2026 Spotlight/Seed Speakers

Axia Discovery Inc.
Valentin Zhigulin, PhD, CEO
NJ, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus: Personalized Medicine, Drug Discovery, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Bough Biosciences
Ben Kolisnyk, PhD, CEO
Ontario Canada (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus: Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging, CNS/Neurological, Inflammation

Epitome Therapeutics FlexCo
Guido Gualdoni, MD, PhD, CEO
Austria (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Epigenetics, Platform Technology, CRISPR

Galimedix Therapeutics, Inc
Alexander Gebauer, MD, PhD, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
MD, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging, Neurology, Ophthalmic

Garland Surgical Ltd
Simon Mifsud, CEO & Co-Founder
United Kingdom (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Musculoskeletal

GOA Therapeutics
Andrew Altschuler, CEO
FL, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Drug Discovery, Endocrine/Metabolic, CNS/Neurological

Imessa Research Inc.
Shoeleh Assemi, PhD, Founder & CEO
UT, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus: Research Tools

Immunis, Inc.
Hans Keirstead, PhD, Chairman
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Regenerative Medicine, Musculoskeletal, Cell Therapy

Immunophotonics, Inc.
Robert Arch, PhD, President
MO, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Immuno-oncology, Platform Technology, Oncology Combination Therapy

Origami Therapeutics, Inc.
Beth Hoffman, PhD, President & CEO
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: CNS/Neurological, Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging, Orphan/Rare Disease

panluminate Inc.
Ons M’Saad, PhD, CEO
CT, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: CNS/Neurological, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Research Tools

Phare Bio
Akhila Kosaraju, MD, CEO & Co-Founder
MA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Drug Discovery, Platform Technology

PriveBio, Inc.
Laurent Audoly, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder
MA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Antibodies, Cardiovascular, Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging

QuantFlow
Inkook Chun, CEO
NY, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Diagnostics

Starton Therapeutics
Jamie Oliver, PharmD, CMO
NJ, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Drug Delivery, Platform Technology, Oncology

Synthis Therapeutics, Inc
Dori Thomas-Karyat, PhD, CEO
NY, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Fibrosis, Oncology, Immunology

zebraMD
Kat Schmolly, MD, CEO
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Orphan/Rare Disease