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Semma Therapeutics

Semma Therapeutics is a regenerative medicine company founded to develop transformative stem cell-derived therapies to provide a functional cure for patients with diabetes. This company was acquired by Vertex in 2019.

Stride Health

Stride Health is an early-stage healthcare IT company developing a multi-carrier, private health insurance marketplace for the individual segment.

TraceLink

TraceLink the world’s largest Track and Trace Network for connecting the life sciences supply chain and providing real-time information sharing for better patient outcomes.

Avidity Biosciences

Avidity Biosciences is a biotech company pioneering a new class of precision medicines – Antibody-siRNA Conjugates (ASC™) – which combine the strengths of monoclonal antibodies and siRNA-based therapeutics to overcome barriers to the delivery of siRNA and target genetic drivers of disease. Avidity Biosciences, (formerly NASDAQ: RNA/RNAM) is no longer a publicly traded company. Novartis acquired Avidity.

Surface Oncology

Surface Oncology is an immuno-oncology company developing next-generation antibody therapies focused on the tumor microenvironment with lead programs targeting CD73, CD39, IL-27 and CD47. Surface Oncology went public in 2018 (NASDAQ: SURF). The company has since been acquired by Coherus BioSciences and is no longer a publicly traded company. Surface Oncology was acquired in 2023.

Cogent Biosciences

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ:COGT) (formerly Unum Therapeutics) is developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases with a clinical stage therapy for systemic mastocytosis. 

Adaptimmune

Adaptimmune (NASDAQ: ADAP) is a cellular therapeutics company developing affinity enhanced T-cell receptor (TCR) engineered T-cells to treat solid tumor and hematological cancers. Adaptimmune was acquired by WorldMeds in 2025.

Recurly

Recurly provides a cloud-based platform that automates subscription billing, payment processing, and revenue optimization for businesses operating on recurring revenue models. Its features include plan and pricing configuration, subscriber management, payment orchestration, churn mitigation tools, and analytics dashboards. Designed to integrate with various payment gateways and business systems, Recurly supports companies in managing and scaling their subscription operations efficiently.

FutureAdvisor

FutureAdvisor is an online Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) that provides mass affluent investors with low cost, personalized portfolios through an easy-to-use and intuitive user experience. FutureAdvisor was acquired by BlackRock in 2015.

Cloudant

Cloudant is a fully managed NoSQL Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) built on Apache CouchDB, designed to handle the demands of modern web and mobile applications. It offers multi-master replication, real-time indexing, and geospatial querying, enabling developers to build scalable and resilient applications without the overhead of database administration.