Vendors

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Pipe

Pipe transforms recurring revenue into up-front capital for growth without dilution or restrictive debt.

Science Square

A cluster of emerging and established technology concerns, entrepreneurs, and researchers focused on accelerating biomedical innovation, digital health, advanced manufacturing and medical devices in a unique setting in Atlanta's Westside adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus. This innovation ecosystem represents a unique research and innovative platform in a dynamic urban setting

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA)

Life Sciences PA, formerly known as Pennsylvania Bio, works to ensure Pennsylvania is the United States hub for the life sciences by creating a business and public policy environment which fosters life sciences growth and success. Pennsylvania is considered the most attractive location in the United States for establishing a life sciences organization by life sciences leaders within the U.S. and by those outside the U.S. seeking to establish U.S. operations.

Fulton Labs

Fulton Labs is the first life and health sciences campus built in Fulton Market, Chicago, one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in the US. With 725,000 sq. ft. of newly constructed, next generation wet/dry lab and office space—and incredible amenities—Fulton Labs is the world-class science campus innovators deserve.  

Converge Miami

Located with proximity to downtown, the Health District and Miller School of Medicine, Converge Miami facilitates access to outstanding resources and creates synergies between the University and tenant companies, advancing clinical breakthroughs and benefiting all people. Local entrepreneurs and young startups thrive at Converge through a unique partnership with CIC Miami and Venture Café gatherings.  

Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center

Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center (MLSIC) is southeastern Michigan’s premier home for life science and other high-tech, innovation based startup businesses. Gather at the 67,000+ square foot MLSIC innovation center complete with state-of-the-art wet lab space, well-appointed offices and conference rooms, a Phase 1 Clinical Trials facility, ample free parking, a loading dock and every possible business amenity.

Akeo

Akeo is a team of multidisciplinary digital product experts specialized in branding, UI/UX design, mobile, and web development.

Verbatim Labs

Verbatim is a content studio helping early-stage teams launch and scale their editorial engines to unlock organic acquisition.

UserEvidence

UserEvidence is a SaaS platform that arms B2B vendors with verified customer evidence, proof points, and success stories to prove the value of their products. UserEvidence clients proactively capture feedback from customers, and then transform the positive feedback into an array of elegant marketing content assets (e.g. testimonials, reviews, case studies, statistical evidence, charts).

Han Springett

Han Springett is a London based, creative strategist who loves solving problems, inspiring teams, streamlining processes, designing beautiful experiences and most importantly, always driving creative excellence. They have a team of over 15 talented and passionate creatives that offer a full service package crossing over creative direction, digital strategy, design & development.

Davey Ho

Recent of UCBerkeley in CS/Bio. Very talented and kind individual. Understands biology and works very fast.

Bunsen Studios

Brand and communications for science companies. Your design team should understand science (almost) as well as you do. You won’t have to dumb it down for us. Bunsen is well-versed in the research, technologies, challenges, and opportunities facing frontier science startups and scale-ups.

Wireform.io

Jeff Merrick is a multidisciplinary product designer and frontend developer based in Chicago. He helps his clients boost their design bandwidth, bring UX help into their dev teams and execute solutions quickly.

Oxeon

Oxeon connects leading healthcare investors, entrepreneurs and executives to grow and scale businesses and transform the U.S. healthcare system.

One Degree Partners

One Degree Partners, made up of Gary Megennis and Kelly Fairweather, leads executive searches focused exclusively on venture and growth stage companies.

Barrington James

Barrington James is a global life science recruitment business that focuses in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical Device sectors.

One North Talent Group

One North Talent Group is a referral-only, boutique, retained search firm focused on people leadership roles for enterprise and high growth companies.

Activate

Activate's mission is to empower scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market.

Kindred Partners

Kindred was founded and designed to help entrepreneurs succeed. On every search you get the time, focus and experience of a partner, backed by their entire team.

Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles is an international executive search firm that also has a consulting practice focused on leadership and shaping corporate culture.

Laura Tacho

I partner with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and my engineering management program. 

The Trevor Project

The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning) young people. The organization works to save young lives by providing support through free and confidential suicide prevention and crisis intervention programs on platforms where young people spend their time: our 24/7 phone lifeline, chat, text and soon-to-come integrations with social media platforms.

John Delmonaco

John Delmonaco is Senior Partner with RHR International, a firm of management psychologists who consult to senior executives. John focuses on driving the success of business strategy through developing individual executives, aligning talent around key business imperatives, and strengthening the effectiveness of executive teams. John conducts assessments, 360s, succession planning, and coaching. John comes recommended to Pillar by one of our Co-Founding Pillar CEOs.

