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38 Hartford Business Journal | February 22, 2021 | HartfordBusiness.com million in new venture funding late last year as it continues to grow its main product, Fusion, which parses and analyzes more than 225 million clinical documents for clients including health information exchanges, the Veterans Administration, state governments, large health plans, health IT vendors and life insurance companies to help them consolidate and better assess that data. Rosow is no newcomer to growing successful tech companies. He started Diameter about six years after selling his software firm, Premise Corp., to Atlanta-based medtech firm Eclipsys Corp. for $38.5 million. Kim B. Hawkins After starting her career more than two decades ago at community lender and business advisory nonprofit HEDCO Inc., Kim Hawkins recently was named CEO of the organization that serves minority- owned businesses, which have historically had a harder time accessing credit and loans. That inequality was brought to the forefront during the pandemic, when minority-owned firms experienced difficulties accessing a financial lifeline from the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program. HEDCO led the charge in trying to address those needs, working with the city of Hartford, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and 50 Kim B. Hawkins CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SERVING CT AND MA 1971-2021 Industrial manufacturing and distribution facilities, auto dealerships, medical offices, pre-engineered buildings, commercial buildouts, additions and renovations. COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING SERVICES COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL/INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING SERVICES SITE SELECTION – DESIGN – ENGINEERING – CONSTRUCTION – RENOVATIONS Berkshire Facial Surgery, East Longmeadow, MA Balise Mazda, Springfield MA BUILDING BUSINESS. BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. BUILDING EXCELLENCE. Associated Builders Inc. 4 Industrial Drive, South Hadley MA 01075 413-536-0021 | www.abuilders.com FAMILY FEUD EDITION The Hartford Business Journal will present the 2021 Best Places to Work in CT honorees with a Family Feud style mini series beginning on February 22nd. Companies will compete against each other to answer the top survey questions with the most popular answers! Meet the Best Places to Work in CT and see who has what it takes to win the feud! To receive the daily email with the mini series, beginning on February 22nd at 12:00 pm, please register for f ree by visiting www.hartfordbusiness.com/hbj-events/bptw PRESENTING SPONSOR: GO TO >> HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM/HBJ-EVENTS/BPTW REGISTER TODAY! 2021 POWER 50 Capital For Change to launch an emergency small business grant program. HEDCO's mission is to provide loans, incubator space and training to small businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the state, with an emphasis on helping businesses and entrepreneurs in urban neighborhoods who may not be served by commercial lenders. Prior to being named CEO, Hawkins served as vice president and chief operating officer since 2015. She started working at HEDCO as an independent consultant in 1996 before coming on-board as a full-time employee in 1998. She founded the Business Resource Center at HEDCO in 2006 and was an HBJ C-suite Award recipient in 2018.