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Harris and Harris Group, Inc. builds transformative companies from disruptive science. We leverage our core scientific expertise to be FIRST in identifying new technology trends, in accessing high quality science and intellectual property, in building management teams and in executing on early-stage business growth. Our PROVEN team has the unique ability to identify and diligence the network of discoveries that come from understanding science at the intersection of different scientific disciplines, with biology as a focus. This places us at the center of the discoveries impacting some of the most important growth sectors of the economy, permitting us to build TRANSFORMATIVE companies. BIOLOGY+ is our distinctive approach. We define BIOLOGY+ as investments in interdisciplinary life science companies where biology innovation is intersecting with innovations in areas such as electronics, physics, materials science, chemistry, information technology, engineering and mathematics. We focus on this intersection because we believe interdisciplinary innovation will be required in order to address many of the life science challenges of the future.
Franklin Resources Inc. is an American holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton Investments; it is a global investment firm originally founded in New York in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker BEN, in honor of Benjamin Franklin, who was admired by founder Rupert Johnson, Sr. In 1973 the company's headquarters moved from New York to San Mateo, California. Today, Franklin Templeton Investments is one of the world's largest asset management groups with over US$815 billion in assets under management (AUM) on behalf of over 25 million private, professional and institutional investors, as at June 2013.
The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups, with total assets of approximately $2.3 trillion (USD)1 as of June 30, 2015. Our services include corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking. In 2014, MUFG integrated the U.S. operations of its subsidiary The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) with those of San Francisco-based Union Bank, N.A. This combined entity — MUFG Union Bank, N.A., allows us to better serve our individual, corporate, and institutional customers in the United States, Canada, and Latin America by offering expanded global capabilities. In the Americas, we service our corporate and investment banking customers under the MUFG brand, and we go to market with our retail, wealth, and commercial banking customers under the Union Bank® brand. BTMU is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning more than 40 countries. It is one of the largest foreign banks operating in North America, the company’s primary overseas market, and has been in Latin America for more than 90 years. Founded in 1864, Union Bank is one of the oldest financial institutions in the American West and was instrumental to the growth of California. Its retail operations include more than 400 branches in California, Oregon, and Washington.
GCA Savvian is a San Francisco, CA-based company in the Financial Services sector.
Ampfield Management, L.P. is an investment management firm based in New York.