Kathleen Ryan

CeNeS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops proprietary pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat disorders and injuries of the nervous system. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

BVF, Inc. manages engages in investment business and manages biotech focused hedge funds. The firm manages Biotechnology Value Fund LP and Biotechnology Value Fund II LP. The company was founded by Mark Nathan Lampert on September 14, 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

BVF Partners LP (BVF) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1993 and is a subsidiary of BVF, Inc. BVF provides discretionary advisory services to private investment vehicles which includes commingled limited partnerships (the BVF Funds) and a limited liability entity organized for a single investor (Single Investor Fund) as well as to separately managed accounts.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

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.

RiverVest Venture Management LLC (RiverVest Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Tom C. Melzer, Jay W. Schmelter, Mark J. Mendel and Andrew B. Craig III. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri with additional offices in San Diego and Cleveland.

AvMax, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It commercializes pharmaceutical formulations. The company was founded by Leslie Z. Benet in 1993 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

JDRF International is a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly, and can be fatal. Until a cure is found, people with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. It was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association operates as a non-profit organization, which engages in economic development business and public policy. The company was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

United Way of Greater St. Louis raises and allocates funds for charities. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

1901 Partners Management LP (1901 Partners Management) is a private equity firm founded in 2007 by Neil Wallack. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Paine Schwartz Partners LLC (Paine Schwartz Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Dexter Paine, Kevin Michael Schwartz and Mitchell S. Presser. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a non-profit research institute founded in 1998 with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. The non-profit company's research, education, and outreach efforts focus on the intersection of food security and the environment, positioning St. Louis as a world center for plant science. The company is based in St. Louis, MO. The center is funded through competitive grants from various sources, including the National Institutes of Health, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The center's principal investigators conduct fundamental research that leads to useful crops and products that solve real problems.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada focuses on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

OmeCare Ventures, Inc. engages in health and wellness industry. It provides fitness, nutrition, skin, mental health DNA insight, pain medication DNA insight, carrier status DNA insight and cannabis DNA products. The company was founded in September 2008 by James Plante and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Jewish Vocational Service, Inc. operates as a non-profit organization which provides educational and vocational services. It offers education, career services, workforce development, and community services. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Lazard Ltd., Lazard Frères et Co. is a French company that provides investment advice.

Ziarco Pharma Ltd. provides therapeutics targeting inflammatory and allergic diseases. It focuses on chronic inflammatory skin diseases, atopic dermatitis, and Psoriasis. The company was founded by Michael Yeadon, Wai Leung Liu, Lynn Worth Purkins and Arif Kassam Shivji in 2012 and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

BVF Partners OS Ltd. provides real estate services.

CJP LLC provides investment services.

Advanced Agrilytics LLC provides agricultural consulting. It utilize the field data to influence the yields. The company was founded by Aaron Gault in 2013 and is headquartered in Huntington, IN.

WeedOUT Ltd. is an Israeli company that focuses on exploiting sterility against resistant weeds. The company is based in Ness Ziona, Israel. Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili has been the CEOs since 2016. The company was founded in 2016 by Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili.