David Johnson

Presage Biosciences, Inc. engages in development of novel drugs for treatment of cancers. It offers CIVO arrayed microinjection platform that allows for simultaneous assessment of multiple drugs or drug combinations directly in a single solid tumor while still in a patient’s body to assess efficacy, resistance, and drug synergies in the tumor’s native microenvironment. The company was founded by James M. Olson and Thane Kreiner in 2008 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Lengo Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Palleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as biotechnology company. The firm discovers and develops immuno-oncology drugs, medicines, and therapies for the treatment of cancer diseases. It specializes in clinical development, and glyco-immune checkpoint inhibitors. The company was founded by Jim Broderick, Carolyn Bertozzi and Paul Crocker in 2015 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Solve Therapeutics, Inc. is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company that develops novel antibody-based therapies targeting tumor-specific antigens. The company is based in Belmont, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's formation has reunited members of the former VelosBio Inc. team, a highly experienced group with a proven ability to rapidly advance innovative therapeutics that address unmet medical needs in the treatment of cancer. Solvetx has been actively pursuing discovery and development efforts at its state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. The company has licensed or generated targeting antibodies and nanobodies with ideal characteristics to serve as the backbones for antibody-based therapeutics and has rights to technology supporting the development of diagnostic and therapeutic antibody-radionuclide conjugates (ARCs). Solvetx is supported by a syndicate of sophisticated healthcare investors, including Ayurmaya Capital Management Fund (an affiliate of Matrix Capital Management), Decheng Capital, General, and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company). The company was founded by David M. Johnson and has been led by him as the CEO since incorporation.

VelosBio, Inc. operates as an biopharmaceutical company. It developes antibody-drug conjugates to treat hematological cancers and solid tumors. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Acerta Pharma BV develops drugs for oncology and autoimmune diseases. It operates as a biotech company that combines technology platforms in drug discovery and development such as the covalent technology platform and the multiparametric phosphoflow cytometry platform. The company was founded by Allard Kaptein in 2012 and is headquartered in Oss, Netherlands.