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Yale Researchers Offer Help for Teens Being Bullied on Facebook

Jul 1, 2013
1 min

Yale Researchers Offer Help for Teens Being Bullied on Facebook

Yale research scientist Marc Brackett is here to help. Brackett, 43, a child psychologist who was bullied himself in middle school, is helping Facebook develop better tools for young teens to use to flag problematic posts, deal with conflicts and navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of social networking. — “We’ve created a system to help them more easily to report their experience, feel comfortable about reporting it, express their feelings and make suggestions about the

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Antibiotics Developer BioRelix Inc. Secures Follow-on Investment from Connecticut Innovations

Apr 3, 2012
2 min

Antibiotics Developer BioRelix Inc. Secures Follow-on Investment from Connecticut Innovations

Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based innovation and economic development, today announced that it has made a follow-on investment of $269,160 in antibiotics developer BioRelix Inc. (BioRelix) of New Haven, Conn., through its Eli Whitney Fund. This investment will be part of a funding round of approximately $2.5 million for the company. CI made its first investment of $500,000 in BioRelix in December 2011. BioRelix i

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Oct 28, 2011
1 min

Crossroads of Ideas and Capital: Health IT – event 11/15/2011 at Yale, New Haven

Health IT: Challenges and Opportunities - A joint presentation by Yale/CURE BioHaven Entrepreneurship Series and the Crossroads of Ideas and Capital Health IT is a booming field. Document management for Electronic Health Records and demands for mobility while ensuring the security of medical records are major concerns for providers. Entrepreneurs are navigating a regulatory envronment that is more complex than ever before while racing to implement the connectivity required

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Axerion Therapeutics Inc. Receives $400,000 Follow-on Investment from Connecticut Innovations

Oct 13, 2011
3 min

Axerion Therapeutics Inc. Receives $400,000 Follow-on Investment from Connecticut Innovations

New Haven-based biotech company advances innovative treatments for neurological injuries and diseases Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that it has made a $400,000 follow-on investment in Axerion Therapeutics Inc. (Axerion) of New Haven, Connecticut, through its Eli Whitney Fund. Utilizing two technology platforms licensed from Yale University, Axerion is developing

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Aug 8, 2011
3 min

NovaTract Surgical LLC, a Yale Spin-out, Secures $500,000 Seed Investment

Yale spin-out first to ‘graduate’ from CI Pre-Seed Fund to Seed Investment Fund Rocky Hill, Conn., August 8, 2011 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that it has made a $250,000 investment in NovaTract Surgical LLC (NovaTract) of New Haven, Conn., through its Seed Investment Fund. This investment is part of a $500,000 investment round also involving LaunchCapital, A

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May 11, 2011
1 min

Yale Spinout BeCaid LLC Joins CTech Incubator

Rocky Hill, Conn., May 11, 2011 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the states quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that BeCaid LLC has become the fourth associate member of CTech@Science Park at Yale. Nine early-stage businesses focused on information technology and medical devices now occupy this 4,000 s.f., New Haven-based technology business incubation facility managed by CI. Associate membership at CTech@Scie

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Connecticut Technology Council Announces Winners of the Seventh Annual Women of Innovation Awards Pr

Apr 1, 2011
3 min

Connecticut Technology Council Announces Winners of the Seventh Annual Women of Innovation Awards Pr

Click here to read the profiles on all 56 Finalists Click here to see the category winners Click here to view the program for the event (.pdf) Click here to see the event pictures Click here to view the 2011 event recap Click here to learn more about the Women of Innovation Program Click here to view the press release about this event “Many of Connecticut’s most extraordinary and talented women working in technology are in attendance tonight,” said Matthew Nemerson, presiden

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Mar 30, 2011
1 min

CTech Incubator Filled to Capacity Following Addition of CMDBioscience

CTech responds to demand by offering part-time space to associate members Rocky Hill, Conn., March 30, 2011 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the states quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that, as of March 2011, the space at CTech@Science Park at Yale is fully leased. Eight early-stage businesses focused on information technology and medical devices now occupy this 4,000 s.f., New Haven-based technology busine

