Ervin Veszprémi

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Media Arts Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets artistic products based on the works of artist Thomas Kinkade. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Roche Pharmaceuticals provides research and development services in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. It also provides diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation. The company is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.

Calliditas Therapeutics Suisse SA engages in the development of NOX therapies. Its platform enables the identification of orally available small-molecules that selectively inhibit specific NOX enzymes, which amplify multiple disease processes such as fibrosis, inflammation, pain processing, cancer development, and neurodegeneration. The company was founded Chihiro Yabe, Robert A. Clark, David Lambeth, and Karl-Heinz Krause in 2006 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Alkahest, Inc. operates as biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing of treatments for neurodegenerative and age-related diseases. The company is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

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.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. Its products include influenza fighter Tamiflu, controversial acne medication Accutane, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, obesity drug Xenical, and hepatitis C therapy Pegasys. The company was founded in 1896 Roche and is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.

Merial Animal Health Ltd. produces pharmaceutical products and vaccines for livestock, pets, and wildlife. Its products include livestock parasite-fighting ivomec, frontline flea and tick treatments for cats and dogs, and anti-inflammatory ketofen. Merial Animal Health operates its business in more than 150 countries. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Harlow, UK.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP provides legal services. The firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. It represents clients on IP issues related to international trade, portfolio management, Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. The company was founded by Marcus Finnegan and Douglas Henderson on March 1, 1965 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Diagnostics KK is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells medical equipment. The private company is based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded in 1932. The CEO is Shin Ogasawara.

REGiMMUNE Corp. develops solutions for treating immune disorders. Its focus is on the discovery, development, and commercialization of immune regulatory therapeutics to treat life-threatening and debilitating conditions, including allergies, autoimmune diseases and transplantation. The firm's platform technology, reVax, induces immune tolerance in an antigen-specific manner through pharmacological induction of regulatory T (Treg) cells. It also develops products for preventing inhibitor formation in enzyme replacement therapies (ERT) and for celiac disease with undisclosed partners. The company was founded by Yasuyuki Ishii on March 3, 2006 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

La Jolla Playhouse, Inc. provides educational opportunities for children, teens, and adults interested in theatre arts. The company was founded by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer in 1947 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

The Broad Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of research and development in biomedicals to cure infectious disease. Its scientific areas include chemical biology and therapeutics, genome regulation, cellular circuity and epigenomics, medical and population genetics, and metabolism. The company was founded by Eric S. Lander, Eli Broad and Edythe Broad in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ascendant Venture LLC (Ascendant Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Nexvet Australia Pty Ltd. operates as a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops and distributes medicines for companion animals. The firm focuses on transforming the therapeutic market by developing and commercializing novel biologic therapies, including products derived from its PETization technology. PETization is designed to rapidly create monoclonal antibodies that are recognized as “self” by a patient’s immune system. The company was founded by Mark Heffernan, Christopher Nigel Brown and David Gearing in February 2010 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Aristo Pharma GmbH produces drugs and medical devices. It offers acid blocker, anticonvulsant drugs, antiinfektiva, coronary and hormone therapeutics, neuroleptics, painkillers, respiratory, urological drugs, anti-inflammatories, antidementives, antimycotics, diabetes, hypnotics, oncologics, phytopharmaceuticals, sedatives, virustatics, atiallergies, antidepressants, asthma therapeutics, gastrointestinal, lipid reducers, osteoperosis, sychhoanaleptics, skin and mucos drugs, vitamins, antibiotics, antiepileptics, contraceptives, hair growth, muscle relaxants, psychotropic drugs, and thyroid therapeutics. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Balance Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to address conditions of intellectual disability. Its pharmacological approach, based on technology licensed from Stanford University, hypothesizes that restoring the proper balance between inhibition and excitation at the neuronal synapse by antagonizing excessive inhibitory circuits could result in the appropriate plasticity for memory and learning to occur in many conditions of intellectual disability. The company was founded by Lyndon Lien, Craig Garner and Daniel Wetmore in 2009 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Neuropore Therapies, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical services. It also offers alpha-synuclein (ASYN), amyloid beta, autophagy, and publications programs. The company was founded by Eliezer Masliah in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

DTx Pharma, Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology solutions. It focuses on the utilization of fatty acids to enable the delivery of RNA therapeutics to tissues and organ systems beyond the liver. The company was founded by Arthur T. Suckow, John Grundy, and Adam Pavlicek in August 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Landsbréf Icelandic Tourism Fund I slhf. invests in companies located in Iceland. The fund targets companies operating in the consumer services sector, and industries such as tourism, hotels, and recreational products. It provides financing for early, later, and growth-stage capital requirements for companies with enterprise values between ISK 4 and 5 million. The fund makes follow-up investments and co-investments. It looks to take minority stake positions in its investments, as well as a seat on the board.

Hilltop Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotech company that develops room temperature allograft therapies for veterinary applications. It offers ophthalmic, orthopedic, wounds and surgical products. The company was founded by Amanda Drobnis and is headquartered in Norton, MA.