Octane Impact Report 2023

OCTANE IMPACTREPORT

LETTER FROM OCTANE’S CEO

2022 was an exceptional year for the many companies and individuals that created collective impact for our innovation community. It also marked Octane’s 20th anniversary, we are so grateful for everyone who supports our organization as members, partners, and ambassadors. Each year, Southern California and specifically Orange County continue to elevate the pace for innovation in the technology and medical technology industries. It gives us pause to reflect just how resilient we have been protecting against both the downside of potential shocks and preparing to capture the upside.

While it is prudent to anticipate headwinds in 2023, there are many opportunities with the proper strategy that will be welcome. Octane has many initiatives in progress to address this, most with immediate impact of connecting people, resources, and capital.

Our team continued to deliver content during 2022 through our in-person events, virtually and from our content library. Building off the success of Octane’s well-known Ophthalmology and Aesthetics Forums, we held our first Cardiovascular Summit and will continue to build on that momentum into the future.

Octane Foundation for Innovation added the capability of AI and healthcare into healthsocal.ai. This new area will deliver actionable data to all the residents in Southern California and start with an initial focus on

mental health. The additional areas such as STEAM Ahead, Next Wave, Non-Profit Accelerator, and Women Leaders of Octane all progressed to bring a variety of diverse ideas and leaders to these important initiatives.

LaunchPad SBDC continues to be an important platform and in 2022 we serviced 173 companies bringing the aggregate of capital raised by LaunchPad SBDC companies to $1.6B in 2022.

Our final business unit, Octane Capital & Growth continued to provide access to both capital and growth resources for the companies we serve. Octane believes this is not an either/or, but that the best companies have a strategy and utilize partnerships to access capital and growth resources. We also introduced the first product Octane has created, Haystax. This diligence tool will predict with 90%+ accuracy the probability of success for an early-stage company. Haystax utilizes 13 years of data Octane has developed as a result of our LaunchPad accelerator combined with the power of AI and decision analytics. Haystax is already proving to be a valuable tool when evaluating the risk/reward of early stage investing.

Finally, the Octane Impact Fund is in motion, and I would ask you to consider a gift which will make an immediate

and sustainable impact on the future of Orange County. Our COO, Janelle Brunette is leading this for us and can provide how any size contribution can change the trajectory of our community, create a legacy, and build a long term sustainable innovation ecosystem.

As always, I am filled with gratitude for all our partners, sponsors, and individuals that believe in Octane. Your continued confidence and support is appreciated and I am committed to assuring the long term sustainable impact Octane will make in 2023 and beyond.

Best, Bill Carpou CEO, Octane

About Octane

Octane drives innovation and growth by connecting people, resources, and capital to grow the tech and medtech industries of Southern California. We do that in 4 ways: Through content distribution, a nationally recognized accelerator, capital access, and growth resources.

We are creating 55,000+ high-paying jobs in Southern California by 2030. The initiatives we have in place create economic and social impact, including DEI and ESG outcomes. In the end, we have a history of delivering high-impact results that make a difference for the overall community.

Connect

The Convening Organization for Innovation & Content Creation in SoCal

Community

The Catalyst for Job Creation, Diversity, & Inclusion

LaunchPad SBDC

Accelerator for Late Seed & Series A

Capital & Growth

Solutions to Solve Capital Shortfall & Accelerate Revenue Growth

AI & Analytics

Decision Intelligence on Startups & Population Health

Octane is uniquely positioned to create scalable impact and has a proven track record creating results.

Vision Forward

We’re entering our third decade of operation after celebrating 20 years of accelerating innovation and driving impact. Octane continues to cultivate entrepreneurial, investment, and workforce opportunities across Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, and the Inland Empire.

The 20th Anniversary Octane Impact Fund is a capital campaign that builds off our legacy of tech innovation and growth to create generational impact in Orange County for decades to come.

Be a part of our story that’s creating high-paying jobs, changing lives, and accelerating a healthier future for all in Orange County.

