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  • MJ Research, Inc. (Including MJ Bioworks and MJ Geneworks) 1986 - 2004; board seat 1986-2004. A technology company developing, manufacturing, and selling instruments and reagents for use in life science research. At the time it was acquired by Bio-Rad Laboratories in 2004, it was privately held and had annualized sales of approximately $90 million.
  • Geneworks Pty Ltd. 1996 - 2008; board seat 1996-2008. Import, manufacture, and sale of biotechnology products in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Orion Genomics, LLC 1998 - present; board seat 1998-present. A biotechnology company specializing in the analysis of the epigenetic information coded into DNA through methylation. Important applications include human cancer diagnostics and plant gene identification.
  • Mountain Cove Tech Center, LLC 1999 - 2004; board seat 1999-2004. Specified, built, owned, and operated a 140,000 sq. ft. specialized biotechnology facility on the shore of the bay in South San Francisco, California. Tenants included MJ Research, MJ Bioworks, Genesoft Pharmaceuticals (Oscient Pharmaceuticals), Fluidigm Inc., and Parallele Inc.
  • Wavemark, Inc. 2004 - present; board seat 2006-present. Wavemark uses RFID to revolutionize supply chain management for expensive medical devices.
  • Sage Science, Inc. 2005 - present; board seat 2006-present. Designs and builds bioscience instruments.
  • Vaxart, Inc. 2006-present; board seat 2007-present. A vaccine development company with a novel technology for oral vaccination against infectious agents. Swine Flu project — TV Interview 1 and TV interview 2.
  • Amplimed, Inc. 2006-present. A clinical-stage pharmaceutical company with a lead oncology compound, Amplimexon®, in Phase II clinical trials, with early evidence of efficacy and low levels of toxicity.
  • Enfocus Engineering Corp. 2007-present. High-concentration, high-efficiency solar panels with no exposed moving parts.
  • True Materials, Inc. 2008. Sold to Affymetrix.
  • Mission Motors, Inc. 2008-present. High performance electric motorcycles (formerly Hum Cycles).
  • Oorja Protonics, Inc. 2008-present. Manufactures direct methanol fuel cells used as onboard battery chargers in electric vehicles; low carbon footprint and safe for indoor use.
  • Smaller investments

  • Adina
  • Allylix
  • Amplyx
  • Cleanfish
  • Fluxion
  • General Compression
  • Lumenergi
  • Lypro Biosciences
  • Montana Renewables
  • Nanostim
  • PharmaSecure
  • Sellers Markets
  • Velomedix
  • Zogenix
  • Last updated 29 April, 2009