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

Summit Partners LP (Summit Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Gregory Avis, Roe Stamps and Stephen Woodsum. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

BlackRock Advisors LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). BlackRock Advisors manages assets for US-registered investment companies and 529 Plans.

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.

United Way of Central Indiana, Inc. provides social services. The firm specializes in health, financial stability, community impact, live united, basic needs and connecting resources. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Ropes & Gray LLP provides legal and private equity services. Its practice areas include asset management, banking, business and commercial litigation, business restructuring, capital markets and corporate governance and compliance. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Rhode Island Public Radio, Inc. operates as a community that provides public radio services. The non-profit company is based in Providence, RI and has subsidiaries in the United States. The CEO of the company is Torey Malatia.

The Newport Art Museum operates as an art museum gallery. The non-profit company is based in Newport, RI.

Florence Health, Inc. aims to bridge the gap between clinical practice and its impact on the financial health of an organization. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and was founded in 2022 by Satish K. Tadikonda. The company provides daily newsletters called "The Nursing Beat" that offer specific, concise, and helpful insights to improve patient care. Additionally, Florence Health specializes in senior living and caters to the evolving needs of the industry. Tamara AL-Yassin has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

Gelest, Inc. manufactures and supplies organo-silicon and metal-organic materials. Its products include silanes and silicon, geranium and tin compounds, biosafe antimicrobials, personal care, specialty polyethers and olefins, and special packaging. It offers technical development and application support for microelectronics, metallization and dielectrics, diagnostics and separation science, specialty polymeric materials, pharmaceutical synthesis, medical materials, and personal care. The company was founded by Barry Arkles and Kevin King in 1991 and is headquartered in Morrisville, PA.

The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, also known as the IPA, is a trade organization that represents the electronic payments sector. The private company is based in Sherborn, MA and was founded by Andy L. Newcomb. The company's focus is on prepaid products, mobile wallets, and person-to-person (P2P) technology for consumers, businesses, and governments.

The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce offers a Chamber Welcome Series to help members make the most of their membership. The Chamber is based in Denver, CO and is a leading business voice in the area. Members can participate in an in-depth look at the Chamber's offerings alongside a cohort of other members. The Chamber also hosts a quarterly All-Programs Mixer, a happy hour event for members in one or more of the Chamber's engagement programs.

Settlement Funding LLC provides factoring services. The firm, through its group of affiliated companies, purchases deferred payment obligations, structured legal settlements, annuity payments, lottery prize payments, sweepstakes awards, life insurance policies, tobacco transition payments, and sports contract payments. The company was founded by Timothy J. Trankina and James D. Terlizzi in 1996 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

Mission Engine LLC (MissionOG) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Kevin O’nell, Eugene Lockhart, George Krautzel, Andrew Kese and Andy Newcomb. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Cornelis Networks, Inc. provides technology services. It develops technology for delivering high performance fabrics for High Performance Computing (HPC), High Performance Data Analytics (HPDA), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to commercial, scientific, academic, and government organizations. The company was founded by Philip A. Murphy Jr., Vladimir K. Tamarkin, and Gunnar K. Gunnarsson in 2019 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Naples Technology Ventures LLC (Naples Technology Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Mike Abbaei and Brij Sharma. The firm is headquartered in Naples, Florida.

Deloitte LLP (New York) engages in the provision of audit, consulting, tax, and advisory solutions. It offers services relating to tax, consulting, audit and assurance, Deloitte private company services, mergers and acquisitions, risk and financial advisory, analytics, and cloud. The company was founded by William Welch Deloitte, George A. Touche, Charles Waldo Haskins, and Elijah Watt Sells in 1845 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., Oliver Wyman & Co. is a French company that provides business and management consulting services. The company is based in Paris, France.

Iridia, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It offers research and development services. The company was founded by James P. Linton in 2016 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

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.

Continuity Engine, Inc. provides regulatory technology solutions that automate compliance management for financial institutions. The company offers regulatory expertise and cloud technology to reduce regulatory burden and mitigate compliance risk at a fraction of the cost. Its solutions are designed to automate all aspects of compliance management, from interpretation of regulatory issuances through intuitive task delegation, vendor management, and board reporting. The company was founded by Andrew Ivar Greenawalt, Michael R. Jennings, and Jim Kisch 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.

Payveris LLC provides online and mobile payment solutions. It also offers full service online bill pay and interbank transfer solutions for financial institutions and service providers. The company was founded by Francis P. Duggan and Louis Hernandez Jr. and is headquartered in Cromwell, 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.

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.

Aureus Analytics Ltd. provides big data analytics platform for understanding customers, business risks and operational efficiencies in insurance, banking and healthcare sectors. It offers statistical and analytical platform that allows business users and analysts to work with the data than on the data. The company was founded by Nitin Purohit, Anurag Shah and Ashish Tanna in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Covr Financial Technologies LLC operates digital personal insurance platform. It digital platform provides way to research, compare, shop for and buy insurance from providers. The company was founded by Todd Ruplinger in 2013 and is headquartered in Boise, ID.

Brooks Houghton & Co. (Private Equity) (BHC) is a private equity subsidiary of Brooks Houghton & Co. Inc founded in 1989 by Gerald H. Houghton. The firm is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

DiA Imaging Analysis Ltd. operates as an imaging processing software company. It technology is based on a platform of proprietary algorithms that enable automatic detection of the heart’s ventricle walls borders. The firm’s platform enables the evaluation of echo images to be fully automated. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Be'er Sheva, Israel.