LaunchPad SBDC companies are 17x more likely to get funded than all other technology startups.

LaunchPad SBDC is our award-winning Accelerator, offered as a pro-bono service, supported by funding from the SBDC and SBA. We focus on accelerating tech and medtech startups that have their management team and business plan in place.

LaunchPad SBDC offers four key elements.

The first is a strengthened capital funding strategy to improve the company investor presentation and ensure the company has all the components necessary for its next round of investment capital.

They also receive actionable feedback from subject matter experts in everything from bringing a product to market to creating a robust foundational process.

One of the most valuable offerings from Octane’s LaunchPad SBDC is our predictive analytics, which provides detailed quantitative analytics into a company’s future success.

Finally, Alumni receive access and exposure to a network of seasoned and vetted advisors & professionals.

We started LaunchPad in 2010 and since that time it has earned itself ranking as one of the top performing accelerators in the country. Within 12 months of going through the LaunchPad SBDC accelerator, startups secured an average investment of $1.8 million in 2022. LaunchPad companies enter their institutional fundraising with an advantage to other companies given the high degree of data dependency and credibility

LaunchPad has with investors.

Bill Carpou, Octane CEO

LAUNCHPAD SBDC

$5.9B

Raised by Octane LaunchPad SBDC Alumni & supported companies*

28,372

High-Paying Jobs created by LaunchPad SBDC Alumni & supported companies* with 5,073 created in 2022

82%

$5.2B

of Octane LaunchPad SBDC Alumni are still operational

$1.6B

Raised by Octane LaunchPad SBDC Alumni & supported companies in 2022

in Exits (IPOs, M&As, etc.) LaunchPad SBDC Alumni & supported companies*

1,573

Companies have been assisted by Octane*

*Since 2010

All data is audited by Deloitte and validated by Dunn & Bradstreet, PitchBook, and ZoomInfo.

CAPITAL

2022 marked a significant milestone for Octane as we created our first software product - Haystax.

Octane Capital & Growth (OCG) creates greater speed to capital and revenue by providing best in class advisory services, decision intelligence, and capital connections. This addresses early-stage companies’ greatest needs—raising capital and accelerating revenue.

Haystax is a decision intelligence tool that can predict a startup’s probability of receiving funding and becoming an operational entity with 90% accuracy.

It takes a money ball approach to evaluating startups.

We’ve commercialized the product and are servicing several customers as of December 2022. As a SaaS, data analytics, and decision intelligence company, we are able to provide these solutions on a global scale.

Several dozen people contributed to bringing Haystax to life including the OCG Advisory Board which represents entrepreneurs, strategics, and investors. Thank you to all who contributed.

As Octane Capital & Growth’s performance increases, it will create opportunities for Octane to provide more resources and fulfill our ever-expanding mission.

Growth Resources

Octane Capital & Growth continues to execute its strategy to focus on operational improvements and generation of revenue for those companies that joined the OCG platform.

The Octane Preferred Advisor (OPA) program provides companies with functional and industry expertise from over 20 advisors representing a wide breadth of service areas. Emerging companies are able to achieve their growth milestones faster and more efficiently. Key examples of growth assistance are the successful

Phase I NIH grant awarded to LaunchPad company, Remmie Health, and Phase I NIH grant and Notice of Award for Direct to Phase II to SPARK Neuro, led by Octane board member and Women Leaders of Octane Committee Chair, Marinela Gombosev. Both were awarded with the help and expertise of Octane Preferred Advisor, Superior Medical Experts.

The Octane CEO Peer Group continued to provide personal and professional development through a confidential setting among life science CEOs of noncompeting companies. Members serve as both mentors and mentees through peer issue processing and coaching.

Based on the success of the CEO Peer Group, a second Peer Group focused on Marketing Leaders was launched mid-year and has attracted top-tier marketers from leading corporations here in Orange County. Members provide and receive focused input on pressing challenges resulting in greater skills to lead their teams more effectively and grow their businesses.

