Michael Schrader

Apple Tree venture Managemnet LLC (Apple Tree Partners) is a venture capital firm founded by Seth Harrison in 1999. The firm is headquartered in New York with an additional offices in London, San Francisco and Cambridge.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Inc. researches and develops to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. It researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, and serves as an advocate for the field with offices in Africa, India, and Europe. The firm's HIV research and development focuses on three strategies: the design of vaccine immunogens capable of inducing specialized proteins known as broadly neutralizing antibodies, the optimization and development of these antibodies as prevention products, and the development of replicating viral vectors and mRNA. The company was founded in 1996 by Seth Berkley and Lee C. Smith and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cambridge Crops, Inc. provides edible and natural biomaterial coating services. It uses salt and water to extract the protein from silk to create an edible protective layer that keeps food fresh for longer. The company was founded by Fiorenzo Omenetto, Livio Valenti, Jacques-Henry Grislain and Benedetto Marelli and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Hookipa Biotech AG develops new generation prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The firm’s Vaxwave technology is a novel immunotherapy platform using a replication-defective viral vector for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Lukas Flatz, Andreas Bergthaler, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Daniel Pinschewer in July 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. provides vaccines for the prevention and treatment of diseases. It develops and manufactures influenza vaccine against the pandemic influenza virus. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Swiftwater, PA.

Part of GeoVax Labs, Inc., GeoVax, Inc. is a company that develops biotechnology and vaccines. The company is based in Smyrna, GA. GeoVax was acquired by Dauphin Technology, Inc. on October 03, 2006. The company was founded in 2001 by Harriet Latham Robinson.