Francesca O'Brien

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Austin, Texas. The firm was founded by David Booth in 1981 and is a subsidiary of Dimensional Holdings LLC, which is wholly-owned by Dimensional Holdings, Inc. Dimensional primarily manages securities and other assets for institutional investors. They also manage securities and other assets for high-net-worth individuals and clients of independent financial advisors. The firm is the investment adviser to various SEC-registered investment companies which represent separate funds in aggregate, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

SV Health Investors LLP (SV Health Investors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Peter McPartland. The firm is headquartered in London.

Part of Alphabet, Inc., Google UK Ltd. is a company that operates as an internet portal and search index website. Google UK Ltd. is based in London, UK.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd. (MSIM) is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. Founded in 1986, the firm is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSIM offers a range of investment and risk management solutions to institutional and professional investors worldwide.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

EWE AG provides utility services such as distribution of electricity and gas. The firm supplies electricity and natural gas, water management, communication infrastructure, Internet connections, billing systems in network control, energy trading, and energy management. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany.

LBC Belgium Holding NV provides chemical and petroleum tank storage facilities. The firm also offers a range of value-added services, which include blending and compounding of a range of technical additives and compounds, such as de-icing and heat transfer fluids, concrete additives, and coolants; drumming and IBC filling; warehousing of hazardous packed goods; and container and railcar cleaning. The company is headquartered in Mechelen, Belgium.

Inflexion Private Equity Partners LLP (Inflexion Private Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1999 by John Frederick Hartz and Simon Eric Hugh Turner. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Symphony Capital LLC (Symphony Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in New York.

3i Infrastructure (3i Infrastructure) is a private equity division of 3i Group Plc founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Jersey, United Kingdom.

Sanofi Ventures (Sanofi) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sanofi founded in 2001. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bain Capital LLC is one of the world's leading private investment firms managing approximately $66 billion in assets under management. Their affiliated advisors make private equity, public equity, leveraged debt asset, venture capital, and absolute return investments across multiple sectors, industries, and asset classes. Since their inception, their competitive advantage has been grounded in a people-intensive, value-added investment approach that has enabled the firm to deliver industry-leading returns for their investors.

Hudson Capital Management (NY) LP (Hudson Clean Energy Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Hudson Sustainable Investment Management LLC. The firm is founded in 2006 by Neil Z. Auerbach and Hudson M. David. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Part of McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Co., Inc. (United Kingdom) is a consulting firm that helps UK manufacturers embrace new technologies for digital transformation and leadership. The company is based in London, UK. Ruben Schaubroeck, McKinsey Digital's new lead for the UK, Belgium, and Netherlands offices, spoke with Thomas Farrar, a manager of communications in the firm's UK office, about the importance of speed and pace for CEOs in this new growth journey. The British company works with organizations that pursue sustainability, inclusion, and economic growth, all at the same time, to achieve strategic foresight and built-in agility in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the new trading relationship with the EU.

Sunlight Financial LLC provides residential solar finance services. It offers long term solar loans to home owners. The company was founded by Neil Z. Auerbach in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sonder Media, Inc. provides theatrical services. The private company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Cristina Escoda.

Perceptive Advisors (Private Equity) (Perceptive Advisors) is a private equity subsidiary of Perceptive Advisors LLC founded in 1999 by Joseph Eric Edelman. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Bd-Capital Partners Ltd. (Bd-Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2019 by Richard Baker and Andy Dawson. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Eureka! Venture SGR SpA (Eureka! Venture) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Stefano Peroncini, Anna Amati, Salvatore Majorana, Umberto Bottesini, Sandro Moretti, Giovanni Strocchi and Marco Caradonna. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Trialspark, Inc(Trialspark) is a Private Equity firm founded in 2013 by Benjamine Liu, Kit Dobyns, and Linhao Zhang. The firm is headquartered in New York, US.

Tachyon Ventures LLC (Tachyon Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Cristina Escoda. The firm is headquartered in California, United States.

Silicon Roundabout Ventures Ltd (SRV) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in England.

Neuron23, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in an undisclosed location. The American company's focus areas are neurodegenerative diseases, neuroinflammatory diseases, and systemic autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Neuron23 combines recent advances in human genetics with a state-of-the-art drug discovery and biomarker platform using advanced techniques in machine learning and artificial intelligence to advance therapeutics for devastating diseases. The company was founded by Adam Knight and Nancy E. Stagliano has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Orca Computing Ltd. engages in the development of quantum computing platform. The company was founded by Richard Murray, Cristina Escoda, Josh Nunn and Ian Walmsley and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Nevel Oy engages in the provision of industrial and municipal infrastructure solutions. It owns and operates energy production sites and district heating networks. The company is headquartered in Vantaa, Finland.

Soda Health, Inc. provides smart benefits that connect people to products and services they need to live healthier lives. The company is based in Centerton, AR. The company partners with health plans and retailers to deliver expansive benefits for things like healthy foods, OTC medications, or transportation. Soda Health is a healthcare technology company focused on building solutions that eliminate health inequities and create a healthier society. The company was founded by Chris Brown, Daryl Risinger, Jared Dauman, and Robby Knight. Robby Knight has been the CEO since incorporation.

Via Nova Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that aims to discover and develop safe and effective therapies for viral diseases with inadequate treatments. The company is based in Oakland, CA. Via Nova's pipeline includes four programs targeting influenza, human rhinovirus, polyomavirus, and adenovirus. The company is committed to advancing this initial pipeline with additional discovery efforts to follow. Via Nova believes that the recent expansion of point-of-care testing and telemedicine driven by the COVID-19 pandemic will transform the diagnostic landscape, allowing early recognition of all the important respiratory viruses. The company was founded in August 2021 and has in-licensed antiviral programs from RTIs. The CEO of the company is Donald Emil Ganem.

AviadoBio Ltd. is a gene therapy company based in London, UK. AviadoBio's technology is based on pioneering research from King's College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute. The British company's mission is to develop and deliver transformative gene therapies for neurodegenerative disorders, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The company is developing AVB-101 for patients with FTD-GRN. AviadoBio's investors include New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Monograph Capital, Advent Life Sciences, EQT Lifesciences, Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), F-Prime Capital, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC), and LifeArc. The company was founded by Youn Bok Lee, Do Young Lee, Chris E. Shaw, and Lisa Deschamps has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Teres Bio, Inc. operates as a clinical stage life sciences company. It translates discoveries in inflammatory pathways into novel, topical therapies for atopic dermatitis and plaque psoriasis skin diseases. The company is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Anteris Bio, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of renal disease. The company is based in Oakland, CA. The CEO of the company is Ilan Zipkin.

Symprove Ltd. is a British company that offers a unique gut health supplement called Daily Essential, which contains billions of live and active bacteria for gut support. The company is based in Farnham, UK and was founded in 2002 by Barry Smith and Barry Edward Smith. The product comes in three different flavors and is gluten and dairy-free. With over 100K happy customers, Symprove's scientifically proven product is known to boost beneficial bacteria and improve gut health. Mike Butler has been the CEO of the company since 2010.