OCTANE

FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION

Non-Profit Accelerator

Grow the strength and the resilience of the OC innovation ecosystem by helping non-profit organizations better serve their communities by optimizing their resources, building capacity and sustainability, and increasing their impact. This initiative is sponsored by a partnership with Edwards Lifesciences Foundation.

The goals of the initiative are:

• Employ LaunchPad methodology to evaluate and enhance organization effectiveness

• Coach practical preparation for growth and funding presentations

• Connect to resources, subject matter experts and funding opportunities

The Non-Accelerator produced an annual NPA 2.0 Summit and Pitch Lab to help graduating non-profit organizations network and connect with resources.

About the Foundation

Octane’s community initiatives are headquartered under Octane Foundation for Innovation (OFI). The Foundation was launched as a complement to Octane’s overall mission to grow and strengthen the OC innovation ecosystem, enhance the live/work experience and advance the economic vitality of the region. The Foundation is dedicated to working with underrepresented and underserved populations and advancing equity, diversity, and inclusiveness across all industry sectors  The Foundation and these five initiatives help Octane deliver on its impressive results for Orange County and Southern California and support its overall mission.

33

OC-based NonProfit graduates

7

Cohorts

45K+

Underserved Individuals in OC Directly Impacted

Healthsocal.ai is a health-tech community impact initiative for social good developing the community’s data marketplace and AI solutions to improve health outcomes and equity for individuals, organizations, and communities. Healthsocal.ai’s solutions focus on helping guide both business investments and personal decisions in an informed and actionable way based on the trends & learnings of the data.

The goals of the initiative are:

• Create a healthier future and a positive generational health impact

• Reverse troubling trends such as a declining life expectancy and the mental health epidemic

• Leverage AI to balance health inequities and improve population health

• Create, retain, and attract more Healthcare AI companies and talent

• Convene and engage local organizations and healthcare systems

Milestones Achieved

• Hired Managing Director, Zeeshan Subzwari, and created strategic plan, governance, and priority focus areas

• Determined mental health and wellness for children and young adults (ages 1-25) in OC as target for solution

• Created the SoCal Health Index prototype focusing on mental health in OC

• Launched healthsocal.ai kick-off event inviting 125+ attendees from Octane and OC partner ecosystem to discuss population health issues and possible AI solutions

• Launched AI Coalition onboarding 12+ missionaligned community partners for collaboration

Next Wave

Next Wave is designed to engage community leaders in the continuous development and growth of the Orange County innovation ecosystem. This initiative seeks to provide greater access and awareness to the community by impacting and creating a generational bridge through a cultural movement that focuses on attracting and retaining talent from a cultural perspective. Next Wave defines culture through differentiation of experience resulting in long-term economic impact and reduction in employee turnover.

The goals of the initiative are:

• Identify, recruit and retain GenZ and Millennial innovation leadership in Orange County

• Develop a set of strategies designed to enhance the ecosystem, community engagement and OC live/ work experience

• Activate leadership to execute the strategies and advance the goals

STEAM Ahead

Grow the strength and resilience of the OC innovation ecosystem by stimulating and sustaining interest in STEAM jobs and career paths among underrepresented and underserved communities.

The goals of the initiative are:

• Create ease of access to STEAM resources, organizations, experiences and expertise

• Curate and deliver an Octane web-based resource of all Orange County STEAM organizations and nonprofits for pre-K, K-12, college and early career

• Leverage STEAM organizations, education and companies to support and deliver resources

30+

Organizations

Featured to Date

Education, Private Sector, and Non-Profit Organizations attended the STEAM Summit

1ST

12.3%

More Women Selected to Pitch

Funding Received by Women, 3x Nat’l Avg

More Women Through LaunchPad

+33% +50%

Leaders in the Women on Boards Registry

300+

Women Attended Quarterly WLO Meetings

Women Leaders of Octane

Grow the strength and resilience of the OC innovation ecosystem by increasing the number of womenfounded and women-led companies, improving access to capital, getting more women on corporate boards, and providing more effective resources and networking.

