Scott D. Kahn

Genoptix, Inc. provides specialized oncology diagnostics services. It offers a range of customizable clinical trial, custom assay development and companion diagnostics development services. The company was founded in 1999 by Tina S. Nova and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Viridos, Inc. develops and commercializes genomic-driven solutions and products. The firm's offerings are designed for application in solutions such as human health, food, water production, and environment. The company was founded by J. Craig Venter, Hamilton O. Smith, David C. Kiernan and Juan Enriquez-Cabot in February 2005 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Xequel Bio, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It develops drugs and medical applications for scar prevention, inflammation reduction, wound healing, and complex tissue regeneration. The company was founded by Gautam Sudhir Ghatnekar in 2005 and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Agilvax, Inc. discovers and develops immunotherapies to combat cancer and targeted vaccines against infectious diseases. It optimizes lead immunotherapy candidates through an extensive in vitro and in vivo testing process to ensure clinical efficacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Toucan Capital Corp (Toucan Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Linda F. Powers and Robert F. Hemphill. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Tullis Health Investor Inc (Tullis Health) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1986 by Jim Tullis. The firm is headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. operates as a wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm. It offers equity research, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, public financing and fixed income services. The firm serves individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. The company was founded by Robert Wilson Baird in 1919 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

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.

Respira Therapeutics, Inc. engages in provision of pulmonary delivery of therapeutics for respiratory diseases. Its technology Dry Powder Inhaler (DPI), deliver dry powder drug products to the lung more effectively than other DPI technologies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

Molecular Stethoscope, Inc. provides molecular diagnostics services. It offers novel blood-based early detection and disease monitoring tests to detect liver, coronary artery, inflammatory, neurodegenerative, coronary artery, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Stephen D. Phil Quake and Eric J. Topol on September 1, 2015 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

GenomeDx, Inc. operates as a genomic information company developing solutions for prostate cancer treatment and the management of other urologic cancers. It offers Decipher and Guidance test. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

UC San Diego Foundation specializes in obtaining private gifts in support of research, teaching, and public service, as well as engages in management of gift assets. The company is was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Nanogen is an American company that specializes in hair thickening products. Nanogen is a leader in the field of hair fiber and offers a range of products to help people achieve thicker, fuller hair. The private company was founded in 2001 with the goal of empowering people to take control of their thinning hair.

Cottonwood Technology Group LLC (Cottonwood Technology Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Ebetuel Pallares and David Blivin. The firm is headquarters in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

CONNECT creates and scales companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. It creates an environment in which entrepreneurs and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and technology resources. The organization was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Green Theme Technologies, Inc. engages in the technologies that eliminates water usage and pollution services. It develops and patents the GTT thermal soon became ChemStik technology that provides dry textile finishing technology. The company was founded by Gary S. Selwyn in 2011 and is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM.

OmeCare Ventures, Inc. engages in health and wellness industry. It provides fitness, nutrition, skin, mental health DNA insight, pain medication DNA insight, carrier status DNA insight and cannabis DNA products. The company was founded in September 2008 by James Plante and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.