Sérgio Paulo de Magalhães Simões

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, which engages in developing, manufacturing and marketing medical products and technologies, within the areas of interventional oncology, wound closure and ophthalmology. The company was founded by William L. Hunter and Cruz F. Tony in 1992 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

NeuroMedix, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. The company makes therapeutic agents for the treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis. It also develops therapies for the treatment of other degenerative neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Parkinson's. NeuroMedix was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Sociedade Altitude Software Sistemas e Serviços SA develops electronic customer relationship management software. It develops unified customer interaction (uCI) software suite and contact center solutions for businesses in Portugal and internationally. The firm offers Altitude uCI, a cloud based software suite that enables users to manage enterprise functions, such as customer service, help desk, collections, telesales, and surveys; Altitude vBox, a software IP switch for contact centers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Oeiras, Portugal.

Ellipsis Neurotherapeutics, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products for treatment and preventing of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. The firm commercializes neurodegenerative disease therapeutics and diagnostics. The company was founded by Laurence Rubin in November 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Associação Nacional das Farmácias engages in investment activities in the pharmaceutical sector. It also provides research and development services for biotech companies. The company was founded in October 1975 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Beta - Sociedade de Capital de Risco SA (Beta Capital) is an independent Portuguese venture capital firm is founded in 2003 by José Ricardo Crespo da Costa Simões and Roberto Branco. The firm is headquartered in Porto, Portugal.

Noniussoft - Software e Consultoria Para Telecomunicações SA develops and markets wireless communication management products. It specializes in Internet access (HSIA), interactive TV utilizing IPTV technology, digital signage, IP telephony, mobile applications development, and entertainment contents. The company was founded by António Manuel Guedes de Sousa e Silva and Leonel Tomé de Jesus Domingues in 2005 and is headquartered in Maia, Portugal.

Biosurfit SA offers vitro diagnostics solutions. It product spinit is a fully automated diagnostics solution designed to deliver blood analysis information to physicians in minutes. The company was founded by Joao Manuel de Oliveira Garcia da Fonseca in 2006 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Founded in 1923, Mount Sinai Hospital (Canada) operates a hospital. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

BIOTECanada serves as a national association for Canada's health, industrial and agricultural biotechnology sectors. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Soja de Portugal SGPS SA is a Portuguese company that manufactures and distributes animal feed. The private company is based in Portugal, specifically in Ovar, and has subsidiaries within the country.

TP Sociedade Termica Portuguesa SA develops cogeneration and wind power projects. The firm also provides installation and maintenance services for the cogeneration plants. The company was founded in July 1991 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Gene PreDiT SA researches and develops methods to identify novel biomarkers and applications of pharmaceutical compounds. The firm identifies genes that modulate some characteristic parameters associated to a certain disease by using genetic and molecular tools. The company was founded by Nuno André Faustino and Joana Oliveira de Almeida Branco in 2006 and is headquartered in Cantanhede, Portugal.

Enoforum Comércio e Exportação de Vinhos SA produces and exports wines. Its brands include Alente, Bom Juiz, Finisterra, Monsaraz, Olaria, Patria, Real Forte and Terra Lenta. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Evora, Portugal.

BIOCANT Associação de Transferência de Tecnologia provides research and development services. It offers services to the pharmaceutical, diagnostic, biotechnology, environmental and agricultural industries. The firm is headquartered in Cantanhede, Portugal.

Plural-Cooperativa Farmaceutica CRL engages in the distribution of pharmaceutical products. It supplies medications and equipment to drugstores. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Stemmatters - Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA develops biomaterials, medical devices and advanced therapy medicinal products. It focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The firm also provides contract manufacturing services regarding tissue processing, manufacturing (cells and cell based products), and stem cell banking. The company was founded by Rui Amandi Sousa and Rui L. Reis in 2007 and is headquartered in Guimarães, Portugal.

LaserLeap Technologies SA provides biomedical science and research services. Its technology is applied in cosmetics, anaesthetics and analgesics, therapeutics and vaccines. The company was founded in 2011 by Luis Guilherme da Silva Arnaut Moreira, Carlos Alberto Lourenço de Serpa Soares and Gonçalo de F.F. Sa and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Accel-Rx provides seed and start-up investment services to the new health sciences companies. It engages in leveraging investment support to the research and commercialization centers such as the existing health-related Centers of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECRs). The company was founded by Natalie Dakers in 2014 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

A2b SGPS SA. (a2b) is a venture capital firm located in Portugal. It was founded in December 2010 and is headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal.

Mercal Capital Corp. is a capital pool company, which engages in the identification and evaluation of potential acquisitions or businesses. The company was founded on August 31, 2015 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Agencia De Inovacao Inovacao Empresa Transferencia De Tecnolog, also known as ANI, is a national innovation agency based in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese company's objective is to support technological and business innovation through various actions.

Blueclinical, Ltd. operates as a translational medicine company. It develops medicines and medical devices. It offers innovative services to institutions, startups and established companies. The company was founded by José Luís Almeida in 2012 and is headquartered in Matosinhos, Portugal.

CBRA Genomics SA provides medical research and development services. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of clinical decision-support tools based on a patient's whole-genome sequencing. It also offers research and development services for genomics of gastric cancer. The company was founded in 2012 by Carlos Fiolhais, Carlos José Fialho da Costa Faro, Manuel Gonçalo Lopes de Almeida Quadros, Marco Costa and Nuno Arantes-Oliveira and is headquartered in Cantanhede, Portugal.