The goals of the initiative are:

• More women-founded and led companies through LaunchPad Accelerator

• Increase access to capital and funding of womenled businesses

• Provide access to women seeking corporate board consideration and increase number of women on boards

• Highlight women-led businesses and innovation

• Enhance networks and resource accessibility

IGNITE

EVENTS

Octane events are designed to create connections within the Southern California business and entrepreneurial community. In 2022, Octane set new attendance records including an introduction of a new event, our inaugural Cardiovascular Tech Summit. Over 7,500 people attended our various forums, summits, webinars, and other events.

Our premier events bring together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, physicians & startups that will shape the future. As we look ahead to 2023, the Octane Events team has secured key thought leaders as keynote speakers for all its Signature Events. All our content is now able to be consumed on-demand, at the attendee’s convenience, establishing Octane as a leading content provider.

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Aesthetics Tech Forum

Guided by the strength of innovation happening locally, Octane kicked off the year with our Aesthetics Tech Forum in January. Over 550 attendees which included 200 physicians, as well as industry, investors, and entrepreneurs, gathered to discuss the future of medical aesthetics.

The two-day event hosted over 60 speakers in 20 sessions, representing leaders from clinical, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Highlights of the event included a keynote by Carrie Strom, SVP, AbbVie, President, Global Allergan Aesthetics interviewed by Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane and several panels discussing topics such as investment opportunities, regulatory pathways, and more.

One of the most discussed panels was the science of aging panel, which included speakers Dr. Stephanie Manson Brown, MBBS, MRCS, MFPM, Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, Aesthetic Medicine, Allergan Aesthetics an AbbVie Company, David McDaniel, MD, Co-Director of the Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute, Patricia Ogilvie, MD, Founder of SkinConcept Munich, and Sophia Ononye-Onyia, PhD, MPH, MBA, Founder & CEO, The Sophia Consulting Firm.

Aesthetics Tech Forum also featured presentations from LaunchPad SBDC medical aesthetics tech startups. The presenting companies were Accure Acne, Inc., Acorn Biolabs, Elevai Labs Inc, and LoveMyDelta, Inc. Each presented a 10-minute pitch and had a panel of experienced investor judges and physicians for a round of questions.

Tech Innovation Forum

The 2022 Tech Innovation Forum brought together hundreds of attendees to learn and connect with the focus on the next industrial revolution and the role that Southern California is playing in both climate tech and space.

Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic kicked off the Forum discussing the future of space travel. Highlighted sessions also explored the changing face of aerospace, 5G technologies, biggest supply chain challenges, and evolving ESG standards and practices.

Due to the popular success, the Forum brought back the Startup Showcase where each of the 22 startups were given 5 minutes to pitch their idea to the investors in attendance. The Showcase was not to be outdone by our annual LaunchPad SBDC presentations, which included some of the most exciting companies to date. Not only did these companies represent a wide range of tech applications, but also included one of the most diverse groups of founders yet.

Trubify, one of the eight presenting companies and LaunchPad alumni, was one of four companies awarded Gold by Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School Most Fundable Companies on October 13, 2022. More than 4,000 companies throughout the US competed for the win; the diligence process was extremely intense.

810+

Total Attendees

4.1

Overall Rating

67%

Attendees Plan to Rewatch Conference Content Again

High Tech Awards

Octane moved its annual High Tech Awards to AV Irvine in 2022. It was a spectacular evening, celebrating the best and the brightest in Orange County. In addition, Octane celebrated its 20th anniversary at the luminary-studded High Tech Awards on September 29th paying homage to the individuals and companies that have made Orange County a hub of medical and technology innovation. Nearly 500 attendees gathered at AV Irvine to celebrate top innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders across 10 award categories and recognize the visionaries who founded Octane two decades ago.

Special recognition was given to the Octane Founders, Jim Mazzo, Michael Mussallem, Dwight Decker, Tom Moebus and Matt Massengill, as we thanked them for providing the original vision 20 years ago and continuing to be champions ever since! The event highlighted the Octane Impact Fund, a fundraising campaign that builds off Octane’s legacy of tech innovation and growth to create generational impact in Orange County for decades to come.

