Douglas Smith

EMBL Ventures GmbH (EMBL Ventures) is a venture investment arm of EMBL which was founded in 2001 by Drs. Stefan Herr, Christoph Antz and Jan Adams to provide start-up companies exploiting EMBL research and intellectual property with equity and expertise to build up and expand their business. Headquartered in Heidelberg, EMBL Ventures manages funds on behalf of institutional and private investors, forming a triad with EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) and EMBLEM (EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH) to provide exclusive access to unique technology commercialization opportunities from the EMBL. In addition, their investment activities complement and exploit synergies with EMBL and EMBLEM, providing financial and strategic investors with access to an attractive private equity market and an international scientific and research community, respectively.

Sensovation AG manufactures and supplies scientific imaging instrumentation products. The firm specializes in the development and production of scientific imaging and low light detection solutions, based on charge coupled device and complementary metal oxide semiconductor technologies. It offers automated digital microscopes, microarray analyzers, and scientific cameras for bioimaging, diagnostics, and quality control in clean technology applications. It also engages in partnerships focused on building and supplying commercial production systems and platforms. The company was founded by Stefan Bickert and Paul Hing in 2000 and is headquartered in Radolfzell, Germany.

Elscint Ltd. owns, operates and constructs hotels. It provides construction, renovation and up gradation services to the hotel and leisure industry. The company was founded in 1969 and is located in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Calibrium Private Investments GmbH (formerly Aeris Capital AG) is a venture capital firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2006.

Affimed NV Niederlassung Deutschland discovers and develops antibody-based therapeutic drugs. The firm generates and develops a pipeline of antibody product candidates based on proprietary technology platform. It offer therapeutic drugs that target autoimmune diseases and tumor cells. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

Crescendo Bioscience, Inc. develops and commercializes quantitative blood tests for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. It develops quantitative, objective, reproducible blood tests to provide rheumatologists with deeper clinical insight to help enable more effective management of patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Mike B. Centola and Christopher L. Sutton in July 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Jiff, Inc. provides mobile based consumer-centric software platform for the healthcare industry. It provides an enterprise solution for self-insured employers to connect to and manage digital health tools, and to provide each employee with an individualized health incentives program. The firm’s HIPAA-compliant platform helps companies connect their health benefit design and incentives to the consumer digital health applications, devices, and services that employees know. The company was founded in 2010 by James P. Currier and Stan Chudnovsky and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Decipher Biosciences, Inc. is a commercial-stage precision oncology company which engages in patient care improvement. The Company?s differentiated approach measures the biological activity of a patient?s entire tumor genome, known as whole transcriptome analysis, and applies proprietary machine learning algorithms to improve therapy selection and accelerate adoption of new therapies into the standard of care. Its novel prostate cancer genomic testing products examine the underlying biology of a patient?s tumor, enabling physicians to select an optimal therapy. The firm?s whole transcriptome analysis of clinical patient samples from its commercial channel and its participation in practice-changing clinical trials has allowed it to build and expand its Decipher GRID database GRID. The company was founded by Elai Davicioni, Timothy J. Triche, Bruce A. Schmidt, and Jonathan D. Buckley and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

TTTech Computertechnik AG engages in the provision of aerospace, space, manufacturing and energy market solutions. The company was founded by Stefan Poledna and Gerog Kopetz in 1998 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

PatientWisdom, Inc. develops and operates platform that collects, curates, segments and shares patient stories. The firm offers services to patients and families, healthcare providers, researchers and educators, and manufacturers and payers. The company was founded by Gregory Makoul and Eric Langshur in 2015 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

OrphAI Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm engages in matching drugs to diseases and identifying the care for individual patients using Guardian Angel Artificial Intelligence algorithm. The company was founded by Tian Xu, Jonathan M. Rothberg and Henri S. Lichenstein in 2013 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

emPower Health Equity, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company is headquartered in Tiburon, CA.

Inkspace Imaging, Inc. develops magnetic resonance imaging surface receive coils. The company was founded by Ana Claudia Arias, Michael Lustingis and Joseph Corea in 2016 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Nanosolar, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures thin film solar cells and panels. It utilizes Print2Power platform that enables higher conversion efficiency and superior thermal stability. The firm offers through its locations in Germany, Switzerland & the United States. The company was founded in May 2002 by Martin R. Roscheisen and Brian Sager and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Case Western Reserve University provides educational services. It offers a variety of undergraduate degree courses and graduate and professional options such as arts and sciences, dentistry, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing, social work, and more. The firm also offers dual-degree programs. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

UltraSPECT Ltd. supplies software products for the nuclear medicine imaging practices. It offers Xpress Cardiac a cardiac imaging product; Xpress3.Cardiac a product for three-minute myocardial perfusion SPECT and Xpress/Xact.Bone. The firm products are used in half-dose, half-time, quarter-time and gated scans cardiac applications as well as in attenuation correction cardiac applications. The company was founded by Israel Ohana, Shuli Cohen-Shwartz and Avi Elkayam in 1999 and is headquartered in Raanana, Israel.

Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. develops streamlining diagnosis of brain pathologies. It provides imaging solutions for neurological, abdominal, and chest applications. The firm specializes in universal add-on turnkey solutions for image enhancement in diagnostic imaging. The company was founded by Eliran Dahan and Ezer Bar-Aviv in 2006 and is headquartered in Tirat Carmel, Israel.

UC-Care Ltd. Operates as a medical device company. It is developing a patented diagnostic and treatment system aimed to improve diagnostic and treatment procedures of prostate diseases. The firm’s products include Navigo, Navigo Viewer and SmartBX. The company was founded by Roni Zvuloni and Shaike Schatzberger in July 2004 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Curetis GmbH operates as a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on the development and commercialization of products for diagnosing severe infectious diseases. The firm offers diagnostic solutions for hospitals and large-scale laboratories. Its products include Unyvero L4 Lysator, Unyvero C8 Cockpit, Unyvero A50 Analyzer, and Unyvero Application Cartridges. The company was founded by Andreas Boos, Johannes Bacher, Gerd Lüdke, and Anne Thews in August 2007 and is headquartered in Holzgerlingen, Germany.

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH engages in the provision of central management and other services for the group companies on behalf of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG. The group specializes in the development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.