Tom Payne

Synpromics Ltd. develops and commercializes synthetic promoters to control gene expressions and regulations. The firm is active in cell and gene therapy, biologics bioprocessing, and industrial biotechnology. The company was founded by Michael L. Robert in 2010 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Tropic Biosciences UK Ltd. develops varieties of tropical crops by utilizing cutting-edge genome editing technologies. The company is headquartered in Norwich, the United Kingdom.

Strauss Elite Holdings Ltd. provides food packaging services. It provides services to different parts of Israel. The company is located in Ramat Gan, Israel

Acacia Pharma Ltd. develops supportive care product opportunities for post-surgical and cancer patients. It specializes in the discovery and development of cancer supportive care product opportunities based on established drugs. The firm’s product pipeline addresses supportive care indications, such as post-operative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, xerostomia and cachexia. The company was founded by Andrew Muncey, Julian Clive Gilbert and Robert William Gristwood in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh provides investment advice. The non-profit company is based in Edinburgh, UK and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom.

BioCity Group Ltd (BioCity) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

DRI Capital, Inc. (DRI Capital) is a private equity firm, a subsidiary of Persis Holdings Ltd founded in 1992. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Calcivis Ltd. provides dental assessment services. The firm offers preventive dentistry, CALCIVIS photoprotein, and CALCIVIS imaging devices. The company was founded by Adam Christie and Bruce Vernon in 2012 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Cell Therapy Catapult Ltd. engages in the development, delivery, and commercializing of cell and gene therapy. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Boston Consulting Group SAS operates as a management consulting firm. It provides business and other consultancy services. The company is headquartered in Paris, France.

BlueStone Venture Partners LLC (BlueStone Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Mara G. Aspinall and Tom Nickoloff. The firm is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.

Inova Software SA develops management software solutions for biopharmaceutical companies. It offers search & evaluation, opportunities tracking, alliance management, mobile access, reporting and security & performance management software solutions. The company was founded by Gilles Toulemonde, Fritz Eisenhart, and David Carteret in 2010 and is headquartered in Villeurbanne, France.

METAFORA Biosystems SAS is a French company that has received a €3.2 million grant from the European Commission's H2020 SME Instrument program. The company is based in Paris, France. The grant will allow the company to launch a large-scale prospective validation study of the METAglut1 test, which helps in the early diagnosis of De Vivo disease, a rare and under-diagnosed disease. The company has also received exceptional reimbursement for the METAglut1 test. The CEO of the company is Romain Kaspereit.

The Medical Research Council provides human healthcare and social services. It offers funding for biomedical spectrum, fundamental lab-based science, clinical trials and all major disease areas. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Vectura GmbH manufactures and develops pharmaceutical therapies for airways diseases. It offers dry powder formulation technology, device technology, and development capabilities. The company was founded by Gerhard Scheuch in 1997 and is headquartered in Gemünden, Germany.

Oxxon Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures antigen-specific immunotherapies to treat patients with chronic infectious diseases and cancer. The company has three development programs in hepatitis, melanoma, and HIV. Oxxon Therapeutics was founded in 1999 by Dr. Joerg Schneider and is located at Oxford, UK.

Tel-Aviv University operates as a university in Israel. Its faculties include arts, engineering, science, humanities, law, life science, management, medicine, and social science. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

Aliment Capital LLC (Aliment Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Pontifax Management Co. Ltd. founded in 2014 by Philip Robert Erlanger and Ben Belldegrun. The firm is headquartered in California, United States.

Largix Tech Ltd. is an Israeli company that offers an additive production system (APS) which reduces manpower dependencies and increases productivity. The company is based in Tsur Yigal, Israel and was founded in 2015 by Ronen Orr and Amir Sheelo. The company's APS can be used in various industries such as storage tanks construction, urban architecture, aerospace, and automotive. Largix's cold 3D laser printing technology allows them to print in materials that other companies cannot, making them unique in the market. The APS can improve productivity by x15 and cut production costs in half. Ronen Orr has been the CEO since 2015. According to Geert Denutte, the founder of CGK, Largix's technology will be a game changer and estimates it will save them up to 50 percent in costs.

Acambis Plc develops biopharmaceutical products and vaccines. It offers ACAM2000, a smallpox vaccine for emergency-use stockpiling; and ChimeriVax-JE, a single-dose Japanese encephalitis vaccine for endemic markets and travelers. Its products in pipeline include ChimeriVax-JE, ChimeriVax-West Nile, and ChimeriVax-Dengue. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

Touch Bionics Ltd. provides prosthetic technologies and supporting services for the people with upper limb deficiencies. Its products develop upper-limb prosthetic technologies and specializes in myoelectronic hand and partial hand solutions, as well as a realistic silicone prostheses that are designed to closely match the skin of the wearer. Touch Bionics was founded in 2003 by David Gow and is headquartered in Livingston, the United Kingdom.