Dan Spiegelman

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.

Rapidscan Pharma Solutions, Inc. provides novel technologies for the diagnosis of disease. Its products include Regadenoson which acts as a stress agent used in the diagnosis and risk stratification of cardiovascular disease. The company was founded by Brent K. Blackburn, Daniel K. Spiegelman and Louis G. Lange in 2010 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

CV Therapeutics™ is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the application of molecular cardiology to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, small molecule drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases

SillaJen Biotherapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes cancer therapeutics. It focuses on the development and commercialization of first-in-class, breakthrough targeted oncolytic immunotherapy products for solid tumors. It is focused on two main programs, lead product candidate, which is in mid-stage clinical development for the treatment of advanced primary liver cancer and colorectal cancer and JX-929 which is under investigation for a variety of other solid tumors. The company was founded by John C. Bell and David H. Kirn in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Relypsa, Inc. operates as a bio-pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of late-stage medicines in the iron deficiency, nephrology, and cardio-renal therapeutic areas. It offers Veltassa, a potassium binder approved for the treatment of hyperkalemia. The company was founded by Jerry M. Buysse, Gerrit Klaerner, Michael Burdick, Jay P. Shepard, Detlef F. Albrecht, George Tyson, Sandra I. Coufal and Vic Ciaravino on October 29, 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Tizona Therapeutics, Inc. is an immunology company harnessing the power of the immune system to develop treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. Its products include anti-ccr4 antibody for the treatment of cancer, il-35 antagonists for the treatment of cancer, and il-35 agonists for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company was founded by Charles G. Drake, Vijay K. Kuchroo, Drew M. Pardoll, Dario Vignali, Wayne A. Marasco and Jedd D. Wolchok and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Jiya Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. The firm was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It focuses on identifying promising opportunities in the biopharmaceutical sector. The company was founded in August 2020 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Maze Therapeutics, Inc. is a is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of portfolio of therapeutic candidates for a number of genetically defined diseases. It focuses on translating genetic insights into new medicines by utilizing an approach that combines the analysis of large-scale human genetics data, cutting-edge functional genomics, and an array of drug discovery approaches. The company was founded by Mark Daly, Aaron D. Gitler, Stephen Elledge, Sekar Kathiresan, and Jonathan S. Weissman in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Samsara Biocapital LLC (Samsara Biocapital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Srinivas Akkaraju. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.