100 Doing Business in Connecticut | 2015
Innovation Always a Top Priority
at Connecticut Innovations
A
s the state's ven-
ture capital fund
and lender, Con-
necticut Innova-
tions helps keep Connecti-
cut's culture of innovation
alive by offering financing
and strategic support to in-
novative Connecticut com-
panies, or those willing to
relocate here. CI invests in
areas where Connecticut is
strong, including software
and IT, bioscience, clean
tech, digital media and ad-
vanced manufacturing. We
offer equity and strategic
guidance for a select group
of high-potential technol-
ogy startups, and loans
for established companies
that are growing through
innovation. Our support
has helped groundbreaking
companies such as Trum-
bull-based ZetrOZ, inven-
tors of the first four-hour
wearable ultrasound device
for pain management;
Norwalk-based etouches,
creators of award-winning
event software that is used
in 50 countries; and South
Windsor-based Carla's
Pasta, a decades-old pasta-
making company whose
popularity and subsequent
expansion was recently
made more energy-efficient
and environmentally-
friendly via cutting-edge
fuel cell technology.
Here is a look at some of
CI's most recent initiatives.
BioInnovation
The mission at BioInno-
vation Connecticut, which
SPONSORED PROFILE
Above: CI supports innovative
companies like Environmental
Energy Services, whose
CoalTreat® technology allows
utilities to generate power
more efficiently, with less
environmental impact, through
fuel flexibility programs.
Photo credit: Dan Savinelli
