---
title: "NANOSPHERE INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf
identifier: sec:0001105184
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NANOSPHERE INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001105184`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MMCAP INTERNATIONAL INC. SPC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f534e820-ccb3-5c8d-aa5a-9d74dc49fcb7
- **A&B EQUITY HOLDINGS, LLC** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c766d272-65dd-506f-b7fe-470f3da3fa9b
- **SLEZAK MARK** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8155ca85-8e4e-5135-97b6-a13ed34af983
- **BROOKSIDE CAPITAL INVESTORS L P** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cce8f21-9cf7-5516-a794-89726267c310
- **BROOKSIDE CAPITAL PARTNERS FUND LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/398ad20d-8f2d-5f5d-a63b-95456381b0c2
- **BAIN CAPITAL PUBLIC EQUITY MANAGEMENT, LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc434aa5-73c1-57ef-b018-63f0e00bfdaa
- **LURIE INVESTMENT FUND, L.L.C.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/480a7b01-271e-5a4a-a2c5-3f33f722d544
- **BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE FUND 2005, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/deaabea8-2440-505c-8acc-53d32dacad70
- **LURIE INVESTMENTS, INC.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94484287-adfe-5af2-9d86-ba084989833d
- **NAHIRNY JAMES J** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d3304e24-e9ab-5dfe-b053-ce778ec73e60
- **WHITE WILLIAM T** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70736183-340f-5326-a8d3-3d950ec61c92
- **FERRANTE DOMENIC J** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f256a6e3-2cd2-5946-934a-5fc7c4fa3b6d
- **BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE INVESTORS, LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a110c0c6-7c01-538b-b95f-3b9d37127c2e
- **KRUPKA MICHAEL A** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/44779ceb-6ab5-581e-9f4d-9b11df96776d
- **BAIN CAPITAL VENTURE PARTNERS 2005, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8a36b8a2-c27a-54ec-80f8-7e5929db51e3

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **49-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **NANOSPHERE INC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NANOSPHERE INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e77d4670-b719-552b-8050-300e9c08eadf._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._