19 Founders Backed by Connecticut Innovations (2026)

Connecticut Innovations founders (19)

Connecticut Innovations founders covers 19 founders on PHȲND, Air Company and Bexorg and 15 other companies. The most common sectors are Biotech (5), Climate (3) and Healthtech (3). Members are based in 12 cities, led by New Haven, CT (5), New York, NY (3) and Stamford, CT (2). The remaining members span E-commerce (2), AI Infrastructure (1), Cybersecurity (1), Fintech (1), Media (1), Robotics (1) and SaaS (1). Companies represented include CloudSEK, Conduce Health, CREW Carbon, GoodSAM, Halda Therapeutics, Manifest Technologies, Mongoose Software, Nest Collaborative, Normunity, OOVA, P-TAL and Previsico, plus 3 more. Every founder below links to a profile with their company, backers, and the filings behind each round.

• Founders listed: 19
• Companies represented: 18
• Top sector: Biotech (5 founders)
• Top location: New Haven, CT (5 founders)
• Sectors represented: 10
• Locations represented: 12

• Aditya Agrawal — P-TAL
• Alan Anticevic — Manifest Technologies
• Amy Divaraniya — OOVA
• Andre Swanston — PHȲND
• André Swanston — PHȲND
• Craig Crews — Halda Therapeutics
• Eric Rosow — Conduce Health
• Gregory Constantine — Air Company
• Heather Terry — GoodSAM
• Joachim Katchinoff — CREW Carbon
• John Hill — Quorus
• Jonathan Jackson — Previsico
• Judith Nowlin — Nest Collaborative
• Mark Nathan — Mongoose Software
• Rachel Humphrey — Normunity
• Rahul Sasi — CloudSEK
• Ray Smets — Quantum Circuits, Inc
• Reid Waldman — VeraDermics
• Zvonimir Vrselja — Bexorg

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• Connecticut Innovations · Biotech (5 founders)
• Connecticut Innovations · New Haven, CT (5 founders)
• Connecticut Innovations · New York, NY (3 founders)
• Connecticut Innovations · Healthtech (3 founders)
• Connecticut Innovations · Climate (3 founders)

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