“We applaud our winners and thank our High Tech Awards committee, judges, sponsors, and the Orange County tech ecosystem for their support,” said Bill Carpou, CEO, Octane. “Southern California’s innovation epicenter is Orange County, and Octane was proud to mark our 20year milestone by introducing the Impact Award, awarded to Farrokh Shokooh, the founder of ETAP/ Operation Technology who has demonstrated resiliency, entrepreneurship and made a significant impact in Orange County,” Carpou said.

Octane received more than 150 submissions this year and announced the following category winners:

Best Clean Tech/Green Company: Veloce Energy, Inc.

Best Enterprise or B2B Technology Innovation: Kofax

Best Technology Company Leadership Team: Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Outstanding Innovation in Medical Technology/Life

Sciences: Renata Medical, Inc.

Best Technology CEO: Joshua Lee, Ardius

Outstanding Emerging Technology Company: CathWorks Deal of The Year: MeridianLink, Inc.

Outstanding Technology Company: Intraratio Corporation

Best Consumer Technology Innovation: SUPER73, Inc.

Outstanding Large Disruptor/Innovator: Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Ophthalmology Tech Forum

Ophthalmology Tech Forum is one of our most anticipated events. Orange County is a global leader in ophthalmology, consistently creating the top innovations in the industry.

Each year, this event pulls leadership from some of the top ophthalmology companies and featured a leading panel, innovation leadership device, moderated by Elizabeth Yeu, MD, Partner, Virginia Eye Consultants, and innovation leadership pharma moderated by Aziz Mottiwala, Chief Commercial Officer, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. We also heard from Robert L. Avery, MD, California Retina Consultants discussing advances in retina.

The Forum introduced ‘Partnership Pursuit’ which was a unique opportunity for physicians to meet innovative entrepreneurs to determine if there was a mutually beneficial fit and interest to get more involved, such as becoming a board member or medical advisor. Octane will continue to bridge the relationships we have with physicians and the companies that have used our accelerator.

One of the most impactful sessions of the day was the Roger Steinert, MD Legacy Award Presented by The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, where John Hovanesian, MD, FACS and Baruch Kuppermann, MD awarded their longtime colleague and friend, Dr. Richard Lindstrom. The award was accompanied by a heartfelt message from April Steinert, wife of Roger Steinert and 2017 award recipient. As the event grows, it will feature more auxiliary networking opportunities and events surrounding a day of content.

Inaugural Cardiovascular Tech Summit

Replicating Octane’s success in Ophthalmology & Medical Aesthetics, Octane added Cardiovascular to its portfolio. Octane’s inaugural Cardiovascular Tech Summit synergized innovative solutions in cardiology with physicians, industry strategics, and investors who convened together to advance patient care.

The Summit explored strategic, process-driven innovation versus visionary inventions pathways, highlighted current buying trends of strategics and investors, reviewed current funding models of cardiology innovation, presented innovation trends, and showcased top emerging cardiology companies to our ecosystem of strategics and investors.

The founding sponsor, Dr. Arshad Quadri, inQB8 Medical Technologies, presented Edwards Lifesciences CEO, Michael Mussallem, with the Cardiovascular Innovation Prize.

Content Highlights:

• Keynote Lunch Lars Soendergaard, MD, DMSc

• Visionary Inventions: Bringing Your Ideas to Life

• Funding Innovation: Escaping the Valley of Death

• Future Insights: The Trajectory of Cardiovascular Care

• LaunchPad SBDC Company Presentations

4.6

Overall Rating

Total Attendees

Presenting at OMIF provided an amazing platform to showcase our company to serious investors, VC’s and strategic partners. I cannot overstate how outstanding the experience was from start to finish. From pre-event coaching to ‘game day’ execution the Octane team provided MACH32 with an unparalleled opportunity to reach international investors in an active health tech hub!”

