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HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MAY 4, 2026 17 rrlawpc.com info@rrlawpc.com rrlawpc (860) 278-1150 We are grateful for the trust our clients place in us each year. It is a privilege to support businesses at every stage, providing practical, thoughtful guidance for their general business and transactional legal needs. We also extend our sincere appreciation to our colleagues, friends, and community, whose continued support makes our work possible. At Reid & Riege, our focus remains the same—delivering exceptional service and building lasting relationships that help businesses grow and succeed. Business Services team pictured left to right: Colin T. Wrinn, Louis J. Donofrio, Amy B. de Lannoy, Meredith G. Remigino, Thomas R. Kasper, Natalie G. Carpenter, Cathryn A. Reynolds, Mark X. Ryan, Adam C. Rose The event spans six areas: arts, biotech, civic technology and policy, climate, health and technology. Yale Ventures has also expanded its accelerator programs, which provide grant funding to startups. There are now six programs, up from one when Geballe joined. "We've increased the amount of funding that we give out each year from $2 million to now over $6 million per year to help support the launch of new startup companies," he said. With that growth, Geballe said Yale Ventures has exceeded his expectations. Elevating awareness Asked about the organization's biggest accomplishment, Geballe pointed to increased awareness on campus of resources available to innovators. "The awareness and the culture across campus is really evolving in a way that is very supportive of entre- preneurship and innovation," he said. Its biggest challenge, he added, has been higher interest rates, which have slowed venture capital activity — crit- ical to financing early-stage ventures. "A lot of really exciting innovations have struggled to get funding," Geballe said. "A lot of them are still raising venture capital dollars and getting the funding they need, but it's harder and we're seeing some really promising ideas struggle to gain traction." Looking ahead, a key focus will be growth at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, where the university is investing in faculty and infrastructure, including a new physical sciences and engi- neering building that will house quantum research. Geballe cited work in artificial intel- ligence — including AI use in drug discovery and disease diagnosis — as well as advances in semicon- ductors and climate technology. All of those "are areas where there are significant challenges we're wrestling with in society right now, and where we need innovation to help us get through the coming decades," he said. He added that the pipeline of ideas remains strong. "There is a limitless supply of interesting, smart people and interesting ideas to work on," he said. A conference room (shown left) with a movable glass wall and an entry installation (right) visualizing Yale's entrepreneurial "neural network" are features of the Yale Ventures office in New Haven. HBJ Photos | David Krechevsky