Jeff Bank Clark

The Aurora Funds Inc (Aurora Funds) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Jeff Bank Clark & Scott M. Albert. The firm is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

TriVirix International, Inc. manufactures electromechanical medical devices. The company was founded on August 15, 2006 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Argos Therapeutics, Inc. was a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in development and commercialization of individualized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases based on its proprietary technology platform called Arcelis. The firm's product include AGS-003 for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and other cancers; and AGS-004 for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus. The company was founded by Bruce A. Sullenger, Eli Gilboa, John A. Irick and Ralph M. Steinman on May 8, 1997 and was headquartered in Durham, NC.

Regado Biosciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery and development of therapies in cardiovascular medicine using actively controlled aptamer technology. The company is focusing on new products for antithrombotic indications in the acute care and sub-acute care therapeutic setting. Its paired aptamer-active control agent technology is designed to give physicians the ability to directly control the degree of antithrombotic activity in real time on a "per patient, per setting" basis. The company's clinical programs are specifically concentrated on acute and sub-acute care injectable anticoagulants. Regado Biosciences was founded by Eli Gilboa, Bruce A. Sullenger and Christopher P. Rusconi on December 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.

Aldagen, Inc. develops and produces pharmaceutical products. It focuses on developing product candidates to address cardiovascular disease. The firm develops ALD-301 for the treatment of critical limb ischemia; ALD-201 for the treatment of ischemic heart failure; and ALD-401 for the post-acute treatment of ischemic stroke. The company also supplies ALDHbr cells for use in investigator-sponsored clinical studies. Aldagen was founded by Andrew E. Balber, Michael Sherman Colvin, Clay Smith and Nelson Chao in March 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Metabolon, Inc. operates as a health technology company. It offers precision medicine, clinical diagnostic, and metabolomics services. The firm serves to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer product industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Xsira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops pharmaceutical products. It also provides surgical and pain management drug products. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC

Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops therapies and technologies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. It offers nitroxyl therapeutics, including CXL-1020, a nitroxyl donor compound for the intravenous treatment of acute decompensated heart failure and nitroxyl donor compounds for unmet medical needs in other cardiovascular indications. The company was founded by Vincent J. Kalish and Douglas Cowart in 2005 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc. develops and markets biosurgical devices. It develops and markets products primarily for the traumatic or surgically induced wound market. The firm offers Adherus AutoSpray Dural Sealant which is a synthetic, absorbable, two-component dural sealant indicated for use in patients as an adjunct to standard methods of dural repair. The company was founded by Mark W. Grinstaff and Anthony J. Sherbondy in March 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.