acts as an automated human bioemulation platform for mimicking true human physiology. The firm's product responses to medicines, chemicals, and diseases can be predicted. The company was founded by James Coon, Donald Ingber and Geraldine Hamilton in July 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Vizgen, Inc. engages in business of biotechnology. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ultivue, Inc. engages in provision of biotechnology services. It offers super-resolution imaging, single-molecule and diagnostics services. Its product Multiplex IHC Reagent Kits, a performance marker multiplexing detection and analysis.The company was founded by Peng Yin, David Walt and Ralf Jumgmann in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hawthorne Effect, Inc. provides medical diagnostic tools. It specializes in clinical trials, patient engagement, mobile healthcare, home health, patient experience, clinical research, gig economy, and health tech. The company was founded by Jodi Akin in 2014 and is headquartered in Alamo, CA.