Connecticut Innovations’ Post

In honor of National Intern Day, take a moment to get to know the brilliant young professionals who have been spending their summer with CI. What a crew! 💡

What’s better than a networking event? A networking event aboard SoundWaters, an 80-foot schooner boat. ⛵️ Last night, interns from CI and a few of our portfolio companies sailed across Long Island Sound, getting to know one another and reflecting on their summer internships. 🌅 P2 Science, Inc. ReferWell Intus Bio Halda Therapeutics Connecticut Green Bank WAVE Drowning Prevention Systems Tidal River Women's Investor Group

In our latest founder spotlight, serial entrepreneur Eric Rosow discusses the significance of building a high performing team, while emphasizing the importance of balance. 🌟 After launching three successful ventures, we'll take our chances on trusting his advice. Discover more about his latest venture and CI portfolio company, Conduce Health, and hear his approach to building and retaining a world-class team. https://lnkd.in/eFmrwt_E

CI is totally spoked to announce we are hitting the road again this September . . . tune in for more as we tune-up our bikes and finalize our route for the second Tour de Connecticut, CI’s 200-mile trek across the state. 🚲 #TourDeConnecticut2024 Matthew McCooe Katherine Saunders, MD Sloan Saunders Bee Shapiro Peter Londa Brent Montgomery Sal Syed Al Subbloie Tom Sun Vlad Coric, M.D. Kevin Rocco Craig Crews Josh Geballe Jonathan Fife Tim Rassias Shari Cantor Michael Cantor Bill Moschella Anthony M. Anthony Radenka Maric Maxim Budyansky Peyman Z. André Swanston

Come (or ride) along with CI and hear about the companies and VCs our interns met with in New York City last week. 🚲 Major shoutout to Matthew McCooe, Alison J. Malloy and Matthew Archuleta for leading the group. 👏 Make sure to stay tuned until the end to hear some highlights from the trip! 🌆 Haider Akmal Aaron Marbley Michael Duda Brannon Jones Owen Davis David Bonfili Michael Anderson

Last week, Connecticut Innovations collaborated with Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) and Thirty Madison to host a networking event in our Hartford office, bringing together leaders across the healthcare ecosystem. 🏥 The evening kicked off with remarks from DECD Commissioner Daniel O'Keefe, followed by an engaging discussion about the current and future state of healthcare innovation in Connecticut. 👩⚕️ The conversation was led by Barry Stein, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, RPVI, from Hartford Health Care; Katherine Saunders, MD from Intellihealth; Melissa Reilly, from Evernorth Health Services; and Mike M., from Oak HC/FT. Shoutout to Matt Storeygard from our bio team for moderating the conversation. 🎤

Our second annual intern trip to New York City was a success! ✔ The agenda was jam-packed with meetings across the city and a rooftop networking event to finish the day. 🏙 Huge thanks to all who hosted our group.

On Wednesday, CI conquered New York City for our second annual intern trip, meeting with a few of our portfolio companies and other leading VCs in the area. 🏙️ The day kicked off with a meeting at the Yale Club with Haider Akmal from Vaal Investment Partners, where we learned about his background and experience discovering that the venture capital ecosystem was where he wanted to be. Then, we met with Aaron Marbley at 2045 Studio, a diverse private membership club that strives to combine digital networking with in-person experiences. Next up, the team walked (and biked) over to Bullish to meet with Michael Duda and hear about the impressive startups Bullish works with every day. 💡 At AlleyCorp, we met with Brannon Jones and learned about the company’s focus on progressive technology investments (shoutout for the fun reading material), followed by a meeting at Contour Ventures, where Owen Davis filled us in on how far AI can go, its limitations and its capabilities. 💻 The group made its way even further downtown, meeting with the co-founder of ACME General Corp., David Bonfili. Here, we got the company’s insight on the future of the national security space. Last, but certainly not least, we soaked in the sunset with a rooftop meeting and networking event at Wheelhouse 360, a venture fund in CI’s portfolio. 🌇 Shoutout to Michael Anderson for wrapping the day and telling us the story behind Wheelhouse’s excentric space on Duane Street. Stay tuned for a fun recap reel coming your way… see you next summer, NYC! 👋🏼

Huge news for our portfolio company Intellihealth and the State of Connecticut! 🔊 🔊 Over the past year, CI's Innovation Lab funded a pilot to support Intellihealth's medical weight management program, Flyte, in delivering virtual obesity care to State of Connecticut employees and their dependents. 👩⚕️ Last week, Connecticut Comptroller Sean Scanlon announced the state will extend the program for three years and expand its model to include additional clinicians with obesity medicine expertise at physical locations around Connecticut. 🏥 Read more about the program expansion here: https://lnkd.in/ebJNbrbT