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Phylagen is a venture-backed microbiome data analytics company that harnesses the vast, unseen world of microbes to improve business performance and make our lives better.
Sierra Sciences is a Reno, NV-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Revibe Technologies is dedicated to helping children and adults overcome obstacles faced in the classroom and workplace by fusing psychology with technology. School psychologist Rich Brancaccio founded Revibe in 2013 to create a specialized tool to help kids overcome their difficulties by leveling the playing field through technology. Revibe is a wearable that leverages proprietary algorithms to help kids adults combat distraction through gentle vibration reminders.
REGENXBIO is a leading biotechnology company focused on the development, commercialization and licensing of recombinant adeno‐associated virus (AAV) gene therapy. REGENXBIO`s NAV® Technology Platform, a proprietary AAV gene delivery platform, consists of exclusive rights to more than 100 novel AAV vectors, including AAV7, AAV8, AAV9 and AAVrh10. REGENXBIO`s mission is to transform the lives of patients suffering from severe diseases with significant unmet medical need by developing and commercializing in vivo gene therapy products based on REGENXBIO`s NAV Technology Platform. REGENXBIO seeks to accomplish this mission through a combination of internal development efforts and third‐party NAV Technology Platform licensees.
Kezar co-founder Christopher Kirk, Ph.D. began his work on the unique function of the immunoproteasome at Proteolix in 2005, while working on the compound that would become the successful multiple myeloma drug KYPROLIS™ (carfilzomib). As VP of Research at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, which acquired Proteolix in 2009, Christopher led the efforts to develop the first selective inhibitors of the immunoproteasome and designed multiple studies demonstrating their profound immunomodulatory effects. In parallel with this work, Christopher and Kezar co-founder Jack Taunton, Ph.D. collaborated on several research projects involving protein secretion. This collaboration inspired a belief in the strong synergies between protein degradation and protein secretion, two fertile areas for drug discovery with platform potential. In 2014, Christopher and Kezar co-founder John Fowler began developing the business plan for Kezar, acting on a longstanding desire to work together and build a world-class company. In 2015, John and Christopher raised $23M and negotiated a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Amgen for the Onyx immunoproteasome inhibitor patent estate. Now underway, John and Christopher are excited to leverage their complementary skill sets to build Kezar into a leader in small molecule drug development.