Robert Spignesi

Part of GWA LLC, Quaker Partners LLC is a venture capital fund. The company is based in Hartford, CT.

Phoenix S&T, Inc. develops and sells injection molded nanospray devices. It offers and markets high-throughput, robust manual and automated micro/nanospray single and dual-column sources, as well as column heaters, column heat controllers, and non-clogging nanospray emitters to deliver excellent micro/nanoLC/MS performance in proteomics and biomarker discovery research. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Chester, PA.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Fordham University provides college and university. It offers undergraduate colleges and graduate & professional schools. The company was founded in 1841 and is headquartered in Bronx, NY.

University City Science Center provides physical space, resources and other support to the community. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is a trade association that represents various entities in the life sciences industry, including biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, research, and investment companies, as well as service providers. The non-profit company is based in Wayne, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The organization unifies innovators in the state to make Pennsylvania a leader in the life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA aims to create a business and public policy environment that encourages and incentivizes the diverse life sciences economy in Pennsylvania. Christopher P. Molineaux has been the CEO of the company since 2009.

Helomics Corp. provides cancer care development and treatment consulting services. Its products include chemoFx, biospeciFx, geneFx colon and geneFx lung. It also offers research and development services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Quaker Partners Management LP (Quaker Partners Mgmt) is a venture capital subsidiary of Independence Capital Partners Inc founded in 2002 by Ira Mark Lubert and Paul Sherrill Neff. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and fabricates drugs. The firm’s pipeline products are based on proprietary XTEN half-life extension, Antibody-XTEN-Drug Conjugate, ProTIA pro-drug and bispecific T-cell engager platform technologies. The company was founded by Willem P.C. Stemmer and Volker Schellenberger in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Nuvaira, Inc. develops medical devices for treating lung diseases. It works on a novel catheter-based system that has the potential to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The company was founded by Steven Dimmer and Martin L. Mayse in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MN.

VertiFlex, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It offers minimally invasive solutions for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), which is the cause of spinal surgery in the elderly. The firm specializes in minimally invasive, motion preservation, spine and medical device. The company was founded by Moti Altarac in 2005 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Nalu Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company, which develops, manufactures, and commercializes invasive solutions for patients with chronic neuropathic pain. It markets Nalu neurostimulation system that delivers gentle electrical pulses to the nervous system to modulate pain signals to the brain. The company was founded by Keegan Harper, Lee Hartley, Mike Partsch, and Daniel Pivonka in October 28, 2014 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Inflazome Ltd. engages in developing therapeutic medicines for inflammatory diseases. It manufactures and supplies medicines for muckle wells, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, gout, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson, Alzheimer, and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Matthew A. Cooper and Luke O'Neill in 2016 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Endeavour Vision SA (EV) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Geneva. EV traces their origins back to 1989 through the convergence of the Vision Capital European team and the Swiss VC firm, Endeavour. EV was co-founded in 2000 by Sven Lingjaerde and Damien Tappy. The firm specializes in providing funding for entrepreneurs in life sciences, biotech, medtech, cleantech and information technology. EV operates in close cooperation with Genevest, an independent investment vehicle which has reached the divestment stage. Their investors in the funds they advise are industrial corporations, family offices, global institutional investors and business leaders in the technology and investment industry.

The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. engages in the provision of management consulting services. It specializes in automotive and mobility; biopharmaceuticals; consumer products; education; oil and gas; power and utilities; engineered products and infrastructure; financial institutions; and health care payers, providers, and services. It offers big data and advanced analytics; change management; client learning and enablement; and corporate development and financial services. The company was founded by Bruce Doolin Henderson in 1963 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

SimpliSafe, Inc. is a home security company that was founded in 2006 with the goal of making every home secure. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company has fundamentally changed the alarm industry by pioneering a new way to make homes the safest place on earth for everyone. SimpliSafe now protects millions of people and has been coined the number one home security pick by several highly-esteemed publications. The company offers award-winning wireless home security systems with easy DIY setup, interactive monitoring, and no contracts. The company was founded in 2006 by Chad Laurans, Charles Laurans, Eleanor Laurans. Christian Cerda has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Bain Capital Private Equity LP (Bain Capital Private Equity) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Bain Capital LP founded in 1984. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lake Region Medical, Inc. engages in the business of developing and manufacturing OEM devices; and supplying the medical device companies with minimally invasive delivery solutions. It also focuses on cardiovascular, stimulation therapy, neurovascular, and peripheral vascular applications. The company was founded on December 14, 2000 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Protez Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. It develops antibiotics for infections & provides research service on intravenous & oral small molecule antibiotics to chronic and recurrent infections. The company was founded by Klaus Esser, Luigi Xerri & Christopher M. Cashman in 2003 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN.

Noble Biomaterials, Inc. provides bacterial management solutions. It develops, manufactures, sells and markets antimicrobial technologies designed to manage all forms of bacterial contamination for medical, defense, industrial and consumer markets. The firm also manufactures its own line of wound care bandages and dressing and markets them under the brands SilverSeal, CircuiteX, and ContaX. The company was founded in 1997 by Joel M. Furey and William F. McNally and is headquartered in Scranton, PA.

MBF Therapeutics, Inc. develops and provides veterinary oncology products. It develops and commercializes proprietary checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy technology based on vaccines and vaccine adjuvants. The company was founded by Thomas Tillett and Travis Meredith in 2008 and is headquartered in Ambler, PA.