Heather Hayes

Horizon Discovery Ltd. develops and supplying patient-relevant drug discovery and diagnostic research tools. The frm also supplies genetically-defined cell lines, reporter gene assay kits, genomic reference standards and contract research services to organizations engaged in bio-pharmaceutical process optimization, drug discovery & development, and clinical diagnostic development. The company was founded by Christopher John Torrance and Alberto Bardelli on February 14, 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

GeoSpock Ltd. provides data software products. It offers illumin, extrapol and cogn8 products. The company was founded by Steven Marsh and Darrin Mathew Disley in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The Scripps Research Institute is a private, non-profit research organizations that performs basic biomedical research in molecular & cellular biology, chemistry, immunology and neuroscience. They receive the majority of its funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The organization also partners with pharmaceutical companies and is affiliated with the Scripps hospital group. The organization was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

BioSkryb, Inc. provides cellular heterogeneity solutions. It offers Bioskryb?s SkrybAmp technology that enables even coverage of the entire genome during DNA amplification and allows for unprecedented accuracy and uniformity in DNA sequence coverage and base calling. The company was founded by Jay West and Charles Gawad and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Life Technologies Corp. provides products in the areas of scientific research, genetic analysis and applied sciences. Its brands include Invitrogen, Applied Biosystems, Gibco, Molecular Probes, Noves, Ambion and Ion Torrent. The firm’s portfolio includes the most cited products and technologies in qPCR, capillary electrophoresis sequencing, nextgeneration sequencing, molecular diagnostics, forensics, cell culture and analysis, and agriculture research. The company was founded on November 21, 2008 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

VIDA FLaSH Acquisitions operates as a development stage company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Frank Litvack and Scott R. Huennekens on January 29, 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Applied Technical Services LLC provides engineering, testing, and inspection services. The private company is based in Wilmington, DE.

Sequre Dx, Inc. is a genomics intelligence company that focuses on advancing on-target gene editing and cell therapies from discovery to patient. The company is based in Waltham, MA. The company offers preclinical platforms for the biopharma industry, including diagnostic assays and bioinformatic analytics that solve preclinical off-target evaluation needs. Sequre Dx aims to make gene editing and cell therapies suitable for all patients who would benefit from these life-saving technologies. The CEO of the company is Ellen E. Sheets.

Desktop Genetics Ltd. develops software tools to enable literal desktop genetics. It offers technologies at the intersection of biotechnology, software and laboratory automation. The firm specializes in synthetic biology, genome engineering, genome editing, functional genomics, bioinformatics, and screening. The company was founded by Victor Dillard, Riley Doyle and Edward Perello in 2012 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Cell Therapy Ltd. produces regenerative medicines using adult stem cells to treat heart failure. Its product HeartCel, a stem cell therapy that offers improved outcomes for heart failure patients by reducing the size of heart scar, improving heart function, quality of life and reducing mortality. The firm develops therapies based on the adult mesenchymal stromal cells technology platform. The firm’s regenerative therapies will focus on curing the cause of the disease, rather than only treating the symptoms. The company was founded in 2009 by Martin John Evans and Ajan Trevor Reginald and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

The BioIndustry Association is a UK-based organization that represents the life sciences and biotech industry. The British company's mission is to facilitate and connect the ecosystem to help businesses start, grow, and deliver world-changing innovation. The non-profit company was founded by Cormac G. Kilty and Simon Geoffrey Best, and Steve Bates has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Celixir Plc discovers and develops regenerative medicines to treat life threatening and life altering diseases. It offers heartcel-immunomodulatory progenitor imp cells, tendoncel-platelet lysate based therapy, myocardion-progenitor cells of mesodermal lineage. The company was founded by Martin Evans and Ajan Reginald in 2009 and is headquartered in Stratford-upon-Avon, the United Kingdom.

Mogrify Ltd. engages in the development of direct cellular conversion technology. It applies its technology to generate internet protocol and cell types that will power the development and manufacture of new cell therapies in any therapeutic area. The company was founded by Julian Gough, Owen John Llewellyn Rackham, and Jose Polo in 2009 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Roquefort Therapeutics Plc, Oncogeni Ltd. operates as a British biotechnology company. The company is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. The company was founded in 2019 by Nobel Laureate, Martin John Evans, Trevor Ajan Reginald. Oncogeni was acquired by Roquefort Therapeutics Plc on September 16, 2022 for $4.61 million.

Psynova Neurotech Ltd. provides commercial development and exploitation of novel biomarkers for Neuropsychiatric and other mental illnesses. The company was founded by Sabine Bahn on August 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The Wellcome Trust Ltd. engages welfare and charitable services. It supports the discovery of vaccines and drug-resistant infections, diversity and inclusion, open research, government investment in research, data sharing in public health emergencies, and strengthening ecosystems. The company was founded by Henry Wellcome in 1936 and is headquartered in London, UK.

EAG Laboratories provides product development and analytical testing services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, animal health, crop protection, consumer products, and chemical industries. It offers drug development, environmental testing, biotech crop development, and contract synthesis. The company was founded by Charles Gehrke in 1968 and is headquartered in Columbia, MO.

Eurofins EAG Agroscience LLC provides surface analysis and materials characterization services. It offers environment testing, custom synthesis, radio labeling, crop sciences, drug development, materials testing and engineering services. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Cambridge Innovation Capital Ltd (Cambridge Innovation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Axol Bioscience Ltd. is a biotech company that develops and produces induced pluripotent stem cell-derived clinically relevant cells for use in biomedical research and discovery. Its products include human neural progenitor cells, young frozen human cerebral cortical neurons, plated human cerebral cortical neurons, Alzheimer's disease human neural progenitor cells, reagents, and lipid-based transfection reagents. The firm's products are used in the testing of new drug compounds, as well as in the development of therapies for various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The company was founded by Yichen Shi and Jonathan Simon Milne and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

PhoreMost Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It engages in identifying new druggable targets for cancer and other unmet diseases. PhoreMost uses SiteSeeker technology, a live-cell phenotypic assay system that can identify unexpected, or cryptic druggable sites in specific disease driving targets and pathways that can?t be readily seen using conventional non-cell based analytical methods. The company was founded by Christopher John Torrance and Ashok Venkitaraman on April 1, 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

DefiniGEN Ltd. provides human cell products to the drug discovery sector. Its services include iPSC Differentiation, Gene Editing, CRISPR Modeling and Patient Derived Models. The firm products include Hepatocytes, Intestinal and Pancreatic. The company was founded in April 2012 by Candy Hsin-Hua Cho, Nicolas R. F. Hannan, Roger A. Pedersen and Tamir Rashid and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Cambridge Allergy Ltd. operates as a biopharmaceutical company which manufactures medicines for food allergies. The company was founded by Sherden Timmins, Andrew Clark, and Pamela Ewan on December 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Healx Ltd. engages in the development of a platform that enables treatment predictions for rare diseases. It offers HealNet, an artificial intelligence platform for rare diseases. Its solutions include orphan disease strategy, indication expansion, combination therapies, and shelved assets. The company was founded by Tim Guilliams and David Ryall Brownn and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Start Codon Ltd (Start Codon) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jason Mellad and Marek Tyl. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Avocet 66 Ltd. is a British financial intermediary company founded in 2017.

Peregrine 66 Ltd. is a British investment services company founded in 2017. The private company is based in London, UK. The company provides investment services.

Suntail 66 Ltd. provides financial intermediary services. The private company is based in London, UK.

Fluidic Analytics Ltd. develops proprietary technology to characterize proteins. The company was founded by Tuomas Knowles in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.