Dave Sweyer

Needham & Co. LLC (Needham) is a registered investment advisor and broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1985 and is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of The Needham Group, Inc. Needham provides corporate and institutional clients with high quality research, corporate access, capital markets and trading execution services in both the public and private markets, with an emphasis on growth companies.

RTP Capital Associates, Inc. is a venture capital fund that provides advisory services to and invests in technology-driven companies. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops anti-cancer immunotherapy products. The firm specializes in the discovery and development of immunotherapy products against cancer. It develops IMA901, a combination of multiple tumor-associated peptides (TUMAPs) for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. The company was founded by Harpreet Singh, Toni Weinschenk, Niels Emmerich, Hans Georg Rammensee, Hansjörg Schild, and Peter Brossart in 2000 and is headquartered in Tübingen, Germany.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal services. It specializes in the areas of corporate law, securities, corporate, litigation, mergers, real estate, pro bono, investment management and taxation. Their clients include industrial, commercial, financial, private funds, governmental, educational, charitable and cultural enterprises and entities. The company was founded by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and William Nelson Cromwell in 1879 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

US Ecology Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities, including refineries and chemical production facilities, manufacturers, electric utilities, steel mills, medical and academic institutions, and waste brokers. It operates through the Environmental Services, and Field and Industrial Services segments. The Environmental Service segment provides a range of hazardous material management services including the transportation, recycling, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste at company-owned landfills, wastewater, and other treatment facilities. The Field and Industrial Services segment offers packaging and collection of hazardous waste and total waste management solutions at customer sites and through its 10-day storage facilities. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

Easter Seals, Inc. is a non profit organization that provides services to children and adults with disabilities and other special needs. It offers services such as medical rehabilitation, job training, childcare and adult day services. The company was founded by Edgar F. Allen in 1907 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Part of TDK Corp., Lambda Electronics, Inc. is a company that retails electronic parts and equipment. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

Invensys Ltd. designs and manufactures software products, systems, and control equipment to various markets. Its Software segment develops and supplies industrial software products including SimSci-Esscor, a design, simulation, and optimization software, as well as a trading, planning, and scheduling software. The company was founded on April 1, 1920 and is headquartered in Telford, he United Kingdom.

Lookout Capital LLC (Lookout Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Merrette Moore and Bill Moore. The firm is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Momentum Learning, Inc. provides coding bootcamp for career transformation in tech. The company was founded by Clinton Dreisbach and Jessica Mitsch and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The Public Relations Society of America operates as a professional organization. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY.

Cardinal Innovations Healthcare offers specialty health plan. It delivers services through a closed network of providers who deliver residential, vocational, inpatient, outpatient, specialized equipment, and other services. The firm specializes in managing mental health, intellectual and developmental disability, and substance use disorder. The company is headquartered in Kannapolis, NC.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc. provides research, development, and manufacturing capabilities in cell therapy and genetic engineering. The company was founded by Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Fred Ramsdell, Alexander Rudensky, and Qizhi Tang in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

NodThera Ltd. researches and develops novel inhibitors of the NLRP3 inflammasome. The company is headquartered in Little Chesterford, the United Kingdom.

National Association of Corporate Directors provides online and print information services to directors of public companies. It offers in-boardroom education, evaluation, governance reviews, board composition and succession planning, board recruitment, ongoing advisory, insights, and analytics services. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

PolyStor Corp. manufactures lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones. The private company is based in Livermore, CA. The company was founded by Martin J. Lundie.

Part of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Clearstone Holdings (International) Ltd. functions as an investment holding British company. The company is based in London, UK.

Ockham Europe Ltd. provides clinical research services. Its services include feasibility assessments, drug development consultancy, medical advisor support, global project management, protocol writing and CRF design, Medical writing, site selection and set-up, regulatory submissions and approvals, ethics submissions and approvals, site monitoring, and data management and statistics. The company was founded by Clare Wareing in 1999 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Part of Fortrea Holdings, Inc., Fortrea Clinical Research Unit Ltd. is a British clinical research company. The company is based in Leeds, UK. Founded in 1991, Fortrea Clinical Research Unit functions as a clinical research company.

Chiltern International Group Ltd. operates as a holding company with interests in providing clinical development and other outsourced services to the pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology industries. The company was founded on May 23, 2006 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Part of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Orchid Cellmark Ltd. is a British company that specializes in grandparentage testing to establish a relationship in situations where the potential father cannot be tested. The company is based in Abingdon, UK. Orchid Cellmark offers its legal testing services to individuals, solicitors, local authorities, and healthcare professionals. The company was founded in 1987 and is the foremost legal relationship DNA testing and hair drug and alcohol testing service in the UK.

Protedyne Corp. provides industrial-quality automation and data management services. It offers genome-based drug discovery equipment. The firm also provides automation systems that combine laboratory robotic hardware with a software infrastructure to ensure data management and process tracking. The company was founded by Stan Klein in June 2000 and is headquartered in Windsor, CT.

Dianon Systems, Inc. provides anatomic pathology, genetic, and clinical chemistry testing services. The firm offers services in uropathology, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, hematopathology, and breast pathology. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Stratford, CT.

MEDTOX Scientific, Inc. engages in the operation of forensic and clinical laboratory. It offers medical drug monitoring and pain management, medication-assisted treatment, clinical toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring, emergency toxicology, biological monitoring and heavy metals, filter paper lead testing, forensic toxicology and employment drug testing, meconium drug testing, synthetic and designer drug testing, and employee wellness programs. The company was founded in September 1986 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.