Events

The Entrepreneur Innovation Awards (EIAs) is a Shark Tank-style pitch event. Join us as Connecticut-based entrepreneurs and startups pitch a panel of expert judges for a chance to win up to $10,000. Vote for your favorite and they could win even more! The event, which is open to the public and held in conjunction with […]

Home of the Marcum Tech Top 40. Early Bird Registration through August 14, 2018. Pricing will change after this date. Designed to celebrate the advancements, culture, and individuals driving the tech community in Connecticut, join us for the inaugural ConnectiTECH Awards on 10/3. CTC and friends will bring together budding entrepreneurs, high-powered CEOs, industry leaders, […]

VentureClash invites the most promising early-stage companies worldwide in digital health, fintech, insurtech and the Internet of Things to compete in Connecticut’s global venture challenge, with investment awards totaling $5 million. The finalists will present in front of a panel of expert judges at a one day VentureClash final on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at Yale School […]

In today’s noisy tech market, choosing the right software development partner is like playing Russian roulette. Picking the wrong partner means losing time and money, as well as plenty of aggravation and stress for the management team. Picking the right partner decreases cost, shortens time to market and enables companies to scale effectively. Despite this […]

44th Annual Venture Capital Institute. Being held December 4-7, 2018 at the Emory Conference Center in Atlanta, GA.

Join us for a panel discussion led by Jennifer Good, CEO of Trevi Therapeutics, Erika Smith, CEO of ReNetx Bio, and Wendy Davis, CEO of GestVision and moderated by Ashley Kalinauskas, CEO of Torigen Pharmaceuticals.  This panel of CEOs will provide insight on their career paths, advice on how to get to the C-Suite, and […]

We invite you to be a part of this annual CERC event on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at Infinity Hall in Hartford to celebrate Connecticut's many successes in growing our communities, our regions and the state. This evening celebration will feature a review of the recent accomplishments from across the state's regions, awards recognizing top […]

Insuretech is a hot topic, especially here in Connecticut. Join us on December 5 to hear Xtract—a startup with a claims tool that aggregates and visualizes crash data for the auto-insurance industry—present their business case to our experts and the audience. After the presentation, our experts in venture capital and insurance brokerage will break down their […]

Come see an entire day of 5 minute pitches from Yale's leading lifesciences investigators with this year's top biotech proposals competing for accelerator grants of up to $300K from the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale.

Access to capital is critical for startups. If you have a product or service company you can now pitch it to millions of people and build a community of investors and early adopters via crowdfunding. For many founders and for a number of reasons, product crowdfunding is replacing traditional sales channels and equity crowdfunding is […]