Book of Lists 2014
Banking & Finance
18 Hartford Business Journal • septemBer 22, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Largest Connecticut Innovations aid recipients
(Ranked by amount of funding, FY 2013)
Rank Company Amount of funding
Type of funding
Fund
Number of
full-time jobs
retained
Number of
full-time jobs
created Type of business Top local executive
1
Dollar Tree Distribution Inc.
105 International Dr.
Windsor, CT 06026
877-530-8733; www.dollartree.com
$4,000,000
Tax exemption
Sales & Use
NA 207 Distributor
Stephen White
Chief Logistics Officer
2
NBC Sports Network LP
15 Bank St.
Stamford, CT 06901
203-352-2806; www.nbcuni.com
$3,250,000
Tax exemption
Sales & Use
116 362 Sports television
Kathryn McClure
Senior Director, NBCUniversal
3
Carla's Pasta Inc.
50 Talbot Ln.
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-436-4042; www.carlaspasta.com
$2,571,980
Loan
Works
75 61 Wholesale/manufacturing
Claudia McCann
CFO
4
New Haven Pharmaceuticals
965 W. Main St.
Branford, CT 06405
770-329-0074;
www.newhavenpharma.com
$1,500,000
Equity
CT Innovations
2 NA Biotechnology
Patrick Forteau
CEO
4
ZetrOz LLC
56 Quarry Rd.
Trumbull, CT 06611
888-202-9831; www.zetroz.com
$1,500,000
Equity
CT Innovations
8 9 Biotechnology
Bryant Guffey
CEO & Co-Founder
6
Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC
167 Old Post Rd.
Southport, CT 06890
860-213-1235; www.thetispharma.com
$1,250,000
Equity
CT Innovations
1 NA Biotechnology
Frank Sciavolino
President & Chief Scientific Officer
7
Advent Technologies
222 Pitkin St.
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-282-0644; www.advent-energy.com
$1,000,000
Convertible debt
CT Innovations
NA 4 Clean technology
Emory DeCastro
Chief Technical Officer
7
Belimo Aircontrols Inc. (USA)
43 Old Ridgebury Rd.
Danbury, CT 06810
203-791-9915; www.piccv.com
$1,000,000
Tax exemption
Sales & Use
269 NA Manufacturing
John Coppola
Vice President Finance & Administration, Belimo
Americas
7
BYK USA Inc.
524 S. Cherry St.
Wallingford, CT 06457
203-265-2086; www.byk.com
$1,000,000
Tax exemption
Sales & Use
97 4 Manufacturing
Dianna Wanczyk
Finance Manager
7
Local Yokel Media LLC
175 Atlantic St., Ste. 203
Stamford, CT 06901
877-679-0100; www.localyokelmedia.com
$1,000,000
Equity
CT Innovations
3 4 Information technology
Dick O'Hare
CEO & Founder
7
Two Roads Brewing Co. LLC
1700 Stratford Ave.
Stratford, CT 06615
203-335-2010;
www.tworoadsbrewing.com
$1,000,000
Loan
Works
NA 24 Craft brewery
Peter Doering
Co-Founder
7
Winchester Lofts LLC
275 Winchester Ave.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-497-0033; www.winchesterlofts.com
$1,000,000
Tax exemption
Sales & Use
NA NA Investor/developer
Abe Naparstek
Vice President East Coast Development, Forest
City
13
etouches
13 Marshall St.
Norwalk, CT 06854
203-403-9470; www.etouches.com
$875,003
Equity
CT Innovations
13 22 Computer software
Oni Chukwu
President & CEO
14
P2 Science Inc.
4 Science Park
New Haven, CT 06511
203-821-7457; www.p2science.com
$860,932
Convertible debt
Seed
4 NA Renewable chemicals
Neil Burns
CEO
15
AxioMx Inc.
688 E. Main St.
Branford, CT 06405
203-208-1918; www.axiomxinc.com
$750,000
Convertible debt
CT Innovations
10 5 Biotechnology
Christopher McLeod
President & CEO
15
Gilman Brothers Co.
38 Gilman Rd.
Gilman, CT 06336
860-889-8444; www.gilmanbrothers.com
$750,000
Loan
Growth
25 46 Manufacturing
Nicholas Vasile
Controller
17
Zadspace Inc.
40 Richards Ave., 6th Floor
Norwalk, CT 06854
203-286-3146; www.zadspace.com
$732,910
Equity
CT Innovations
NA 6 Information technology
Jeffrey Giordano
CEO
18
Stay Fresh Foods LLC
65 Chamberlain Hwy.
Meriden, CT 06451
855-477-8655; www.stayfreshfoods.com
$725,000
Loan
Growth
4 13 Food processing
Amy Lawless
Managing Director
19
Payveris
100 Great Meadow Rd., Ste. 207
Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-896-8350; www.payveris.com
$700,000
Equity
CT Innovations
7 7 Information technology
Fran Duggan
President
20
Polamer Realty NB LLC (1)
Pinnacle Business Park
New Britain, CT 06023
860-665-1321 (2); www.polamer.us (2)
$693,492
Loan
Works
72 NA Manufacturing
Krystof (Chris) Galik
President/Owner
21
Keystone Paper & Box Co. Inc.
31 Edwin Rd.
South Windsor, CT 06074
860-291-0027;
www.keystonepaperbox.com
$571,500
Loan
Works
16 42 Manufacturing
James Rutt
President
22
Rice Packaging Inc.
356 Somers Rd.
Ellington, CT 06029
860-872-8341; www.ricepackaging.com
$524,508
Loan
Growth
50 NA Manufacturing
Clifford Rice
President
23
Innovatient Solutions Inc.
270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 216
Farmington, CT 06032
860-255-7945; www.innovatient.com
$510,110
Equity
CT Innovations
4 2 Information technology
Jolinda Lambert
CEO
24
SmartPay Solutions LLC
176 Laning St.
Southington, CT 06489
877-905-0786; www.smartpayllc.com
$500,200
Equity
CT Innovations
4 NA Information technology
Stephen Holcomb
CEO
25
CMD Bioscience
5 Science Park
New Haven, CT 06511
203-298-4251; www.cmdbioscience.com
$500,000
Equity
Seed
2 1 Bioengineering
David Audie
COO
Sources: CT Innovations, individual companies and www.manta.com.
Notes: Jobs retained and created may be attributable to more than one instance of aid received in the same year. NA is Not Available.
(1) A subdivision of Polamer Precision Inc.
(2) Contact information for Polamer Precision Inc.
—Compiled by Roger Magnus and Heide Martin.