Julie Engel

Julie Engel, Ph.D. is an executive coach, organization development and team development consultant and facilitator working with executives and managers to be more resourceful, grounded and wise as they navigate the ever-changing, fast-moving, uncertain, challenging, and demanding circumstances of their work and the world.

and/now collective

and/now seeks to build a radical collective for revolutionary wellness and collective rising through the prism of racial justice and social healing. We are a growing collective of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and mental health practitioners that coach individuals, teams, leaders, and organizations. Our partnerships span industries, geography, roles, and communities.

Dai Ellis

Dai Ellis is an executive coach for startup founders and CEOs with a particular focus on the climate tech ecosystem.

Founder → Leader

Jaye Goldstein, who was previously on the Pillar VC/Petri team, offers leadership, management and communication coaching to biotech startups. She’s particularly passionate about supporting women and diverse founders.

Laura Tacho

I partner with software engineering managers and executives to level up their leadership skills through courses, coaching and my engineering management program. 

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center’s mission is to serve as the hub of the world’s life sciences ecosystem, encourage innovation through investments in good science and business, strengthen and protect Massachusetts’ global leadership position in the life sciences, accelerate the commercialization of promising treatments, therapies, and cures that will improve patient care, create jobs, drive economic development and STEM workforce development.

MassBio

MassBio’s mission is to advance Massachusetts’ leadership in the life sciences to grow the industry, add value to the healthcare system, and improve patient lives. MassBio represents the premier global life sciences and healthcare hub, with 1,500+ members dedicated to preventing, treating, and curing diseases through transformative science and technology that brings value and hope to patients. Founded in 1985, MassBio works to advance policy and promote education, while providing member programs, events, industry information, and services for the #1 life sciences cluster in the world.

Resource Innovations

Resource Innovations, now combined with Nexant, is a substantially woman-owned, woman-led energy consulting firm dedicated to creating equal access to clean resources through diverse partnerships. The company's deep roots and broad expertise in resource efficiency, market-based technology support, policy development, and partnership building, enable the delivery of high-performing clean energy solutions.

Cambridge Consulting

Cambridge Consultants develops breakthrough products and services, creates and licenses intellectual property, and provides business consultancy in technology-critical issues for clients worldwide.

Labworld Group

The Lab World Group is a buyer and seller of high quality new, demo, used laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment. We also specialize in helping clients recover income through sale of their retired, decommissioned lab and pharmaceutical equipment. Our primary goal is to provide our clients with outstanding service. We provide top quality services through our vast industry knowledge, always ensuring we go above and beyond for our clients.

Marshall Scientific

Marshall Scientific provides quality refurbished lab equipment to universities, hospitals, and research labs worldwide.

Pipe

Pipe transforms recurring revenue into up-front capital for growth without dilution or restrictive debt.

Saluda Grade

Saluda Grade delivers institutional knowledge and capital resources to the Alternative Lending real estate sector. Our core mission is to identify Regional Private Lenders and create growth through investment and strategic partnerships.

Trinity Capital

High-growth venture capital-backed companies turn to Trinity Capital (Trinity) as a preferred option for venture debt and equipment financing to fuel their growth and extend their runway. Since 2007, Trinity has worked closely with leading venture capital firms and their respective portfolio companies to offer valuable support, enhanced flexibility and competitive venture debt financing solutions to customers with distinctive needs.

GMO Payment Gateway

GMO Payment Gateway is a subsidiary of GMO Internet Group, the largest online payments company in Japan and is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The US direct lending business was launched in July 2018 and provides debt financing to early stage fintech startups in the US using GMO PG’s corporate balance sheet. They offer multiple approaches to debt financing, including promissory notes, term loans, facility loans, and off balance sheet financing.

Intelispark

InteliSpark, LLC is a hands-on business development consulting firm specializing in securing non-dilutive funding for start-ups through the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), and other government research funding programs. We work with start-ups, universities, venture capital firms and economic development programs to match small innovative companies and technologies with funding opportunities. Using our proven track record of creating winning SBIR/STTR proposals, we turn those opportunities into realities.

David Ephron

David Ephron helps companies win R&D contracts from federal and state agencies to develop advanced technologies. His proposals have secured over $350M in non-dilutive funding for clients that span a diverse range of industries and technology areas — including solar energy, biofuels, semiconductors, electronics / optoelectronics, biotechnology, software, telecommunications, novel materials, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, and many others. Clients range in size from new startups to Fortune 500 companies. Most engagements evolve into long-term relationships based on trust and success.

Jameson and Company

Jameson is an accounting firm that specializes in working with government agencies, such as the NIH-National Institutes of Health, DOD-Department of Defense, DOE-Department of Energy and NSF-National Science Foundation. They can help with making sure you are compliant with Federal Acquisition Regulations for awards like the SBIR/STTR Phase II, BARDA, BAA, R01, U01, IDIQ, and ARPA-E.