Ted Murphy

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.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. provides commercial real estate software and information services. It is a cloud-based, software-as-a-service workflow platform enabling building owners, operators, investors, lenders, tenants, and consultants to assess, benchmark and optimize the energy and sustainability performance of their properties. The company was founded by Brian McCarter in 2007 and is headquartered in Trumbull, CT.

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.

R4 Technologies, Inc. provides technology services. The company was founded by Paul Breitenbach and is headquartered in Ridgefield, 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.

Surface Travel, Inc. is a data analytics company that serves travel industry. It offers Omni-channel Revenue Attribution product, a data measurement tool that serves hotels. It helps four and five-star hotels drive, measure, and analyze how digital publishing content converts to direct bookings. The company was founded by Michael Keriakos, Steven Andrew Elkes, and Nick Slavin in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bactana Corp. develops microbes for animal health. Its products are used to trigger modifications to an animal’s immunometabolism to boost productivity and promoting good health. The company was founded by John A. Kallassy and Rodrigo Bicalho in 2016 and is headquartered in New Canaan, CT.

Gemshelf, Inc. operates as a software services company that works at the intersection of information problems and software solutions. It offers GemShelf, a centralized knowledge base for all content, including documents, videos, Web links, articles, photos, books, and directories of people and organizations. The company was founded by Sedarius Tekara Perrotta and Colin Kennedy in 2014 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

BioRez, Inc. engages in the design and development of resorbable polymer scaffold technology. The firm offers a device that is suited for tendon, ligament, and other soft tissue injuries. The company was founded by Cato T. Laurencin and Joseph W. Reilly in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

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.

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.

FMP Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells laboratory automation equipment to pharmaceutical companies. Its products include 3D digital video microscope with automated xyz stage and servo controlled micro manipulators. The company was founded by Thomas J. Friedlander And Walter Meltzer in 2005 and is headquartered in Danbury, CT.

EpiEP, Inc. develops heart-related medical devices. It has developed epicardial access system, EpiAccess, which engages a patent protected pressure-guided needle that is designed to alert physicians of needle tip location during epicardial access procedures. The firm specializes on instruments that facilitates an epicardial approach for patients who benefit from minimally invasive procedures on the surface of the heart. The company was founded by Pamela M. Bunes, Jason Tucker-Schwartz, Srijoy Mahapatra and George T. Gillies in December 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Avitus Orthopaedics, Inc. develops orthopedic technologies that improve clinical outcomes for surgeons and patients. Its medical device company, develops and commercializes a novel orthopedic surgical device for autologous bone graft harvesting. The firm offers Avitus bone harvester product. The company was founded by Neil Shah, Maxim Budyansky, Khaled Kebaish, A. Jay Khanna and Lee H. Riley III in 2011 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Aventri, Inc. provides software for cloud-based analytics for end to end event management and venue sourcing. It offers event management software, meetings management, mobile events app, venue sourcing, survey solutions, and email marketing. The firm serves education, financial services, technology, media, automotive, and airlines sectors. The company was founded by Leonora Valvo in 1998 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Elm Street Advisors LLC (Elm Street Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Robert A. Bettigole. The firm is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

Part of Connecticut Innovations, Inc., CTNext LLC is a catalyst for entrepreneurship. The company is based in Hartford, CT. CTNext leverages public and private investment to create and support programs that help fund, advise, connect, and inspire innovators with new and early-stage companies. The company's mission is to accelerate startup growth and success, positioning Connecticut as the most desirable location in the country for an innovative company to build, grow, and create jobs. CTNext develops programs and funding to help technology- and innovation-based startups and early-stage businesses grow in Connecticut. CTNext also manages initiatives to expand and strengthen the ecosystem that supports new business development across the state, including innovation places, the technology talent bridge, CTNext partners, and more. In other words, they equip startups and entrepreneurs with resources, guidance, and networks to accelerate growth and success.

Cardiophotonics LLC develops non invasive blood monitors used to detect cardiac arrhythmia and dehydration. It develops proprietary technology to identify and develop noninvasive products, which detect and interpret changes in fluid volume. The company was founded by Shelley H. Kirk and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

TwigTek, Inc. provides a green solution to people and organizations to help them responsibly remarket or recycle their old electronics. The firm can also recycle and sell laptops, video game consoles, external hard drives, video games or DVDs. The company was founded by Robert Casey and Richard Littlehale in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

IntegriCo Composites, Inc. manufactures and markets composite plastic products made from recycled plastic. It offers composite and wood railroad ties, and wood core ties. The firm's technology mixes landfill-bound plastics to create composite railroad ties and other related products which are used in petrochemical, creosote, termite damage and grade crossing applications. The company was founded by Gershon Yaniv and J. Michael Miller in 2007 and is headquartered in Sarepta, LA.

LaunchCapital LLC (LaunchCapital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Elon S. Boms. The firm is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, Other offices in New York City, San Francisco and Palo Alto.

Arthur Andersen LLP used to provide accounting services. It was also into consulting services for clients that operate businesses throughout the United States and around the world. Arthur Andersen was founded in 1913 and was headquartered in Chicago, IL.

New Haven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops new prescription drug products. It developes proprietary prescription pharmaceuticals that utilize currently marketed drugs or generally recognized as safe (GRAS) active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for use in therapeutic applications. The company was founded by Harry H. Penner Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Branford, CT.

Synbody Biotechnology, Inc. operates as a platform for the discovery and development of novel and attractive molecules. The company was founded by Paul L. Hallenbeck, Chris Diehnelt, Kevin D. Burroughs and Stephen Albert Johnston in 2010 and is headquartered in Chester Springs, PA.

Hyatt & Weber, P.A. provides legal services. The firm offers land use and zoning law, business and banking matters, civil litigation, criminal defense and juvenile law, probate and estate planning and real estate transactions. The company was founded by Alan J. Hyatt in 1979 and is headquartered in Annapolis, MD.

Tidal River Fund (Tidal River) is a Venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Annie Lamont and Alison Malloy. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.