Lester B. Salans

Cowen Investment Management LLC (Cowen Investment Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cowen, Inc. founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York.

DailyCandy LLC owns and operates free daily e-mail newsletter and website. It offers shopping, dining and events for thirteen cities and weekly guides for kids, travel, and deals. The company was founded by Dany Levy in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ProteoTech, Inc. operates as a private drug development company. It focuses on targeting amyloid diseases. The firm is utilizing its amyloid and proteoglycan expertise in an effort to transform the lives of victims of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, and systemic amyloidosis. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Checkpoint Surgical, Inc. provides neurodevices to locate, evaluate and protect nerves and muscles in surgical procedures. Its product, the checkpoint stimulator/locator is a single-use, hand held stimulator with a broad range of stimulation parameters that are controllable by the surgeon with one hand and capable of eliciting a muscle contraction from stimulating the nerve directly or the tissue surrounding the nerve. The company was founded in August 2009 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

CDJE Treats LLC operates as a restaurant which produces and sells treats. It offers handmade and ready-to-eat cereal derived food bars; frozen desserts, such as ice creams, chocolates, and cereal derived food bars; grain-based breakfast bars; and crispy rice and marshmallow treats. The company was founded in 2011 by Christopher Russell and Jennifer Russell and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Condé Nast Entertainment, Inc. develops film, television, and premium digital video programming. The firm's portfolio include Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, GQ Style, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler, Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Wired, W, Golf Digest, Golf World, Teen Vogue, Ars Technica, The Scene, Pitchfork and Backchannel. The company was founded by Conde Montrose Nast and Pat Connolly in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Pilot Group LLC (The Pilot Group) is a private equity firm founded in 2001 by Ted Kubala, Robert W. Pittman and Mayo S. Stuntz. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Mount Sinai Hospital provides medical and healthcare services. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

OTX Corp. provides online-based consumer research and consulting services. The firm offers market analysis, brand & advertising tracking, branding, advertising copy & campaign effectiveness testing, and advertising research services. It provides online-based research in cutting-edge products and analysis for the marketing, entertainment, and advertising communities. OTX has offices in New York City, Cincinnati, and London. The company was founded in 2000 by Shelley Zalis and is headquartered in Culver City, CA

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA operates as a commercial bank. It offers investment products including bank managed accounts and custody, personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. The company was is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Huddler, Inc. provides digital media platform. It enables communities to grow with tools including social groups, buy/sell/trade systems, integrated photo galleries, product reviews, social media, WordPress integration, hosted software solution, custom sponsorship pages, tagging and community edited articles. The firm offers solutions for advertisers to create sites for brands. The company was founded by Daniel Gill and Ted Gill in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Wow Media Products, Inc. provides digital publication services. It operates as a digital media company that specializes in women’s lifestyle content. The firm covers everything from fashion and beauty to food, travel, home, tech, books and culture. Its editions include National, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Hamptons, Recipes, Money and Books, and Authors. The company was founded by Ryan Harwood on September 1, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Build NYC Resource Corp. is an economic development agency that assists organizations and exempt facilities in accessing debt through tax-exempt bond financing for real estate capital investments. The non-profit company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States.

New York Genome Center operates as an independent, nonprofit academic research institution that provides genomic research. It provides research on neurodegenerative disease, neuropsychiatric disease, and cancer. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TDT Media, Inc. engages in daily email publication of stories about dining out, cooking at home or recommendations for cocktails, wines and chefs. The company was founded by Geoff Bartakovics and John McDonald in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Fevo, Inc. engages in the operation and development of a ticketing platform. It offers ticketing system for attending live events, for sporting events, for music events, and for theaters. The company was founded by Felix Lung, Ari Daie, and Andy Russell and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Thrillist Media Group, Inc. provides online retail services. Its network consists of three brands food, drink, and travel property brands: Thrillist, tech-meets-lifestyle site Supercrompressor, and style destination JackThreads. The company was founded by Adam Rich and Benjamin Lerer in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Escapist Media, Inc. operates a digital lifestyle platform for men. It provides native solutions, custom content and video, event activation and other programs for premium and luxury men’s lifestyle brands. The company was founded by Jonathan Keidan and Andrew Russell on August 16, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Mount Sinai Genomics, Inc. operates online predictive health analysis platform for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. It offers Centrellis which analyzes and interprets extensive information about known inherited diseases, including related mutations, frequency across populations, and the penetrance and expressivity of genetic changes. The company was founded by Eric Schadt and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Part of Accelerate360 LLC, A360 Media LLC is a media group that includes well-known brands in celebrity/entertainment, women's lifestyle, and men's active lifestyle. The company is based in Smyrna, GA. A360 Media was acquired by Accelerate360 LLC on August 21, 2020. The company engages millions of consumers monthly across multichannel platforms including digital, magazine, and social media channels. A360 Media serves the latest culture and content to more than 91 million fans and readers each month. The CEO of the company is David Parry.

UTW82 LLC is an American company that provides a white-label community platform designed to ignite collaboration and drive meaningful engagement. The empact platform empowers communities by focusing on the unique perspective of each individual and rewarding positive contribution. The platform is accessible through both desktop and iOS or Android app, and it allows users to build their community in a matter of hours. The platform offers customizable channels for community-wide challenges, information sharing, and key topics of conversation pertinent to the community's mission. It also provides virtual conference rooms built around specific goals, initiatives, or events, a searchable library of all file types, and internal messaging for members to connect one-on-one or collaborate in private group discussions. Empact is a proud partner of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change, and it strives to license its collaboration software to organizations whose work advances the UN 2030 goals. Empact partners include both for-profit and non-for-profit ventures, the latter of which is supported by Empact for Good, its 501(c)(3) division. The private company was founded by Andrew Russell.

Translational Development Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company that was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on April 19, 2022 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

CastleVax, Inc. is an American vaccine platform company based on technology developed at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, headquartered in an undisclosed location. The private company's platform uses a disease virus to induce the human immune system to produce neutralizing antibodies targeted at a range of emerging and pandemic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The technology was developed in response to the growing need for vaccine independence and pandemic response preparedness. CastleVax's leading candidate, NDV-HXP-S, is currently being tested in clinical trials in multiple countries around the world. The company was founded by Florian Krammer, Peter Palese, Adolfo García-Sastre.

The Mount Sinai Health System, Inc. provides health care system services. It is an integrated health care system providing exceptional medical care to our local and global communities. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.