Steven Chen

Protab Laboratories is a custom research contract manufacturer that guides brands through the product development and technical process. The private company operates a state-of-the-art facility in Southern California, specifically in Foothill Ranch, CA, providing rapid turnaround services for tablet, capsule, and powder form products. The company also offers high-capacity mixing processes for nutritional and dietary supplements, tableting, microencapsulation, granulation, and milling. The company was founded in 2004 by Steven Chen.

Conagen, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Bedford, MA. Conagen's scientists and engineers use synthetic biology tools to develop sustainable nature-based products through molecular level manufacturing and fermentation. The private company focuses on producing high-value ingredients for various industries, including food, nutrition, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, and renewable materials. Conagen has developed Conamax, a microbial antibody production platform, and a new scalable natural compound called dihydro resveratrol, which has industrial and human health applications. The company is also creating sustainable ingredients for personal care and cosmetics products and improving infant nutrition and adult health and wellness. Conagen recently presented with their pipeline partner Sensegen at the Built with Biology conference in April 2022. The company was founded in 2010 by Steven Chen and Oliver Yu.