Rain Wen, PhD

The Moon Hotel Company. GRU builds durable space habitats so humans can live on the Moon and Mars. Our first missions will mine lunar regolith to construct a permanent habitat on the moon for commercial space tourism — a hotel on the moon. We don’t stop at Moon hotels. GRU’s long-term plan: 1. Build the first hotel on the Moon. GRU solves off‑world surface habitation. 2. Build America’s first Moon base: roads, mass drivers, warehouses, and physical infrastructure. 3. Repeat on Mars and build the first cities there. 4. Own property on the Moon and Mars as these economies grow. 5. Reinvest profits into resource utilization systems on the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and beyond—reaching our final form: Galactic Resource Utilization.

Emmetrope Ophthalmics LLC, (aka “Emmecell”) is a privately-held, clinical stage biotechnology company developing cell-based therapies. Emmecell’s platform technology leverages magnetic nanoparticles to effectively localize and integrate cell therapies to the appropriate target tissue. Our lead product EO2002 is a cell therapy for treatment for corneal edema, the most common indication for corneal transplantation. Cell Manufacturing and Production LLC (CellMP) was founded in 2018 and is a subsidiary of Emmecell providing GMP manufacturing services in Menlo Park, CA.

The Moon Hotel Company. GRU builds durable space habitats so humans can live on the Moon and Mars. Our first missions will mine lunar regolith to construct a permanent habitat on the moon for commercial space tourism — a hotel on the moon. We don’t stop at Moon hotels. GRU’s long-term plan: 1. Build the first hotel on the Moon. GRU solves off‑world surface habitation. 2. Build America’s first Moon base: roads, mass drivers, warehouses, and physical infrastructure. 3. Repeat on Mars and build the first cities there. 4. Own property on the Moon and Mars as these economies grow. 5. Reinvest profits into resource utilization systems on the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and beyond—reaching our final form: Galactic Resource Utilization.

Canadian Entrepreneurs in Life Sciences (CELS) is a multi-dimensional, not-for-profit, organization supporting the advancement of innovative Canadian Life Science technology businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area through a range of services: • Valley Ready Accelerator - qualify, coach and support high potential Canadian life science companies to a successful commercial endpoint and/or business success • Mentoring - coach Canadian entrepreneurs 1 on 1; leverage mentor network for broader access to high quality and experienced LS leaders & influencers • Showcase - promote Canadian LS technologies to the Bay Area community via other events/opportunities in the Valley, as well as invitation for venture firms and LS professionals to come up to Canada for industry related events

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

HistoSonics is a growth phase company developing a non-invasive sonic beam therapy platform and procedure using the science of histotripsy. Histotripsy utilizes the pressure created by focused sound energy to liquefy and destroy targeted tissue, including diseased tissue and tumors, at sub-cellular levels. The company’s new platform delivers personalized, tissue specific treatments with precision and control, and without the undesirable side effects of many of today’s interventional and surgical modalities. HistoSonics is led by a team of experienced domain experts and industry leaders with offices in Ann Arbor, MI, Madison, WI, and Minneapolis, MN.

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