Jeffrey Swartz

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc. provides solutions for biological contaminant removal in the wastewater treatment process. ITS solutions include sensors and instrumentation audit, diagnostic process analysis, performance monitoring and data management and process optimization. The company was founded by Steven H. Boyd, Michael Moreau and A. R. M. Azad in 2003 and is headquartered in Bourne, MA.

Cylant, Inc. provides software solutions. It offers cylantsecure, a self defense behavioral intrusion prevention system for servers. The company was founded in 2003 and is located in New York City, NY.

Harvest Automation, Inc. designs and produces robotics for manual labor applications. It enables growers to create a sustainable workforce of robots working safely alongside people to increase efficiency, reliability and plant quality. The firm’s robots are powering the next innovation surge in agriculture and has engineered the first practical, scalable robots for a range of agricultural applications. The company was founded by Clara Vu, Paul E. Sandin, Charles M. Grinnell and Joseph L. Jones in 2008 and is headquartered in Billerica, MA.

Novogy, Inc. delivers bio-based solutions for production of food, fuel, and chemicals. It offers Robust a proprietary integration of molecular biology and process engineering that develops process competitiveness and reduces the need for antibiotics. The company was founded by Ginja R. Collins and Robert Colin South on April 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

AquaSpy, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes moisture sensors. Its solutions include AgSpy analytics, moisture gauge, water and energy savings, chemical savings and process control. The company was founded in 1998 by Peter Moller and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Conservis Corp. engages in the design, development, and operation of a cloud-based platform which enable farm owners and managers to create operational plans and drive field activities. The firm offers Conservis platform. The company was founded by Patrick Christie, Mike Borman, and Eric H. Jackson in 2008 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Descartes Labs, Inc. is a predictive intelligence company. It offers artificial intelligence, machine learning, image recognition, satellites and deep learning. The company was founded by Brendt Wohlberg, Mark Johnson, Steven Brumby, Mark M. Mathis, Mike Warren, Rick Chartrand and Tim Kelton in 2014 and is headquartered in Santa Fe, NM.

Latrobe Specialty Steel Co. manufactures and distributes alloys. The company was founded on November 16, 2006 and is headquartered in Latrobe, PA.

The Software & Information Industry Association, Inc. operates as a business association for the software and information industry. The firm investigates and prosecutes companies accused of using software or content illegally. It provides services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

YellowBrix, Inc. provides content analytics, syndication and management technologies. It offers business, industry, current-awareness and financial markets news and general consumer information for websites, intranets, wireless devices and telephony services requiring real-time information. The company was founded on April 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States engages in the operation of war veterans organization. It specializes in veterans’ service, legislative advocacy, and military and community service programs. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a research institution that specializes in magnetic confinement experiments using the tokamak approach. The company is based in Princeton, NJ. The company is ultimately controlled by the Government of the United States of America.

Stage 1 Ventures LLC (Stage 1 Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by David William Baum. The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Whitehead Associates, Inc. manufactures and markets electrical products. The private company is based in Charlotte, NC.

Cultivian Ventures LLC (Cultivian Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Sandbox Holdings LLC founded in 2008. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Daon, Inc. develops identity assurance software. Its products are IdentityX, FIDO Quick Start, and DaonEngine. The firm also offers mobile authentication and biometrics, border management and immigration, employee credentialing, project and program management, and solutions architecture, design and implementation. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA.

Enterprise Technology Management Association provides telecom expense management solution. Its clints include 4TelecomHelp, Inc., Accenture, Accuity, AetherPal, AMI Strategies, AOTMP, Arkadin, Arrow Value Recovery and Asentinel. The company was founded in 2006 by David E. Olsson and is headquartered in Plainfield, IL.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

Novihum Technologies GmbH develops technologies for the production of humus. The company was founded on October 18, 2012 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

Synlogic Operating Co., Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's pipeline focuses on rare diseases, the company is leveraging the broad potential of its synthetic biotics platform for novel drug development in major disease areas through partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. It also engages in development of synthetic biotics-based treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. The company was founded by James J. Collins and Timothy K. Lu in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Eligo Bioscience SA operates a micobiome engineering laboratory. The company uses synthetic biology and CRISPR and CAS technology to develop highly precise antimicrobials. The firm?s sequence-specific antimicrobials can therefore discriminate between close bacterial strains and selectively eradicate harmful bacteria from the microbiome while sparing the beneficial ones. The company was founded by Timothy Lu, Luciano Marraffini, David Bikard and Xavier Duportet in May 2014 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC (Strategic Cyber Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Hank Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Senti Biosciences, Inc. develops novel therapeutics. It specializes in thetic biology, gene therapy and cell therapy. The company was founded by Timothy K. Lu, Wilson Wong, James J. Collins and Philip Lee in 2016 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Tango Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformational new drugs for cancer patients. The company was founded by Alan Ashworth, Jos? Baselga, Levi Garraway, Timothy K. Lu, Antoni Ribas and William G. Kaelin, Jr. in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

BiomX Ltd. engages in the development of customized phage therapies designed to target and destroy harmful bacteria in chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and colorectalcancer, as well as bacteria that affect the appearance of the skin. The company was founded by Eran Elinav, Timothy K. Lu, and Rotem Sorek on March 3, 2015 and is headquartered in Ness Ziona, Israel.

Engine Biosciences Pte Ltd. develops novel combinations of genes and drugs for therapeutic and industrial purposes. The company was founded by Timothy Lu and Jeffrey Lu and is headquartered in Singapore.

Nest.Bio Ventures (Nest.Bio) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Xeno Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It offers XEN-101, an oral formulation that shifts the gut microbiome to the weight-loss associated state induced by Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) surgery. The company was founded by Hasan Celiker and is headquartered in Somerville, MA.

Provectus Algae Pty Ltd. operates as a biotech company specialising in the optimisation of Algae to produce high-value compounds for a broad range of industries and applications. It offers natural and biosynthetic production services in antibiotics, vaccines, enzymes, cosmetics, hormones, terpenes, cannabinoids products.. The company was founded by Nusqe Spanton in 2018 and is headquartered in Noosaville, Australia.

Brooks Automation US LLC manufactures semiconductors and provides laboratory automation solutions. The company is based in Chelmsford, MA and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The CEO of the company is Dave Jarzynka.

Vulcan Biologics, Inc. is a company that focuses on next-generation microbiome modulation. Vulcan Biologics is based in Irvine, CA and was founded by Michael Koeris, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company aims to precisely and stably modulate any arbitrary microbiome, which is key to any commercial and clinical success. The company is building a broad platform to modulate any microbiome, focusing on integrative and next-generation approaches to achieve predictable stability in the engineered microbiomes.

McKinsey GmbH & Co. KG provides business consulting services. The company was founded on October 18, 2011 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.