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Medical device company advances novel cardiac surgical tool, initiates first-in-man trials Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has made a follow-on investment of $1 million in EpiEP Inc. (EpiEP) through its Eli Whitney Fund. This investment is part of a $1.6 million round of funding, also involving LaunchCapital and individual investors. This is CI’s second investment i

EpiEP was one of our 2011 CT Tech Companies to Watch EpiEP Inc., a Connecticut medical devices startup, has landed $1.6 million in a new funding round that has a planned top end of $2.25 million, according to a federal regulatory filing. The New Haven company raised the money through a combination of equity, debt and options or warrants for equity, according to the document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In total, nine investors participated in the ne