Dr. Marc Curial, MD, CCFP-EM - Founder, CoCEO, MACH32

Live & Virtual Attendees

4.4

Overall Rating

Octane’s Medical Innovation Forum

Octane’s Medical Innovation Forum was held October 27-28 at the Irvine Marriott. The event attracted a nationwide array of entrepreneurs, startups, investors, strategics, medical innovation industry corporate leaders, as well as hospital systems, university scientists and researchers. SoCal companies presented the next wave of medical innovation throughout both days of the conference. Three out of the 25 companies that pitched raised capital since the Forum.

Octane’s Medical Innovation Forum serves as a unique bridge between innovation, commercialization, and connections. The focus was Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) –the mindset required, and critical resources, processes, and strategies needed for successful business development from ideation through to successful exits. The two-day conference discussed Entrepreneurial Intelligence in key areas such as: how to raise capital, innovation at all stages of business, management of your human capital, driving ROI with diversity, and optimizing your scientific advisory board. Our keynote was Quita Beeler Highsmith, MBA, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Genentech who leads the industry in developing cutting edge medical treatments.

Octane presented Dr. Amrita Krishan with our inaugural Medical Innovation Prize. Dr. Krishnan directs the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research at City of Hope, seeking to make gains in one of the most rapidly changing areas in cancer research.

Octane co-founded two venture funds to fill the capital shortfall.

Creating Value with Better Insight

Venture capital fund with a unique information advantage approach and strategy to connect capital and insight with the most promising startups.

Visionary Ventures is a top decile fund focused in ophthalmology and aesthetics. Visionary Ventures believes that better information leads to better investments with exceptional returns. They gain that information through partnerships with KOL’s, industry experts, and strategic acquirers. By building a team of specialists, professionals, and industry leaders at the forefront of the process, they are tapping into a unique advantage to our venture investments.

One of their key focus areas aside from achieving exceptional returns is investing in companies that address unmet or underserved markets.

Visionary Ventures is looking for visionary and proven entrepreneurs who are turning exciting ideas into market-leading businesses. They are a focused venture capital fund from series A to commercialization. Their target investments range from $5M to $15M.

VISIONARY VENTURES

ELEVATION VENTURES

Led by former Google[x] executive, Neal Rickner, the Fund focuses on Seed to Series A climate and sustainability companies, leveraging Octane’s LaunchPad accelerator and Sustain SoCal’s extensive network of energy and sustainability professionals to accelerate progress and amplify impact.

The partnership recognized that by leveraging each other’s respective strengths and capabilities it could have an immediate and meaningful impact on the climate crisis and economic growth in the region while providing attractive returns to the investors.

Founders’ access to capital in Southern California has been the single major impediment to climate tech growth in the region. Elevation Ventures aims to change that.

Be a Part of Our Story.

Everyone has their story. The stories are what drive Octane’s mission to continue to leverage Orange County’s assets, strengthen the innovation ecosystem, grow more companies that create high-paying jobs, and advance inclusivity, diversity and equity to enhance the quality of live/work experience in Southern California.

Octane’s 20th Anniversary Octane Impact Fund was developed to keep Orange County’s innovation ecosystem and economy highly competitive, growing and sustainable in the face of increasingly competitive

challenges and incentives from other cities and states. There are countless ways to be a part of our story and help create impact in Orange County. The Octane Impact Fund will go directly to increasing the scope and reach of existing successful Octane programs that will have a greater generational impact on the SoCal economy and community.

Learn more about the Octane Impact Fund and set up a time to meet with Octane’s COO, Janelle Brunette (janelle@octaneoc.org).

OCTANE IMPACT FUND

Providing financial security for our customers

Helping far too often overlooked pediatric patients

Reimagining healthcare in terms of digital and virtual care

Transforming how patients with cardiovascular disease are diagnosed and treated

OUR STORY IS...

Octane celebrates innovators, entrepreneurs and technology leaders who make Orange County a center of technology and medical technology innovation. The companies and people we serve along with the initiatives we run are about changing lives, creating high-paying jobs, and accelerating a healthier future for all.

