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Seed Investment Fund

Funding the Earliest Stages of High Tech Growth

The Seed Investment Fund addresses the needs of entrepreneurs as they endeavor to grow Connecticut-based emerging technology companies. The Seed Fund will provide funding to qualified companies in Connecticut. Seed investments of up to $500k are structured as equity (preferred stock), convertible debt, or debt with warrants depending on the individual circumstances of the deals.

Click to download the Connecticut Innovations Seed brochure.

Business Sectors

BioScience

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Genomics
  • Molecular Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Devices

Information Technology

Energy and Environmental Systems

Photonics/Applied Optics

Advanced Materials Engineering

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Pre Series A
  2. Significant Connecticut presence including headquarters
  3. Proprietary technology
  4. Sustainable competitive advantage
  5. Proof of principle
  6. Near complete beta product
  7. "Skin in the Game" - founders contribution of capital, time and talent
  8. Management team experience sufficient for a seed stage company
  9. Definable / addressable market
  10. Defensible business plans