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

Health Care Service Corp. provides health and life insurance services. It operates through its divisions: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas. The company was founded by Justin Ford Kimball in 1929 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

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.

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.

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.

GOOSE Capital, Inc. is a group of Fortune 500 executives, industry leaders, and serial entrepreneurs who invest in early stage ventures. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company focuses on deep tech and tough tech startups and offer high-growth opportunities to these companies.

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.

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.

CompanionMx, Inc. is an American digital health technology company. The company was founded by Subhrangshu Datta.

Commonwealth Care Alliance, Inc. operates as a community-based healthcare organization. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

Transparent Health Marketplace, Inc. operates as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) company. It connects payors and providers of workers’ compensation healthcare services in an open platform featuring market-driven, point-in-time pricing. The company was founded by Eric R. Hanson in 2016 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

Lifetime Benefit Solutions, Inc. provides daily valuation, actuarial and employee benefit consulting services. Its services include participant services, employer services, broker services, provider services, self-funding (TPA), and reimbursement account information. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Syracuse, NY.

Seneca Waterways Council, Inc. is a scouting organization that teaches positive values and leadership skills to over 6,000 youth in Wayne, Seneca, Yates, and Monroe counties. The non-profit company is based in Rochester, NY. The organization offers opportunities for adventure, excitement, and achievement to its members.

Part of Cressey & Co. LP, Cressey & Co. LLC is a company that provides investment and management services. The company is based in Chicago, IL.

The Boy Scouts of America provides a program for young people that builds character, trains in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

American Cancer Society, Inc. provides information on cancer occurrence, survival, prevention, early detection, and treatment. The non-profit company is based in Kennesaw, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's SHES department is an intramural research program with world-renowned epidemiologists and health scientists. The company was founded in 1913 by Candy Arrington. Karen E. Knudsen has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

United Way of Greater Rochester, Inc. provides community services. The firm offers leadership programs, events, volunteering and day of caring, leadership development programs and sponsorship opportunities. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Blue Cross & Blue Shield Association provides healthcare insurance services. The firm operates several business initiatives in support of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and represents the Blue System in national forums. It offers insurance products to all segments of the population, including large employer groups, small business and individuals. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Lifetime Care provides home healthcare services.

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.

Rellevate, Inc. is a financial services company that offers a full-featured digital account to manage day-to-day finances. The company is based in Stamford, CT. Rellevate was founded by Stewart A. Stockdale, Mark Forster, and Greg Schneider, and Stewart A. Stockdale has been the CEO since incorporation. The company is dedicated to empowering consumers to access, move, and use their money anytime, anywhere. Rellevate is a leader and one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the employer and public sector disbursement industry.

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.

Holisto Ltd. engages in the provision of hotel reservation services. It offers online hotel selection and reservation. The company was founded by Eran Shust and Avi Wortzel in 2015 and is headquartered in Rishon LeZion, Israel.

NextGen Ventures BV is an independent private equity firm with its headquarters in Lunteren, the Netherlands. It was founded in 2013.

Kelson Pediatric Partners, Inc. provides management solutions for pediatric practices. The company's services include billing, operational, and financial services which are provided to physicians and administrators. It also operates and manages ambulatory pediatric practices. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Aurora, CO.

Avalon Health Services LLC provides healthcare information technology and specialty benefit management solutions. It focuses on laboratory testing that offers comprehensive program managing all outpatient laboratory services across all providers, including independent, physician office and hospital-based labs. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tampa, FL.

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.

Paygilant Ltd. develops an electronic payments platform. Its include ecommerce, digital wallet providers, crypto wallets and financial institutions. The company was founded by Nachshon Margaliot, Ori Einhorn and Yuval Raz and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cyber SecBI Ltd. provides cyber security solutions. The firm specializes in security operations centre soc, investigation, cyber security, start up and orchestration. The company was founded by Ziv Ambar, Doron Davidson, and Alex Vaystikh in 2014 and is headquartered in Beer Sheva, Israel.

Device42, Inc. engages in the provision of data center infrastructure management software solutions. Its products include Device42 DCIM/ CMBD, IT for operations, and for transformation. The company was founded by Rajneesh Jalan and Steve Shwartz in 2010 and is headquartered in West Haven, CT.