Investing trillions of dollars into climate solutions

Revolutionizing personal forms of transportation

Helping you live a healthier functional life doing the things that you want to do

BOARD OF

DIRECTORS

Octane’s success is possible thanks to our Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Advisors, and Partners.

Executive Committee

Bill Carpou, Octane

Jag Dosanjh, AbbVie

Bruce Feuchter, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth

Emile Haddad, FivePoint

Bruce Hallett, Miramar Venture Partners

Bob Jacobson, RSM US LLP

Jennifer Leuer, ShootProof

James Mazzo, Neurotech

Brett Wall, Medtronic

Scott Whitcup, Akrivista & Whitecap Biosciences

Clay Wilemon, 4L Data Intelligence

Board of Directors

Laurent Attias, Alcon

Reynolds Bish, Kofax

Charles Black, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Caitlin Blanche, K&L Gates

Sheryl Bourgeois, Former Chapman University

Janelle Brunette, Octane

John Casalaspi, Tech Data

Akin Ceylan, Lionsgate Entertainment

Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, CHOC

Hazem Chehabi, MD, Newport Diagnostic Center

Daveen Chopra, Edwards Lifesciences

Janet Clardy, Experian

Sean Crafts, BLDG Labs

Pete Deutschman, The Buddy Group

Linda DiMario, Octane

Randy Fisher, Insperity

Russ Garcia, Menlo Micro

Marinela Gombosev, SPARK Neuro

Rob Goodman, Pacific Life

Andrew Guarni, Hoag

Fauad Hasan, Appiell.ai

Michael Hedge, K&L Gates

Reza Jahangiri, American Advisors Group (AAG)

Lynn Jochim, Former FivePoint

Scott Joslyn, UCI Health

Edward Kim, MD, MBA, City of Hope

Jason Lantgen, JLL

Sabing Lee, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Steven Litchfield, MaxLinear

L. Andrew Lyon, Chapman University

Celine Martin, Johnson & Johnson

Goran Matijasevic, UC Irvine

Tatjana Mithcell, Experian North America

Thomas Mitro, Retired, Aerie Pharmaceuticals

Aziz Mottiwala, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals

Aidan Raney, MD, Retired, Hoag

Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, Visionary Eye Institute

Neil Sahota, AI Advisor

Dean Stoecker, Alteryx

Carrie Strom, AbbVie, Allergan Aesthetics

Jeffry Weinhuff, Visionary Venture Fund

Ian Williamson, UCI Paul Merage School of Business

Ted Wilm, Retired, PwC

Ashlie Woods, Goldman Sachs

Dominique Worthington, Medtronic

Kamakshi Zeidler, MD, FACS, Aesthetx

David Zollinger, Siemens Healthineers

PARTNERS

Diamond Partners

Alcon

Allergan, an AbbVie Company

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company

Edwards Lifesciences

Experian

FivePoint

Insperity

K&L Gates

Lincoln Property Company

Medtronic

Visionary Venture Fund

Platinum Partners

Chapman University

CHOC

City of Hope, Orange County

Deloitte

Hoag

Johnson & Johnson

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Knobbe Martens

Pacific Life

RSM

Stradling

Tangram Interiors

UCI Beall Applied Innovation

Western Digital

Gold Partners

Bank of America

Canada Consulate General

Cooley LLP

Corelogic

Fragomen Worldwide

Greater Irvine Chamber

Johnson & Johnson Vision

Kofax

LDI Color Toolbox

Menlo Micro

MicroVention Terumo

Soka University

Syneos Health

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals

TSX Venture Exchange

Wilson Sonsini

Supporting Partners

Greenlight Guru

Stuart Kane LLP

Contributors

American Advisors Group (AAG)

Broadcom Foundation

Edwards Lifesciences Foundation

Evolus

Pacific Life Foundation

Samueli Foundation

SBDC California, OC Inland Empire Network

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals

Union Bank Foundation

US Small Business Administration

Vincit

Learn more about Octane and our mission to create high-paying jobs at octaneoc.org