2026 Spotlight/Seed Speakers

Ancilia Biosciences
Alexandra Sakatos, Co-Founder & CEO
NY, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
CRISPR, Inflammation, Gastrointestinal

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

Bilix
Myung Kim, PhD, CEO
South Korea (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Cardiovascular, Endocrine/Metabolic, Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging

BioCryst
David Jenkins, PhD, CSO
MA, USA (Public NASDAQ:BCRX)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Orphan/Rare Disease

Biomebank
Samuel Costello, CEO & Co-Founder
Australia (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Microbiome, Drug Discovery, Gastrointestinal

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

Conceivable Life Sciences
Julie O’Shaugnessy, President
NY, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Reproductive Medicine

Consano Bio
Andrew Hall, CEO
MA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging, Regenerative Medicine, Neuropathy/Pain

Early is Good, Inc.
Thakshila Liyanage, Co-Founder & CEO
IN, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Diagnostics, Genitourinary, Oncology

Epion Therapeutics, Inc.
Michael Webb, CEO
MA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Ophthalmic

Eratos Therapeutics, Inc.
Brent Vaughan, CEO & Co-Founder
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Drug Discovery, Artificial Intelligence (AI), CNS/Neurological

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

Eyedaptic
Jay Cormier, CEO & Founder
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Ophthalmic, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Longevity/Healthspan/Diseases of Aging

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

Gilga-Med, Inc.
Charles Mobbs, PhD, Founder
NY, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus:
Inflammation, Longevity/Healthspan/ Diseases of Aging, Neurology

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

Mesenbio Limited
David Kuntin, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder
United Kingdom (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus:
Autoimmune, Platform Technology, Regenerative Medicine

MolAIcule, Inc.
Yongjin (Kevin) Hou, Co-Founder & CEO
MD, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Artificial Intelligence (AI), CNS/Neurological, Drug Discovery

MycaZED Therapeutics
David Larwood, CEO
AZ, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus:
Infectious Disease, Orphan/Rare Disease

Myosin Therapeutics
Courtney Miller, CEO
Florida, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
CNS/Neurological, Oncology, Orphan/Rare Disease

Network Bio
Asad Ahmad, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Fibrosis, Immunology

Novapep
Howard Levy, MBBCh, CMO
Australia (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Pulmonary, Infectious Disease, Platform Technology

Orbit Genomics, Inc.
Dede Willis, President & CEO
Colorado, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Longevity/Healthspan/
Diseases of Aging, Platform Technology

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

Perseo Pharma AG
Yves Dudal, PhD, CEO
Switzerland (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Longevity/Healthspan/ Diseases of Aging, Platform Technology, Regenerative Medicine

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

PTM Therapeutics, Inc.
Jennifer Cheng, CEO
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Antibodies, Gastrointestinal, Oncology

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

Rakuten Medical
Abhijit Bhatia, COO
CA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Immuno-oncology, Oncology, Platform Technology

ReGENE LLC
Alexander Suvorov, CEO
MA, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
CNS/Neurological, Longevity/Healthspan/ Diseases of Aging, Ophthalmic

Reglagene, Inc.
Richard Austin, CEO, President & Co-Founder
TX, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Oncology, CNS/Neurological, Orphan/Rare Disease

Riboway Therapeutics, Inc.
Avery Yan, PhD, Founder & CEO
MA, USA (Seed)
Therapeutic Focus:
CNS / Neurological, Autoimmune, Longevity/Healthspan/ Diseases of Aging

Saghmos Therapeutics
Anna Kazanchyan, MD, CEO
CT, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Cardiovascular, Renal

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

Turn Therapeutics
Bradley Burnam, CEO
CA, USA (Public NASDAQ:TTRX)
Therapeutic Focus:
Dermatology, Immunology, Inflammation

Vast Therapeutics
Nathan Stasko, PhD, CEO
NC, USA (Private)
Therapeutic Focus: 
Immunology, Infectious Disease, Pulmonary

WHITE TIGER GROUND
Kwanyoung Park, Founder & CEO
South Korea (Private)
Therapeutic Focus:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Dermatology, Infectious Disease

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