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Feb 13, 2013
2 min

Connecticut Technology Council Announces 52 Finalists for Ninth Annual Women of Innovation® Awards P

Women leaders in technology, science and engineering to be honored March 19th Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D., President of University of Saint Joseph will give keynote HARTFORD, Conn., Feb 5, 2013 – The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) today announced 52 finalists for the ninth annual Women of Innovation Awards Program. The program recognizes women across Connecticut – those in the workforce and students – who are innovators, role models and leaders in the fields of scien

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Dec 7, 2012
2 min

Connecticut Technology Council Honors Rogers Corporation with 2012 Innovation Excellence Award

Rogers Corporation Receives 2012 Innovation Excellence Award at CTC Annual Meeting Honors Christopher “Kip” Bergstrom and Christopher Kalish with Catapult Awards EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (December 7, 2012) The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) presented its annual Innovation Excellence Award to member company Rogers Corporation last night at its Annual Meeting and Holiday Party at the University of Bridgeport. Rogers Corporation, a public company, is a global leader in special

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Oct 29, 2012
4 min

OP-ED on Innovation Ecosystem

Matthew Nemerson, President and CEO Connecticut Technology Council Thursday’s official launch of a coordinated effort to perfect and manage a state Innovation Ecosystem marks an important step towards increasing levels and success of entrepreneurial activity and new company formation in Connecticut. What’s more, by addressing the subtle but critical role of networks and ongoing attention to the needs of the community of high potential firms it represents a sophisticated appr

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Apr 4, 2012
2 min

Technology Incubators Post Impressive Gains

Technology-focused incubators long have been praised by economic development professionals for their essential role in helping entrepreneurs succeed and populating regional economies with high-tech jobs. A number of incubators recently have unveiled data to support that view, including the first impact report from Detroit’s TechTown and an annual progress report from the Birmingham Innovation Depot, which posted impressive results in 2011. Recent announcements of new incubato

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Mar 21, 2012
2 min

Tech Trends – article picks from SSTI staff, Week of 03/19/12

U.S. Angel Investment More Diffuse than Venture Capital, According to Report Though California remains the leading state for U.S. angel investment, 79 percent of angel deals and 70 percent of angel dollars were invested outside of the state in 2011, according to the first edition of the new Halo Report. The report, produced by the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights, also found that the median size of angel and angel group syndicate rounds increase

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Mar 8, 2012
2 min

Tech Trends – article picks from SSTI staff, , Week of 03/05/12

U.S. Treasury Announces $3.6B in Awards for Distressed Communities The U.S. Department of Treasury recently announced the selection of 70 organizations from around the country to receive a total of $3.6 billion in New Markets Tax Credits awards. The awards may be used to provide individual and corporate taxpayers with a credit against federal income taxes for making equity investments in community development entities. Read the complete list of awardees… U.S. Clean Tech Inv

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Mar 8, 2012
2 min

Lack of Government Support Hurts U.S. Clean Tech Industry, According to Report

Countries that put significant resources into supporting clean tech innovation are rewarded with more emerging and commercialized clean tech companies, according to Coming Clean: The Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2012 — a new report from the Clean Tech Group, LCC. The U.S. placed fifth out of 38 countries, with the top score for several indicators including research and development funding, general innovation drivers (i.e., Entrepreneurial culture and “general innovation

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Nine Entrepreneurial Teams Selected to Participate in TechStart Fund Accelerator Pilot Program

Mar 6, 2012
2 min

Nine Entrepreneurial Teams Selected to Participate in TechStart Fund Accelerator Pilot Program

Teams to receive total of $225,000 to help create and launch new technology businesses Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has selected nine entrepreneurial teams to receive $25,000 each in financial assistance from the TechStart Fund and participate in the fund’s 10-week accelerator pilot program. The winning teams were selected from a pool of 33 applicants. Five of th

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Feb 28, 2012
1 min

Tech Trends – article picks from SSTI staff, Week of 02/27/12

Obama Administration Launches a New Online Platform to Help Small Businesses The Obama Administration announced the launch of BusinessUSA, an online platform to help small businesses and exporters of all sizes find information about available federal programs. The website combines information and services from 10 different government agencies through one consolidated website and coordinates telephone support through a single 1-800 number. Visit the website… NIST Announces N

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Feb 16, 2012
1 min

AUTM Launches Web-based Portal to Accelerate Commercialization of University Technologies

The Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) launched a Global Technology Portal (GTP) — a web-based resource to facilitate networking, partnership and licensing deals among corporations and universities. The portal will allow universities and corporations to match available technologies with emerging market needs. AUTM also hopes that the portal the portal will help to quicken the pace of product development by making it much easier for corporations to identify p

