Jen Jen Yeh

Blue Current, Inc. is a company that specializes in manufacturing 100% dry, safe, and high-performance silicon elastic composite solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, grid storage, and consumer electronics. Blue Current is based in Hayward, CA. The company leads with science and data and is scaling up in the next wave of battery innovation. The company was founded by Nitash Balsara and Joseph M. DeSimone, and Ben Eiref has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Reason To Believe LLC, also known as Virtue Labs, is a haircare company that manufactures and markets innovative, technology-based solutions for hair health. The company is based in Raleigh, NC, with a technology manufacturing facility elsewhere. The company's proprietary ingredient, alpha keratin 60ku®, is the only fully functional, human-identical keratin protein on the market today, found in each of the company's Virtue® haircare products. Virtue Labs offers a range of haircare products, including shampoos, conditioners, and hair treatments that heal, nourish, and repair damaged hair. The company also offers styling products that hold, protect, and sculpt hair to achieve the perfect styled look. The company was founded by Melisse Shaban, and Jose Luis Palacios has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC (WFAFN) is a registered investment adviser and broker-dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 2001, the firm is a subsidiary of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings LLC and is a non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), a financial holding company and bank holding company created in 1852. WFAFN provides advisory services to individuals, pension or profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates or charitable organizations, corporations or other business entities, governmental entities and educational institutions, as well as banks or thrift institutions. The firm also sponsor a number of wrap fee advisory programs.

CardioNXT, Inc., manufactures and distributes medical equipment that enables understanding of cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, and deliver targeted therapy to affected areas within the heart. The company was founded by Jerome R. Edwards in 2012 and is headquartered in Westminster, CO.

Hatteras Venture Partners (Hatteras Venture) is venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Clay B. Thorp and John Crumpler. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research operates a research facility for cancer cure development. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

Layerbio, Inc. develops bio erodible sustained-release technology for use in standard intraocular lens in cataract surgery. The private company is based in Lexington, MA. The company was founded in 2013 by Kenneth J. Mandell, Paula Hammond. Kenneth J. Mandell has been the CEO since 2013.

Catalio Capital Management LP (Catalio Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by George Petrocheilos and Dr. Jacob Vogelstein. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Engine Accelerator, Inc. (The Engine) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Peplin, Inc. develops drugs and pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by James Harrison Aylward in 1998 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Sirona Therapeutics Ltd. is an Irish pharmaceutical company that manufactures pharmaceutical products. The private company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The company was founded by Michael Douglas Arthur Aldridge.

The National Geographic Society, Inc. operates as a non-profit scientific and educational institution. Its interests include geography, archeology and natural science, and the promotion of environmental and historical conservation. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Part of The National Academies of Science, the National Academy of Engineering operates as a professional membership organization. The company is based in Washington.

Bioabsorbable Vascular Solutions, Inc. develops and manufactures bioabsorbable vascular stent platforms used to restore blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Richard Stack, and Robert Langer and is headquartered on December 24, 2004 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Micell Technologies, Inc. operates as a biomedical device company. It develops interventional cardiology systems for vascular drug delivery. The firm offers MiStent SES is designed to optimize healing in patients with coronary artery disease. The company was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone and James B. McClain in 1995 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Carbon, Inc. engages in provision of digital manufacturing solutions. Its products include hardware, printing materials, and software. The company was founded by Edward T. Samulski, Steven Lars Nelson, Joseph M. DeSimone, Nikita Ermoshkin, and Alex Ermoshkin in 2013 and is headquartered Redwood City, CA.