Grant Howes

Arboretum Ventures LLC (Arboretum Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Jan L. Garfinkle and Tim B. Petersen. The firm is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Essen Instruments, Inc. engages in the development and manufacture of cell and bead based screening solutions. It offers phenotypic drug discovery, antibody discovery and in vitro toxicity testing. The firm’s proprietary technologies, instrumentation, assays and software products address the pervasive need to provide turnkey solutions that increase productivity in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science research. The company’s products are used in biologics discovery, small molecules, in vitro tox and cellular research antibody applications. The company was founded by R. Terry Dunlay, Larry A. Sklar, and Bruce S. Edwards in 2006 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Tangent Medical Technologies, Inc. develops and commercializes IV therapy products. It offers NovaCath, a peripheral intravenous catheter system that integrates catheter stabilization, tubing management, closed system blood control, and passive needle encapsulation on IV start. The company was founded by Adrienne Harris, Elyse Kemmerer, Merrell Sami, and Steven White in 2009 and is headquartered in Columbus, MI.

NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc. develops flow cytometry and cell sorting technology solutions for life science researchers to perform cellular analysis, develop molecular diagnostics, and improve personalized medicine. Its products include wolf cell sorter and N1 single cell dispenser. The company was founded by Nate Heintzman and Yuhwa Lo in 2009 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Carterra, Inc. engages in provision of innovative technologies designed to accelerate the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates. It offers Kinetics software, Epitope mapping, therapeutic areas, and antibody formats. The company was founded by James Smith and Josh Eckman in 2005 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.

Celsee Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets integrated comprehensive single-cell analysis solutions. It provides identification, analysis, and retrieves single cells from blood and tissue. The company was founded by Priyadarshini Gogoi, Saedeh Sepehri, and Christopher Siemer in 2011 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

ViroCyt, Inc. develops life science instrumentation and assays products for the analysis of viruses and microorganisms. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Broomfield, CO.

3D Biomatrix, Inc. designs and manufactures three-dimensional scaffolds for cellular assays in drug discovery. It offers 96-well hanging drop plates, 384-well hanging drop plates, 384-well spheroid transfer tool, hanging drop plate sample packs and assay kits. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Tyball Associates, Inc. provides medical device consulting services. The private company is based in Northville, MI.

SwitchGear Genomics, Inc. provides products for studying regulatory elements in the human genome. It launches LightSwitch Synthetic Response Element which is used for understanding transcription factor activity in living cells. The firms endogenous human promoter vectors are used in primary screening assays to understand how drug candidates may affect biological pathways. The company was founded by Richard M. Myers, Nathan D. Trinklein and Shelley Force Aldred in 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Swift Biosciences, Inc. develops molecular biology reagents. It offers Next Generation Sequencing sample preparation for Illumina and Ion Torrent platforms. The firm?s products include Accel-NGS and Amplicon Panels and myT Primer. The company was founded by David C. Olson and Vladimir L. Makarov in February 2010 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

RealBio Technology, Inc. develops cell and tissue culture technologies. It introduced D4 Culture System-an advanced, disposable cell culture platform capable of developing full three-dimensional cell structures in vitro. The firm's D4 Culture System enables customers to develop cell structures that mimic the natural composition, configuration and function of normal and diseased tissue. The company was founded by Lee Noll in June 2009 and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI.

KromaTid, Inc. provides products and services for mutation detection and disease diagnosis. Its services include high resolution screening of individual genes to the entire genome, sequence, location and orientation from a single assay, cost effective discovery of inversions and translocations, rapid assay development and data delivery. The company was founded by Andrew F. Ray, Susan M. Bailey, Michael Cornforth, Edwin Goodwin, and Joel S. Bedford in 2007 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

HandyLab, Inc. develops and manufactures novel clinical diagnostic testing products. It serves medical, industrial and bio-defense markets. The company was founded by Kalyan Handique and Sundaresh Brahmasandra in 2000 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Fluent BioSciences, Inc. is a privately funded biotechnology company based in Watertown, MA. The company's mission is to revolutionize single-cell biology through accessible, affordable, and scalable solutions for every researcher. Fluent Biosciences aims to accelerate the understanding of biology and disease through its breakthrough pre-templated instant partitions (PipSeq™) technology, which facilitates near-instantaneous self-assembly of individual cells or molecules into millions of uniform partitions without the need for complex instrumentation or expensive consumables. The company was founded in 2018 by Adam Abate, Sepehr Kiani, and Bill Hyun, and Sepehr Kiani has been the CEO since 2018.

