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www.HartfordBusiness.com July 4, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 7/11 Focus: Law ■ The List: Largest Employers ■ Nonprofit Profile: CT Women's Council CALENDAR MONDAY, JULY 18 CTBC Women's Networking The Connecticut Business Connection's Women's Networking group will host its next monthly meeting July 18 in Middletown. The networking event — run by Ivy Lebron and Maureen Jasse — will start at 6 p.m. at the Tuscany Grill, 120 College St., Middletown. The group will focus on the issues faced by Connecticut businesswomen and includes networking plus a discussion topic or speaker to share information on how to build your business and career. Whether you are a business owner, salesperson, financial advisor, marketing professional, attorney, doctor, therapist, contractor, banker, realtor or any other profession, all are welcome at the Connecticut Business Connection networking meetings, seminars and events to meet new people, grow relationships and learn business techniques. Cost to attend is $10. For more information contact: Eric Lopkin, 860.375.0348, info@ connecticutbusinessconnection.org. F O R A C O M P L E T E L I S T O F G R E A T E R H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S E V E N T S , G O T O W W W . H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M A N D C L I C K O N ' C A L E N D A R . ' A L L C A L E N D A R I T E M S M U S T B E S U B M I T T E D E L E C T R O N I C A L L Y V I A O U R W E B S I T E , H A R T F O R D B U S I N E S S . C O M . HEALTH CARE Japanese bio-venture joins Protein Sciences' Zika vaccine consortium Meriden's Protein Sciences Corp. announced that UMN Phar- ma Inc. of Japan has signed on as the latest partner of its inter- national Zika vaccine consortium. The consortium, which also includes partners Sinergium Biotech of Argentina and Mundo Sano, a private foundation with activities in Argentina, Spain and Africa, is developing a vaccine to combat the Zika virus based on Protein Sciences' proprietary technology. The partners are pooling resources to drive advancement of their vaccine into the clinic as quickly as possible, which is anticipated for later this year. UMN will pay an upfront fee to fund the development and manufacture of the vaccine be- ing produced at Protein Sciences. In return, UMN will receive manufacturing and commercial rights to the vaccine in Japan and other counties to be determined. To better serve our readers... We're evolving... with a REDESIGN THIS FALL! SEE THE NEW HBJ Logos & Cover Mockups! WHAT BRANDING VERSION WILL PREVAIL? VOTE today at: www.HartfordBusiness.com/redesign PLEASE VOTE! We appreciate your feedback! www.HartfordBusiness.com/redesign Fill out the survey and you may enter into our drawing for a $100 Restaurant Gi Card to Blue Plate Kitchen in West Hartford! Survey Ends July 8th, 2016. Hartford Business Journal HartfordBusiness HBJ HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL Hartford Business Journal Hartford Business Journal HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL HBJ HB Hartford Business TECHNOLOGY NY firm invests in Hartford's Insurity New York global equity firm General Atlantic said it has made an in- vestment in Hartford-based Insurity. No financial details were released. Insurity, a provider of insurance processing software and data integration and analytics products, said General Atlantic now be- comes an investor along with Boston-based TA Associates and Genstar Capital, based in San Francisco. Insurity has expanded its product offerings in recent years through acquisitions. In June 2016, the company acquired Tropics Software Technolo- gies, an insurance software firm that focuses on the workers' com- pensation market for carriers, state and self-insured funds as well as other specialty workers' compensation organizations. In May 2015, Insurity acquired Oceanwide, a cloud-based ser- vices provider that supports commercial and specialty insurance line carriers. Insurity was originally founded in 1984. Recruiter.com, online poker site form joint venture Farmington online recruiting and career services firm Recruiter. com has formed a partnership with World Poker Fund Holdings Inc. to focus on gaming industry recruitment. The two equal partners are forming a new business — Re- cruiter.Com Gaming Group — that will focus on listing permanent and consulting gaming-industry jobs with the goal of attracting casinos from all over the country. World Poker Fund Holdings Inc. is a developer and operator of online and event-based social gaming. Michael Woloshin, chief strategy officer of Recruiter.com, said gaming and entertainment are a rapidly growing and specialized area of employment. "Pairing our job market technology and re- cruitment expertise with their industry exposure will prove an ef- fective strategy," he said in a statement. Protein Sciences researchers at the company's Meriden lab. P H O T O | C O N T R I B U T E D