Charles J. Arntzen

Advanced BioNutrition Corp. provides environmentally sustainable and science-based technology solutions. It develops biotech products for animal health and human nutrition. The firm’s technologies include applications patents, licensing and acquisitions. The company was founded by David J. Kyle in 2001 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Finistere Partners LLC is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of Finistere founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in San Diego.

Performance Plants, Inc. discovers and develops second generation agricultural biotechnologies. The firm’s patented technologies enhance plant productivity (including seed yield and plant biomass) and weatherproof food and non-food biofuel crops through periods of drought and heat stresses resulting in a more abundant, consistent and cost-effective harvests for farmers. Its technology products include yield protection technology, heat & drought tolerance technology, technology development pipeline and trait technology stacking. The company was founded by David Dennis in 1995 and is headquartered in Kingston, Canada.

Finistere Ventures LLC (Finistere Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Spencer Maughan and Arama Kukutai in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.