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Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based restaurant technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform tailored for the food service and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast offers a cloud-based system designed specifically for restaurants, enabling functionalities such as tableside ordering, real-time reporting, online ordering, and labor management. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries, and supports over 120,000 locations across the United States. Toast generates revenue through software subscription fees, transaction processing commissions, and additional services such as hardware installation and professional support. By facilitating payment transactions on its platform, Toast processed approximately $126 billion in gross volume in 2023, demonstrating its significant role in the restaurant technology landscape.

Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based restaurant technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform tailored for the food service and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast offers a cloud-based system designed specifically for restaurants, enabling functionalities such as tableside ordering, real-time reporting, online ordering, and labor management. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries, and supports over 120,000 locations across the United States. Toast generates revenue through software subscription fees, transaction processing commissions, and additional services such as hardware installation and professional support. By facilitating payment transactions on its platform, Toast processed approximately $126 billion in gross volume in 2023, demonstrating its significant role in the restaurant technology landscape.

aTyr Pharma is a biotherapeutics company based in San Diego, California, specializing in the discovery and development of innovative medicines utilizing novel immunological pathways. The company focuses primarily on ATYR1923, a clinical-stage fusion protein designed to down-regulate immune engagement in interstitial lung diseases by binding to the neuropilin-2 receptor. This candidate is currently undergoing Phase 1b/2a clinical trials. aTyr Pharma has established a strong intellectual property portfolio centered around Physiocrine-based compositions and therapeutic applications, particularly in immunomodulation disorders related to inflammation and immunity. Additionally, the company has formed collaborations with several institutions, including the University of Nebraska Medical Center, CSL Behring, Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Medical University of South Carolina, to advance its research and development efforts. Founded in 2005 by a prominent scientist from The Scripps Research Institute, aTyr is supported by leading life sciences investors.