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

iDevices LLC develops connected devices through bluetooth technology. Its products include iGrill, a wireless bluetooth cooking thermometer; kitchen thermometer, and iShower. The firm also offers app development, electrical engineering, embedded software, industrial design, distribution, marketing and customer services. The company was founded by Christopher J. Allen Sr. in 2009 and is headquartered in Avon, CT.

Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC is a biopharmaceutical company. It improves the lives of patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. The company’s proprietary HEALER™ technology platform enables the pharmaceutical development of bioactive lipids, including resolving and other fatty acids, that actively regulate inflammation resolution and tissue repair. Its technologies are pro-resolving lipids and intellectual property. The company was founded by Frank C. Sciavolino, Banavara L. Mylari and Gary Mathias in 2011 and is headquartered in Southport, CT.

Talon Capital LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Harry Lunenburg and Paul Cole in 2002. Talon Capital manages assets on behalf of institutional clients and private investors.

LegiTime Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of security and management software solutions. It offers mobile network operations, managed services, consumer smart phone, and social network solutions. The company was founded by Eric Strauss, William Grote, and John Swain in 2005 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

Bactana Corp. develops microbes for animal health. Its products are used to trigger modifications to an animal’s immunometabolism to boost productivity and promoting good health. The company was founded by John A. Kallassy and Rodrigo Bicalho in 2016 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

BiologicsMD, Inc. operates as early stage therapeutic development company. It focuses on developing highly-targeted or smart therapies for the treatment of hair loss diseases and conditions, as well as severe bone disorders. The company is headquartered in Fayetteville, AR.

SmartPay Solutions LLC develops cloud-based software solution for a Pay-As-You-Go-Workers compensation plans. It is designed for insurance carriers, independent agents, and payroll providers. The company was founded by Gary Cardella and is headquartered in Southington, CT.

Enko Chem, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company was founded by Jacqueline Heard and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sensor Innovations, Inc. develops and commercializes a novel, proprietary and versatile sensing technology platform. It is initially focusing on pH measurement in high-value manufacturing, where an internally referenced, continuously self-calibrating sensor without drift is advantageous. The company was founded by Carolyn R. Kahn in 2007 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

Natural Polymer Devices, Inc. manufactures surgical and medical instruments. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin on June 17, 2011 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Cellomics, Inc. provides imaging technology products and services. It is a provider of technologies and products for the advancement of cell science research, including complete systems for high-content imaging of cells, tissues and whole organisms. The firm's platform includes automated imaging instruments, image analysis software, data management and bioinformatics software, coupled with reagents, cell-culture media, sera and specialty media formulations, along with laboratory automation and services. The company's offering is aimed at providing life science researchers with a quantitative, automated approach to understanding the biology of cells, including stem cells and cell systems, supporting all aspects of the drug discovery process as well as academic and systems biology research. Cellomics was founded on October 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Part of Celldex Therapeutics, Inc., Virus Research Institute, Inc. develops systems for the delivery of vaccines. The company is based in Cambridge, MA.

VC23 Investors LLC (VC23) is a venture capital firm founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Avon, Connecticut.

Axiom Venture Partners (Axiom Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1994 by Samuel Mckay and Alan Mendelson. The firm is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.

Standard Chartered Bank (New York) provides commercial banking services. Its products and services include cash management, foreign exchange and treasury products, commodity finance, and structured import and export finance services. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Renetx Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops disease modifying therapeutics. It offers Nogo Receptor and Cellular Prion Protein technology. The company was founded by Sylvia McBrinn and Stephen Strittmatter in 2009 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

My Gene Counsel LLC operates as a digital health company that develops digital tools and information for genetic test results. The digital information is created and updated by certified genetic counselors, physicians and consumer advocates. It serves laboratories, patients, and health professionals. The company was founded by Ellen Matloff and David Cohen and is headquartered in North Haven, CT.

JMP Group Inc. is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, together with its subsidiaries it provides investment banking, sales and trading, and equity research services to corporate and institutional clients, and alternative asset management products and services to institutional investors and high net-worth individuals. The company operates its business through five segments: Broker-Dealer, Asset Management, Corporate Credit, Investment Income, Eliminations and Corporate Costs. The Broker-Dealer segment includes a broad range of services, such as underwriting and acting as a placement agent for public and private capital markets raising transactions and financial advisory services in M&A, restructuring and other strategic transactions. The Broker-Dealer segment also includes institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional investor clients. The Asset Management segment includes the management of a broad range of pooled investment vehicles, including the company's hedge funds, hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations and small business loans. The Investment Income segment includes income from the company's principal investments in public and private securities, as well as any other net interest and income from investing activities. The Corporate Costs segment includes expenses related to JMP Group Inc., the holding company, and JMP Group LLC, and is mainly comprised of corporate overhead expenses and interest expense related to the company's credit facility with City National Bank. JMP Group was founded by Joseph A. Jolson and Carter D. Mack in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Kemper Financial Services, Inc. is a company that provides insurance, brokerage, and financial services. The company is based in Long Grove, IL.

CyVek, Inc. engages in the development of a novel, platform technology for measuring analytes in biological samples. It is a biotechnology company dedicated to the advancement of healthcare by empowering researchers and clinicians with a disruptive technology for performing multi-analyte immunoassays. The firm is a versatile platform that can be quickly and easily configured for diverse applications such as rapid diagnostic tests, multi-sample multi-analyte tests, or routine ELISA-like tests, for use in both research and clinical settings. The company offers an breadth of applications, from life science research to drug discovery, personalized medicine, diagnostics, and point-of-care testing. CyVek was founded by Per J. Hellsund, Rajiv Pandey and Marty Andrew Putnam in 2010 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

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.

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.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center provides medical care for children. It is the pediatric primary care service for children between Boston and New York. The neonatal intensive care unit cares for critically ill or premature newborn babies a year and some children who weigh one pound at birth. The hospital was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Hartford, CT.

Retail Optimization, Inc. provides merchandising optimization software solutions. Its software platform enables proprietary optimization technology based on calculating the incremental marginal contribution of each individual SKU integrating POS data, rest-of-market data, loyalty data, corporate strategies, shopper insights, and consumer demand. The company was founded by Vaughn D. Roller in 2006 and is headquartered in Gloucester, MA.

NovaTract Surgical, Inc. manufactures and develops laparoscopic medical devices. It offers NovaTract, a laparoscopic retractor that addresses the need to increase visibility (by using fewer instruments), improves tissue manipulations, provides angle of retraction modifications and reduces the number of ports and incisions. The firm also offers its intra-abdominal retraction system for use in general, colorectal, gynecology, urology, urogynecology, bariatric, and robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery applications. The company was founded by Eleanor L. Tandler in April 2010 and is headquartered in Agoura Hills, CA.

PNT Data Corp. provides information logistics for healthcare management. It offers services for healthcare management, enabling health plans, providers, health systems and vendors to securely manage and optimize the flow of healthcare information. The firm provides a fully developed, deployed and managed cloud communications platform with flexible and adaptive toolkits that provide solutions that enable healthcare entities to connect and communicate information securely, reliably and to collaborate across the spectrum of health information. It also supports health system, revenue cycle, billing services and clearinghouse vendors. The company was founded by George Allen DeGraw in 2002 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.