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Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

CuraGen Corp. develops protein, antibody and small molecule pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the development of CR011-vcMMAE, a Phase II clinical trial drug for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and breast cancer. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Abeome Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops therapeutic and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). The firm’s DiSH (Direct Selection of Hybridomas) technology offers a process for selecting and cloning desired hybridomas that produce antibodies with optimal binding characteristics. The company was founded by Richard B. Meagher in 2000 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.

Collections Marketing Center, Inc. provides self-service collections solutions. It offers customer engagement, agent desktop and strategist portal. The company was founded by Vytas Kisielius, Dawn M. Willey and Ye Zhang in 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

BioRez, Inc. engages in the design and development of resorbable polymer scaffold technology. The firm offers a device that is suited for tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin and Joseph W. Reilly in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

FMP Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells laboratory automation equipment to pharmaceutical companies. Its products include 3D digital video microscope with automated xyz stage and servo controlled micro manipulators. The company was founded by Thomas J. Friedlander And Walter Meltzer in 2005 and is headquartered in Danbury, CT.

EpiEP, Inc. develops heart-related medical devices. It has developed epicardial access system, EpiAccess, which engages a patent protected pressure-guided needle that is designed to alert physicians of needle tip location during epicardial access procedures. The firm specializes on instruments that facilitates an epicardial approach for patients who benefit from minimally invasive procedures on the surface of the heart. The company was founded by Pamela M. Bunes, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Srijoy Mahapatra and George T. Gillies in December 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Precipio Diagnostics LLC operates as a cancer diagnostics reference laboratory. It offers its customers community oncologists and hospitals access to academic institutions and has combined academic-level excellence with the sales and marketing expertise, the proper operational processes and the necessary service level standards required to deliver proper support. The company was founded by Ilan Danieli in 2011 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

P2 Science, Inc. operates as a specialty chemical biorefinery company. It offers cosmetics and personal care, flavors and fragrances, specialty materials, and bioactives. The company was founded by Neil A. Burns, Paul Anastas, and Patrick Foley in 2011 and is headquartered in Woodbridge, CT.

SAMI Health, Inc. provides healthcare information technology services. It is developing information solutions for hospitals and other healthcare institutions. The company was founded by Richard R. Rakowski and Matt Walton in 2012 and is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Synbody Biotechnology, Inc. operates as a platform for the discovery and development of novel and attractive molecules. The company was founded by Paul L. Hallenbeck, Chris Diehnelt, Kevin D. Burroughs and Stephen Albert Johnston in 2010 and is headquartered in Chester Springs, PA.

AxioMx, Inc. develops and produces recombinant antibody technologies. Its service offerings include antigen & project design, recombinant antibody development, antibody optimization, and antibody production. The company was founded by Christopher K. McLeod and Michael P. Weiner in 2012 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

CanSurround PBC provides health care services. The company was founded by Margaret Maley, Jon Brilliant, Jill Teixeira in 2013 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Happy Harry's, Inc. owns and operates a chain of drug stores. It has drugstore chain in Delaware, with locations in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1962 and is located in Newark, DE.

Current Analysis, Inc. provides analytical business information services. It also provides market intelligence and advice for telecommunications, information technology , consumer electronics, and business applications. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bostan, MA.

Inflection Point Ventures (Inflection Point Ventures) is a venture capital firm is founded in 1998 by Jeffrey A Davison. The firm is headquartered in Newark,Delaware.

Activate Venture Partners (Activate Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Glen Bressner and Todd T. Pietri. The firm is headquartered in New York.

454 Life Sciences Corp. engages in the provision of medical testing services to determine the nucleotide sequence of whole genomes. The company was founded by Jonathan M. Rothberg in 2000 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

The Boy Scouts of America provides a program for young people that builds character, trains in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

MassVentures (MassVentures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1978 by Charles Hipwood. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

First State Innovation, Inc. provides investment services to technology-based and early stage businesses. It services include seed capital, alternative funding, skilled human capital, commercialization assistance, intellectual capital and other entrepreneurial resource services. The firm also provides biotechnology and life sciences, advanced materials, information technology, nanotechnology, financial services and supporting infrastructure. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Triad Investors Corp. is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 1988. The firm is headquartered in Baltimore.

The University of Connecticut Research & Development Corp. provides information on research and development of technologies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Delaware BioScience Association promotes Delaware's bioscience industry. It facilitates growth of the life science industry, advancements in research as well as supporting education initiatives in Delaware and the surrounding region. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Newark, DE.

Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is a non-profit, research and development organization, which provides applied research services. It conducts applied R&D to customers from industry and state and federal governments. The firm develops and validates scientific applications and technologies for industrial innovation in the USA. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Plymouth, MI.

Connecticut Yankee Council, Inc. engages in providing programs and services to young people. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Milford, CT.

New Haven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops new prescription drug products. It developes proprietary prescription pharmaceuticals that utilize currently marketed drugs or generally recognized as safe (GRAS) active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for use in therapeutic applications. The company was founded by Harry H. Penner Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Orion Security LSP LLC provides fleet monitoring solutions. It offers global positioning system (GPS) derived business intelligence (‘BI’) software and services. The company was founded by Brad Bartkowski and Ross Johnson on June 28, 2005 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

AlloMek Therapeutics LLC develops and discovers pharmaceutical products for cancer therapies. It offers MEK kinase inhibitors that improve the biopharmaceutical properties of previous MEK inhibitors. The company was founded by Khire R. Uday and Barry Hart in 2010 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Navigant Ventures provides management consulting services.