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Feb 6, 2012
1 min

Tech Trends – article picks from SSTI staff

TBED Community Represented at SOTU In this blog post, Hiroyuki “Hiro” Fujita, a technology entrepreneur invited to sit in the First Lady’s box, talks about how TBED programs helped his company grow and expand in the international market. Can Governors Create Jobs? The debate over government’s role in job creation is examined in this Stateline article, which discusses the deep philosophical differences demonstrated in the policies of governors across the country. Read more …

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Feb 2, 2012
3 min

MyCare Inc. Secures $500,000 Seed Investment from Connecticut Innovations

SAMI™ software helps hospitals improve healthcare information access and reporting Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has made an investment of $500,000 in Westport-based MyCare Inc. through its Seed Investment Fund. This investment is part of a $1 million round of funding, also involving Intersection Health Partners. MyCare is a healthcare information technology compa

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Feb 1, 2012
1 min

U.S. Government, Universities Must Partner to Address Shifts in International Competitiveness, Repor

A new report from the Center for American Progress contends that increasing globalization, connectivity, access and acceleration of technology has caused an urgent need for investment in innovation. To resolve this issue, the authors believe that the U.S. government and institutions of higher education must work in partnership “not only to accelerate its investments in research and innovation but also to continually reevaluate and redesign the traditional mechanisms (e.g., fu

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BioRelix Inc. Secures $500,000 Investment from Connecticut Innovations

Jan 23, 2012
2 min

BioRelix Inc. Secures $500,000 Investment from Connecticut Innovations

Antibiotics developer utilizes novel riboswitch-based drug discovery platform Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state’s quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has made an investment of $500,000 in antibiotics developer BioRelix Inc. (BioRelix) of New Haven, Conn., through its Eli Whitney Fund. This investment is part of a $4.244 million round of funding for the company. BioRelix is developing antibiotics using a n

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Jan 18, 2012
2 min

Connecticut Technology Council Announces 53 Finalists for Eighth Annual Women of Innovation® Awards

Women leaders in technology, science and engineering to be honored March 1st, Dr. Alicia Abella of AT&T Labs to keynote awards ceremony The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) today announced 53 finalists for the eighth annual Women of Innovation® Awards Program. The program recognizes women across Connecticut – those in the workforce and students – who are innovators, role models and leaders in the fields of science, engineering and technology. A winner in each of the eight

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Meet the 2012 Women of Innovation® Finalists

Jan 16, 2012
18 min

Meet the 2012 Women of Innovation® Finalists

Presenting… The 2012 Women of Innovation® Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership Yvonne Akpalu CEO/Founder Why Science Dr. Akpalu is the CEO & Founder of Why Science, an education technology company igniting students’ passion for science/technology/engineering/mathematics learning. Why Science’s ground-breaking Poly & Mer technology makes STEM more accessible by combining the power of the “cloud” with state-of-the-art learning practices, programs and interactive media f

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Jan 9, 2012
1 min

Comments wanted- Draft of CT Innovation Ecosystem RFP

The State of Connecticut allocated $5mil/yr funding (via DECD and CI) to fund building the startup ecosystem. How will the money get spent? Here is a draft RFQ from the State of Connecticut. Comments welcome prior to 1/13/2012. For some great background about the Innovation Ecosystem meetings, visit CTC Board Member, Miles Lasater's blog, click here. “The State of Connecticut is working with entrepreneurs, economic development organizations and institutions to build a world

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Dec 21, 2011
2 min

Report Finds Innovation and Manufacturing Fueled 2011’s Best Performing Cities

A new report from the Milken Institute, Best-Performing Cities 2011, finds cities that saw significant improvements to their economic performance between 2010 and 2011 were able to: Attract high-tech firms — Fort Collins, CO jumped 47 positions to the third best large metro in 2011 due in part to its ability to attract a significant number of high-tech firms; Build effective industry clusters — Charleston, S.C. continued a steady climb among large metros to 11th this year fro

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Connecticut Technology Council presents Tangoe, with its 2011 Innovation Excellence Award. Recognize

Dec 8, 2011
2 min

Connecticut Technology Council presents Tangoe, with its 2011 Innovation Excellence Award. Recognize

The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) presented its 2011 Innovation Excellence Award to member company Tangoe, Incorporated. The award was made at the Council’s Annual Meeting held at Fairfield University on December 8th. View more presentations from CTTech Click here for the full video of the event. Click here for the great event pictures The Innovation Excellence Award is now in its eight year and is given to the CTC member which has displayed technology leadership in it

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Nov 10, 2011
1 min

Economy, lack of engineers could hinder U.S. innovation

"Despite America's knack for ingenuity, the forces of change face some heavy crosswinds. A wheezing economy, a dearth of college engineering students, sagging high school math and science scores, and sinking research-and-development investments have heightened concerns about the USA's ability to compete with rising powers China and India. By Goldman Sachs' estimate, the Chinese economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2027 and almost double its size by 2050." Full article on

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