Tech Companies to Watch

Arcanatura LLC

Arcanatura’s aim is the development, manufacturing and global commercialization of natural animal health products (mainly from plant origin) with demonstrated superior customer value, as alternatives and/or complements to traditional pharmaceutical products derived from chemistry.

Arcanatura LLC
Groton, CT
President/CEO:  Sergei Marcanod
www.arcanatura.com

 

Arbor Fuel Inc.

Arbor Fuel is using biotechnology to generate cost effective environmentally sensitive alternative fuels a reality. Arbor Fuel has developed technology for the production of ethanol and butanol from lignocellulosic biomass. It is marketing its cellulosic ethanol strains to existing ethanol producers to enable them to switch from food-based feedstocks to underutilized biomass. The company plans to bring its cellulosic butanol strains to production on its own.

Arbor Fuel Inc.
Farmington, CT
President/CEO:  Steven Henck
www.arborfuel.com

 

Aquatic Sensor Network Technology LLC

Aquatic Sensor Network Technology (AquaSeNT) is a small business with a focus on developing innovative and comprehensive underwater wireless communication and networking solutions.

Aquatic Sensor Network Technology LLC
Storrs, CT
President/CEO:  Jun-Hong Cui

Apollo Solar, Inc.

Apollo Solar develops, manufacturers and sells the electronic equipment required to use solar electric panels. The dramatic growth in the use of solar energy is expected to continue for many years and every solar electric installation can use at lease one product that the company makes. Apollo Solar has developed a unique method of finding and locking onto the peak power output of solar panels electronically.

Apollo Solar, Inc.
Bethel, CT
President/CEO: John Pfeifer
www.apollosolar.com

 

AnswerPoint Medical Systems

AnswerPoint Medical Systems offers a true end-to-end solution by combining innovative software products with robust client-centric services. AnswerPoint Medical Systems seeks to change the healthcare management vista in an unprecedented way. Its integrated software, the iCare Suite, provides end-to-end management stability within the local physician's practice. It comprehensively and simply manages office work-flow, medical records and billing seamlessly and effectively. 

AnswerPoint Medical Systems
Bristol, CT
President/CEO:  Glenn McGregor
www.apmedicalsystems.com

Continuity Engine’s Control Named Best Value/ROI at 2009 Financial Technology Insight Summit | Cloud Computing Journal

Congratulations to Continuity Engine for another award!   Continuity Engine's CEO Andy Greenawalt remarked:

“We began the fall by being named a Company to Watch and winning an award from the Connecticut Technology Council and we are proud to continue that success by receiving another honor,” Andy Greenawalt, founder and CEO of Continuity Engine explained. “This award represents the insights of the industry from the most well informed CIOs in the country, and to have them see Control as the best value for the money is amazing. Control makes compliance and risk management easy and experts say it’s the best deal going.”

The Best Value/ROI award is given to the business solution or technology that the voters feel helps achieve business value or return on investment fastest, or with the greatest potential.

Read more at: Continuity Engine’s Control Named Best Value/ROI at 2009 Financial Technology Insight Summit | Cloud Computing Journal.

Anchor Science LLC

Anchor Science is applying its expertise in development of ultra-small contact thermal sensor to solving problems in management of heat flow generated by electronic components. Anchor Science develops novel methods of heat dissipation appropriate for cooling IT hardware and enabling increase of computing power. The limiting factor for increase of computing power is the damage to components caused by excess heat that they generate. Anchor Science is undertaking innovation in the utilization of nanomaterials for dissipation of heat and improvement of performance of information processing hardware.

Anchor Science LLC
Branford, CT
President/CEO:  Ewa Kirkor
www.anchorscience.com

 

Albright Associates, Inc.

Albright Associates' patent-pending UXID™ technology allows anyone or any organization to exchange or consolidate data anonymously and confidentially. Unlike Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable IDs, UXID technology helps prevent identity theft and personal privacy violations. UXID is an enabling technology that gives users control over who can view their personal data and how it is collected and shared.

Albright Associates, Inc.
Weston, CT
President/CEO: Teresa Piliouras
www.albright.com

Telesis LLC

Telesis, LLC is the leading software testing and quality assurance company in the Northeast, with 13 years of functional software testing experience and 350+ client engagements.  Telesis' clients are companies launching mission critical software that MUST work correctly in production. Their revenue depends upon it.  Our clients are unable to compromise on business initiatives; their software must be thoroughly and accurately tested, the first time.

Telesis specializes in automating the most challenging software testing.  Our average client ROI is 89% in reduced testing time, with a 350% decrease in production business errors.  For one health care insurer, we condensed a week's worth of manual testing into a half day. 

Telesis focuses primarily on two market segments: (1) financial institutions in the Northeast, including insurance companies and health insurers, and (2) software companies. Approximately 87% of Telesis, LLC's work comes from existing clients. 

Telesis LLC
East Hartford, CT
President/Founder: Patty Sue Williams  (Flashback: in 2007 Patty won the CTC Women of Innovation Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership Award, see: http://ct.org/Women_of_Innovation2007.asp  )
www.telesisllc.com

Akademos, Inc.

Akademos combines a million-plus online book titles, a peer-to-peer marketplace and an outsourced online college textbook operation in order to offer a compelling new model for the procurement and distribution of course materials in higher education. Its corporate strategy consists of becoming the outsourced solution provider of choice for small to mid-sized colleges, offering both new books and used books through its online P2P marketplace.

Akademos, Inc.

Norwalk, CT
President/CEO: Brian Jacobs
www.akademos.com