Geoffrey A. Long

NetService Ventures Group LLC (NetService Ventures Group) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Richard Melmon. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

EnerTech Capital Partners (EnerTech Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Scott Ungerer. The firm is headquartered in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

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.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

JPMorgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a subsidiary of JPMorgan Broker-Dealer Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by JPMorgan Chase & Co., Inc. (NYSE: JPM). JPMS provides research on fixed income, credit, derivatives, emerging markets, foreign exchange, structured finance, technical analysis and bond indices. Their equity analysts cover equities throughout North America, EMEA, Asia/Pacific and the emerging markets. The firm's fixed income team formulates trading and portfolio recommendations for investors in global bonds and other fixed-income markets based on valuations, analytics and market dynamics.

Zvents, Inc. creates and operates local entertainment guides online. Its publications promote a range of local events and activities, including live music, performing arts, sporting events and community activities. The company was founded by Tyler Kovacs and Ethan Stock in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

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.

Oak Hill Advisors LP (OHA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and alternative investment firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Glenn August in 1991 and was acquired by T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROW) from Oak Hill Advisors GenPar LP in 2021. OHA provides investment advisory services to various pooled funds, CLOs and single investor mandates and a publicly traded business development company (BDC).

The National Academy of Inventors operates as a business association that promotes investors. The private company is based in Tampa.

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei engages in the provision of cultural studies. It carries out research activities, national and international conferences, meetings and seminars, offers awards and grants, and provides advice to public institutions. The company was founded by Federico Cesi in 1603 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Venn Biosciences Corp. engages in developing an artificial intelligence-driven mass spectrometry discovery and validation platform. Its products include VENN Vista, a glycoproteomic analysis; OpenPIP software, a neural network for automated mass spectrometry peak integration; and cancer liquid biopsy. The company was founded by Lieza Denan, Aldo Carrascoso, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and Carolyn R. Bertozzi in June 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

OmniAb Operations, Inc. operates as a drug discovery company. It provides pharmaceutical industry partners access to antibody repertoires and screening technologies to enable discovery of next-generation therapeutics. Its OmniAb platform includes the Biological Intelligence of its transgenic animals, including OmniRat, OmniChicken and OmniMouse, that have been genetically modified to generate antibodies with human sequences to facilitate development of human therapeutic candidates. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Enable Biosciences, Inc. is a diagnostics company based in the United States. The private company is based in the United States. The American company develops and deploys bioassays for type 1 diabetes, COVID-19, and food allergy using licensed technology from UC. Enable Biosciences operates a CLIA certified high-complexity clinical reference laboratory and research facility. The company's proprietary diagnostics platform enables the ultrasensitive detection of biomarkers at the earliest stages of disease for optimal treatment timing. The company's fully automated high-throughput ultrasensitive and highly specific multiplex antibody detection analyzer uses its novel antibody detection by agglutination PCR (ADAP) chemistry to service clients in the infectious disease, autoimmunity, and allergy spaces. Enable has produced the independently-assessed world's best performing serologic tests for type 1 diabetes and HIV in oral fluid and other infectious diseases including Zika and Dengue. The company was founded by Jason Tsai, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Peter Robinson, and David Seftel, with David Seftel serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Lycia Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the developing technology that utilizes lysosome-targeting chimeras. It uses LYTACs platform to discover and provide therapeutics that degrade extracellular and membrane-bound proteins that drive a range of difficult-to treat diseases, including cancers and autoimmune conditions. The company was founded by Carolyn R. Bertozzi in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. The firm discovers and develops immuno-oncology drugs, medicines, and therapies for the treatment of cancer diseases. It specializes in clinical development, and glyco-immune checkpoint inhibitors. The company was founded by Jim Broderick, Carolyn Bertozzi and Paul Crocker in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.

Grace Science Foundation is a biotechnology company that was founded in 2017 by Matt Wilsey and Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company focuses on developing novel therapies based on the function of NGLY1, a key enzyme involved in proteostasis. Grace Science Foundation's deep knowledge of the NGLY1 pathway enables them to identify new ways of treating NGLY1 deficiency as well as more common diseases.

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.

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. is an international non-profit scientific and educational organization based in Bethesda, MD. With over 11,000 members, the society is one of the largest molecular life science societies in the world. The society serves the scientific community through the publication of peer-reviewed journals and science news, organization of scientific meetings, advocacy for funding of basic research and education, support of career development and science education at all levels, promoting the diversity of individuals entering the scientific workforce, and celebrating important contributions and achievements in science and technology made by black scientists. The society also honors an outstanding scientist who has shown a sustained commitment to breaking down local and/or systemic barriers against scientists and students from historically marginalized or excluded groups. Founded in 1906, the society's mission is to advance the science of biochemistry and molecular biology and promote the understanding of the molecular nature of life processes.

American Chemical Society engages as a scientific society which supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

Redwood Bioscience Inc. develops precision protein-chemical engineering technology to produce the next-generation of antibody-drug conjugates and other semi-synthetic biotherapeutics. It employs natural post translational modifications found in human cells to site specifically create one or more aldehyde tags on protein molecules, including monoclonal antibodies. The firm's platform is enabled with precision chemistries, payload positioning and defined stoichiometry of payload protein ratios. The company was founded by Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Mike Blank and David Rabuka in 2008 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Firefly Bio, Inc. is an American company located in South San Francisco, CA. The firm specializes in degrader antibody conjugates which combine the unique strengths of ADCs with selective protein degraders. It was founded by Carolyn R. Bertozzi, John Flygare and Bernhard Geierstanger. Scott Hirsch is currently the CEO of the company.