Cytobank, Inc. provides cloud­-based storage and analytics platform for single cell technologies. The company was founded by Jonathan Irish, Peter Krutzik, David Craford and Nikesh Kotecha and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Immusoft Corp. provides disease curing services through immune cells. The firm offers ISP, gene delivery technology and lymphopoiesis culture system. The company was founded by Matthew Scholz in 2009 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

CellFE, Inc. develops delivery platform to enable engineering of life-saving therapies. The company was founded by Anna Liu and Alla Zamarayeva in 2018 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Mission Bay Capital Management Inc (Mission Bay Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Mission Bio, Inc. engages in the provision of tools for the study of cellular heterogeneity in human health and life science research. It develops research tools that allow high-throughput, single-cell nucleic acid characterization across a variety of research applications, including oncology and immunology. The company was founded by Charlie Silver, Adam Sciambi, Adam Abate, and Dennis Eastburn on June 29, 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Scribe Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Srinivasan Maithreyan, Zev Gartner, Adam Abate, Russell Cole. The CEO is Russell Cole.

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. is a life sciences company that develops synthetic cells for various applications in diagnostics and therapeutics. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. The company utilizes advances in distributed manufacturing, engineering, and polymer chemistry to provide an industry-first, off-the-shelf solution for cell-like reagents that are stable, low-cost, and targeted towards a range of indications and markets. Slingshot Biosciences focuses on developing cutting-edge tools for fluorescence imaging to revolutionize how scientists explore and understand the intricate mechanisms of life. The company is committed to empowering researchers with exceptional products that enable groundbreaking discoveries and shape the future of bioscience. The company was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey Kim, who has been the CEO since 2012.

Akadeum Life Sciences, Inc. provides diagnostics services. The firm is developing a new product that uses BACS (buoyancy-activated cell sorting) to acquire target cells from biological samples by using tiny floating spheres called ?microbubbles? and disposable microbubble collectors. The company was founded by Brandon H. McNaughton and John Younger in March 2014 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Molecular Probes, Inc. has manufactured fluorescence-based detection solutions for use in labeling molecules for biological research and drug discovery. The company was headquartered in Eugeme, OR.

Genoa Ventures LLC (Genoa Ventures) is an independent private equity/venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jenny Rooke. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Arbor Bancorp, Inc. engages in operation of a bank holding firm. The company was founded on January 16, 1996 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Strata Oncology, Inc. manufactures oncology drugs. It provides comprehensive testing, portfolio of treatments, peace of mind. The company was founded by Daniel D. Rhodes, Scott Tomlin and Keith T. Flaherty in 2015 and is headquartered Ann Arbor, MI.

Bank of Ann Arbor provides commercial banking services. It offers checking, savings, online and mobile banking, health savings accounts, personal loans, home loans, private banking, deposit, lending, cash management, and interest rate. The company was founded on January 16, 1996 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company. The firm engages in the provision of hospital and clinical reference laboratory testing services. It offers solution for in vitro molecular diagnostic (MDx) testing. The company was founded by Jeffery Williams in 2012 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Life Magnetics, Inc. was provided testing bacterial infections devices for antibiotics. The company was founded by Brandon H. McNaughton in 2009 and was headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

Orchid Cellmark, Inc. provides DNA testing services. It generates genetic profile information by analysing an organism's unique genetic identity. The firm also offers non-DNA forensic laboratory services. The company was founded on March 8, 1995 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Amnis Corp. provides cell imaging and instrument development, manufacturing and marketing services. The Company's ImageStreamX and FlowSight imaging flow cytometers combine the speed and sensitivity of flow cytometry with the power of digital microscopy serving a broad spectrum of Life Sciences research market needs. The company was founded by David A. Basiji, William E. Ortyn and Harold H. Kawaguchi in 1999 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. develops and provides a platform that combines pharmaceutical preparations with scientifically validated software applications. It offers eFormulation, pharmaceutical-software combination products. The firm combines digital therapies with supplements, medical foods and pharmaceuticals to create more effective treatment solutions. The company was founded in 2013 by Corey M. McCann, Stephen Kennedy Smith and William Greene and is headquartered in Boston. MA.

Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Solutions, Inc. provides online health and wellness management services. The company offers web-based health related behavior change and intervention programs that emulate an in-person health coaching session. It delivers self management programs for healthy lifestyle issues, diseases, and conditions. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.