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Dec 16, 2010
4 min

Study Reports Connecticut Risks Losing its Fastest Job Growth Technology Firms

Summary Report Highlights Major Issues in Connecticut Job Growth A summary report is available as a downloadable PDF file on our slideshare site This report has been mentioned in the following CT news sources: Hartford Courant – December 20, 2010 Hartford Courant – December 19, 2010 Hartford Business Journal The New Haven Register Norwich Bulletin Connecticut Mirror December 16, East Hartford, Conn. – A six-month study by the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) to determine

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Connecticut Venture Group Appoints Liddy Karter as New Executive Director, CVG Enters Alliance with

Dec 7, 2010
2 min

Connecticut Venture Group Appoints Liddy Karter as New Executive Director, CVG Enters Alliance with

“We are excited to have Liddy as our new leader and the voice of the risk capital community and looking forward to beginning a closer association with CTC” CVG also said it will be entering into an alliance with the Connecticut Technology Council (CTC), a statewide trade association serving the technology community, to manage the Group, create events and develop joint opportunities to improve the environment for technology and entrepreneurship in Connecticut. “We are excited

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Nov 10, 2010
2 min

NovaTract Surgical LLC First to Receive Financing from CI’s New Pre-Seed Fund

Yale spin-out advances prototype development of medical device Rocky Hill, Conn., November 10, 2010 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced its first client under the new Pre-Seed Fund, launched in September: NovaTract Surgical LLC (NovaTract) of New Haven, Conn. NovaTract, which received $150,000 through the new fund, secured matching funds from LaunchCapital. “I am de

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2010 Connecticut Gubernatorial Forum on Jobs, Innovation & Technology

Oct 20, 2010
7 min

2010 Connecticut Gubernatorial Forum on Jobs, Innovation & Technology

Election Forum Showed Contrast of the two Candidates – Please vote on November 2 No one can say they don’t have a choice in the two leading candidates, Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dannel Malloy next week. Check the video from the October 18 forum at Yale to see what we mean. So, while Foley laid out how he would wean the private sector from interference caused by a state government hobbled by self-interested and expensive union contracts and historically ineffective eff

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Jul 1, 2010
3 min

Connecticut Innovations Makes $1 Million Investment in MiraDx Inc.

Yale spin-off to offer testing for a genetic marker associated with ovarian cancer Rocky Hill, Conn., July 1, 2010 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that it has made an investment of $1 million in MiraDx Inc. (MiraDx) of New Haven, Conn., through its Eli Whitney Fund. This investment is part of a $4 million Series A round also involving individual investors. MiraD

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Jun 7, 2010
3 min

Device for minimally invasive surgery hatched from Yale, supported by CI

Rocky Hill, Conn., May 3, 2010 – Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology investing and innovation development, today announced that it has accepted NovaTract Surgical LLC (NovaTract) of Guilford, Conn., into its Pre-Seed Support Services Program. The thirteenth company to participate in this program, NovaTract Surgical will receive business assistance from CI, including help with market and intellectual property assessments

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Apr 27, 2010
2 min

Bioscience Achievement Awards Presented at CURE Annual Meeting

Connecticut’s premier life science award, the CURE Award for Excellence, was presented to Pfizer, Inc. at the April 27 annual meeting of CURE (Connecticut United for Research Excellence) in New Haven. The award went to Pfizer for its investment in “multiple approaches to treating Alzheimer’s Disease.” Pfizer has no fewer than seven Alzheimer’s clinical projects ongoing and several more programs in earlier stages of development at its Groton research site. Download PDF of rel

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Feb 25, 2010
1 min

Congratulations to the Yale Entrepreneurial Society on their 10th Anniversary

Many of Connecticut's great success stories have originated at Yale and have had it's talent run through the Yale Entrepreneurship Society. Higher One, Grilled Cheese to Go mentioned: "Many people told Mark Volchek that he and two friends could never successfully launch a company while they were still students at Yale University. But, unwilling to give up on his business dreams, Volchek helped found the Yale Entrepreneurship Society…" Read the full article on New Haven Regi

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