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

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

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

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

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

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

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