Randolph Seidler

Connecticut Innovations, Inc (CI) is venture capital firm founded in 1989. The firm is headquartered in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an integrated dermatology pharmaceutical company, which develops and markets Levulan Photodynamic Therapy technology platform for the prevention and treatment of dermatological skin conditions. Its products include levulan kerastick, BLU-U and clindareach. The company was founded by D. Geoffrey Shulman on February 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

CuraGen Corp. develops protein, antibody and small molecule pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the development of CR011-vcMMAE, a Phase II clinical trial drug for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and breast cancer. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Summit Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a holding company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of antibiotic medicines. The company seeks to expand its product candidate portfolio through the development of new mechanism and precision antibiotics. Summit Therapeutics was founded by Stephen Graham Davies and Kay Dame Davies in January 2003 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

PNT Data Corp. provides information logistics for healthcare management. It offers services for healthcare management, enabling health plans, providers, health systems and vendors to securely manage and optimize the flow of healthcare information. The firm provides a fully developed, deployed and managed cloud communications platform with flexible and adaptive toolkits that provide solutions that enable healthcare entities to connect and communicate information securely, reliably and to collaborate across the spectrum of health information. It also supports health system, revenue cycle, billing services and clearinghouse vendors. The company was founded by George Allen DeGraw in 2002 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

LegiTime Technologies, Inc. engages in the development of security and management software solutions. It offers mobile network operations, managed services, consumer smart phone, and social network solutions. The company was founded by Eric Strauss, William Grote, and John Swain in 2005 and is headquartered in Rocky Hill, CT.

Retail Optimization, Inc. provides merchandising optimization software solutions. Its software platform enables proprietary optimization technology based on calculating the incremental marginal contribution of each individual SKU integrating POS data, rest-of-market data, loyalty data, corporate strategies, shopper insights, and consumer demand. The company was founded by Vaughn D. Roller in 2006 and is headquartered in Gloucester, MA.

CyVek, Inc. engages in the development of a novel, platform technology for measuring analytes in biological samples. It is a biotechnology company dedicated to the advancement of healthcare by empowering researchers and clinicians with a disruptive technology for performing multi-analyte immunoassays. The firm is a versatile platform that can be quickly and easily configured for diverse applications such as rapid diagnostic tests, multi-sample multi-analyte tests, or routine ELISA-like tests, for use in both research and clinical settings. The company offers an breadth of applications, from life science research to drug discovery, personalized medicine, diagnostics, and point-of-care testing. CyVek was founded by Per J. Hellsund, Rajiv Pandey and Marty Andrew Putnam in 2010 and is headquartered in Wallingford, CT.

Renetx Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops disease modifying therapeutics. It offers Nogo Receptor and Cellular Prion Protein technology. The company was founded by Sylvia McBrinn and Stephen Strittmatter in 2009 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

ZetrOZ, Inc. develops and manufactures medical devices. It specializes in non-invasive medical devices to accelerate tissue healing and relieve pain for chronic musculoskeletal conditions. The firm's products include sam Global Health, sam Sport and UltrOZ Elite. It also develops wearable bioelectronic devices for the delivery of sustained acoustic medicine. The company was founded in January 2009 by JoAnne L. Guarino, Leonard Bryant Guffey and George Kenneth Lewis, Jr. and is headquartered in Trumbull, CT.

BiologicsMD, Inc. operates as early stage therapeutic development company. It focuses on developing highly-targeted or smart therapies for the treatment of hair loss diseases and conditions, as well as severe bone disorders. The company is headquartered in Fayetteville, AR.

Natural Polymer Devices, Inc. manufactures surgical and medical instruments. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin on June 17, 2011 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

454 Life Sciences Corp. engages in the provision of medical testing services to determine the nucleotide sequence of whole genomes. The company was founded by Jonathan M. Rothberg in 2000 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

I-Bankers Securities, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Santa Monica, California that was founded in 1996. I-Bankers provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. Their focus is to provide small-cap issuers access the capital markets while they enable institutional investors to gain access to choice small-cap investments. Their clients include institutions, private bankers and high-net worth individuals. The firm also manages, underwrites and distributes “blank check” or “SPAC” offerings.

Part of Speedus Corp., Zargis Medical, Inc. develops medical equipment. The company is based in Princeton, NJ.

NovaTract Surgical, Inc. manufactures and develops laparoscopic medical devices. It offers NovaTract, a laparoscopic retractor that addresses the need to increase visibility (by using fewer instruments), improves tissue manipulations, provides angle of retraction modifications and reduces the number of ports and incisions. The firm also offers its intra-abdominal retraction system for use in general, colorectal, gynecology, urology, urogynecology, bariatric, and robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery applications. The company was founded by Eleanor L. Tandler in April 2010 and is headquartered in Agoura Hills, CA.

Thetis Pharmaceuticals LLC is a biopharmaceutical company. It improves the lives of patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. The company’s proprietary HEALER™ technology platform enables the pharmaceutical development of bioactive lipids, including resolving and other fatty acids, that actively regulate inflammation resolution and tissue repair. Its technologies are pro-resolving lipids and intellectual property. The company was founded by Frank C. Sciavolino, Banavara L. Mylari and Gary Mathias in 2011 and is headquartered in Southport, CT.

SmartPay Solutions LLC develops cloud-based software solution for a Pay-As-You-Go-Workers compensation plans. It is designed for insurance carriers, independent agents, and payroll providers. The company was founded by Gary Cardella and is headquartered in Southington, CT.

Intus Biosciences LLC provides the first rapid and cost-effective method for looking at the micro-biome at sufficient resolution to use as a diagnostic test. The company was founded by Mark Driscoll and Thomas Jarvie in 2015 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

My Gene Counsel LLC operates as a digital health company that develops digital tools and information for genetic test results. The digital information is created and updated by certified genetic counselors, physicians and consumer advocates. It serves laboratories, patients, and health professionals. The company was founded by Ellen Matloff and David Cohen and is headquartered in North Haven, CT.

Torigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the provision of veterinary cancer care solutions for animals. It offers surgical and personalized vaccines. The company was founded by Ashley Kalinauskas in 2013 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Enko Chem, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company was founded by Jacqueline Heard and is headquartered in Boston, MA.