Albert Pisano

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.

Vertical Venture Partners LLC (Vertical Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Dave Schwab. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Pilatus Capital LLC (Pilatus Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Sebastien Belanger and David Teece. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Founded in 2000 by Rick Snyder and Chris Rizik , Ardesta is a venture capital firm headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Berkeley Sensors & Actuators Center conducts industry-relevant, interdisciplinary research on micro- and nano-scale sensors, moving mechanical elements, microfluidics, materials, processes & systems that take advantage of progress made in integrated-circuit, bio and polymer technologies. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

TheraFuse, Inc. designs and develops non-contact optical flow sensors for use in the commercial, industrial and medical applications. It offers delivery systems for insulin, pain medication, and protein drugs, disposable insulin patches for diabetics; and sprinkler hypodermic needles for sub-Q fluid delivery in drug pens. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Mercator MedSystems, Inc. develops medical injection devices. The firm focuses on the treatment of peripheral artery disease using its catheter-guided, micro-infusion systems for site-specific, non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents directly across any blood vessel. It offers bullfrog micro-infusion device and blowfish trans-bronchial micro-infusion device. The company was founded by Kirk Patrick Seward, Michael Vestel, and Albert P. Pisano in 2000 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.