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Book of Lists 2014 General Interest 26 Hartford Business Journal • septemBer 22, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com Largest Connecticut venture capital deals (Ranked by amount invested for 2013) Rank Company Amount invested for VC deal/ Amount invested for 2013 Investment stage Industry type Investors Top executive 1 Datto Inc. 101 Merritt 7, 7th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851 888-294-6312; dattobackup.com $25,000,000 $25,000,000 Expansion IT services General Catalyst Partners LLC Austin McChord CEO 2 Mederi Therapeutics Inc 800 Connecticut Ave., 1E01, Norwalk, CT 06854 203-930-9900; www.mederitherapeutics.com $18,500,100 $18,500,100 Expansion Medical devices and equipment Acadia Woods Partners LLC Will Rutan CEO 3 Arvinas Inc. 5 Science Park, 395 Winchester Ave, New Haven, CT 06511 203-535-1456; www.arvinas.com $16,000,000 $16,000,000 Early stage Biotechnology 5AM Venture Management LLC, Canaan Partners, Connecticut Innovations Inc., Elm Street Ventures Timothy Shannon CEO 4 Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc. 142 Temple St., Ste. 205, New Haven, CT 06510 203-315-0566; www.marinuspharma.com $10,337,000 $19,901,000 Later stage Biotechnology Canaan Partners, Domain Associates LLC,Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Christopher M. Cashman Chairman and CEO 5 Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc. 142 Temple St., Ste. 205, New Haven, CT 06510 203-315-0566; www.marinuspharma.com $9,564,000 $19,901,000 Later stage Biotechnology Canaan Partners, Domain Associates LLC, Foundation Medical Partners LP, Rossiyskaya Korporatsiya Nanotekhnologiy GK, Sofinnova Ventures Inc. Christopher M. Cashman Chairman and CEO 6 LogicSource Inc. 20 Marshall St., South Norwalk, CT 06854 203-409-9770; www.logicsource.com $7,993,000 $12,993,000 Expansion Software Bain Capital Venture Partners LLC David Pennino President and CEO 7 Mediacrossing Inc. 3 Landmark Square, Ste. 400, Stamford, CT 06901 203-652-1600; mediacrossing.com $6,880,000 $6,880,000 Early stage Media and entertainment Connecticut Innovations Inc. William A. Lederer Founder, Chairman and CEO 8 CyVek Inc. 2 Barnes Industrial Rd. South, Wallingford, CT 06492 203-679-0395; cyvek.com $5,500,000 $5,500,000 Early stage Biotechnology Connecticut Innovations Inc. Per Hellsund Founder, President and CEO 9 etouches 13 Marshall St., Norwalk, CT 06854 203-403-9470; www.etouches.com $5,500,000 $5,500,000 Later stage Software Cava Capital, Connecticut Innovations Inc., Greycroft Partners LLC, Level Equity Oni Chukwu President and CEO 10 Payveris LLC 100 Great Meadow Rd., Ste. 207, Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-896-8350; www.payveris.com $5,200,000 $9,100,000 Early stage Financial services Advantage Capital Partners, Connecticut Innovations Inc., Ironwood Investment Management LLC Fran Duggan President 11 iDevices LLC 136 Simsbury Rd., Building 12, Avon, CT 06001 860-352-5255; idevicesinc.com $5,000,000 $5,000,000 Expansion Software Connecticut Innovations Inc. Christopher Allen CEO 12 Logicsource Inc 20 Marshall St., South Norwalk, CT 06854 203-409-9770; www.logicsource.com $5,000,000 $12,993,000 Expansion Software Bain Capital Venture Partners LLC David Pennino President and CEO 13 Soft Tissue Regeneration LLC 142 Temple St., Ste. 206, New Haven, CT 06510 973-879-6367; softtissueregeneration.com $4,333,000 $4,333,000 Expansion Biotechnology Connecticut Innovations Inc., LaunchCapital LLC, The Vertical Group Joseph Reilly President and CEO 14 Rib-X Pharmaceuticals Inc. (1) 300 George St., Ste. 301, New Haven, CT 06511 203-624-5606; www.melinta.com $4,286,000 $4,286,000 Later stage Biotechnology Warburg Pincus LLC Mary Szela CEO 15 LiquidPiston Inc. 1292a Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-838-2677; liquidpiston.com $4,250,000 $6,500,000 Later stage Industrial/energy Adams Capital Management LP, Northwater Capital Management Inc. Nikolay Shkolnik Founder and CTO 16 iMedX Inc. 6 Concourse Pkwy., Ste. 1475 (2), Atlanta, GA 30328 203-332-7060; www.imedx.com $4,034,000 $4,034,000 Later stage Software RFE Investment Partners, Ventureast Christopher Foley CEO 17 Payveris LLC 100 Great Meadow Rd., Ste. 207, Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-896-8350; www.payveris.com $3,900,000 $9,100,000 Early stage Financial services Connecticut Innovations Inc. Fran Duggan President 18 Management Health Solutions Inc. 501 Kings Hwy. E., Fairfield, CT 06825 888-647-4621; www.mhsinc.com $3,007,000 $6,549,000 Later stage Software Enhanced Equity Fund, LP, Radius Ventures LLC Edward G. Murphy Chairman and CEO 19 ZetrOZ Inc. 56 Quarry Rd., Trumbull, CT 06611 888-202-9831; www.zetroz.com $2,600,000 $3,458,000 Early stage Medical devices and equipment Connecticut Innovations Inc. Bryant Guffey CEO 20 Precipio Diagnostics LLC 4 Science Park, 3rd Floor, New Haven, CT 06511 203-787-7888; www.precipiodx.com $2,500,000 $4,300,000 Early stage Medical devices and equipment Connecticut Innovations Inc. Ilan Danieli CEO 21 SchoolChapters Inc. (3) N/A, West Hartford, CT N/A 800-604-9465; www.schoolchapters.com $2,500,000 $2,500,000 Early stage Media and entertainment Connecticut Innovations Inc. Claudia Reuter CEO 22 LiquidPiston Inc 1292a Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-838-2677; liquidpiston.com $2,250,000 $6,500,000 Later stage Industrial/energy Adams Capital Management LP, Northwater Capital Management Inc. Nikolay Shkolnik Founder and CTO 23 Local Yokel Media LLC 175 Atlantic St., Ste. 203, Stamford, CT 06901 877-679-0100; www.localyokelmedia.com $2,150,000 $2,150,000 Early stage IT services Connecticut Innovations Inc. Dick O'Hare Founder and CEO 24 Northpage Inc. 555 Heritage Rd., Ste. 100, Southbury, CT 06488 203-262-6266; www.northpage.com $2,000,000 $2,000,000 Startup/seed IT services Connecticut Innovations Inc., Kepha Partners Andrew Davis Mike Gorey 25 Lumesis Inc. 1 Atlantic St., 3rd Floor, Stamford, CT 06901 203-276-6500; www.lumesis.com $1,982,000 $1,982,000 Early stage Software N/A Gregg L. Bienstock Co-Founder and CEO Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTreeTM Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. (1) The company's name has changed to Melinta Therapeutics. (2) Formerly located in Shelton, CT. (3) Acquired by Houhgton Mifflin in Jul., 2014. —Compiled by Roger Magnus.