# Connecticut Innovations

> Connecticut Innovations is a VC fund backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 269 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rocky Hill, United States
- Total investments: 269
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Fund size: $50M
- Last fund: Jan 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/67435
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/CT_Innovate
- Website: http://www.ctinnovations.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Connecticut-Innovations/6350331965

Connecticut Innovations is a VC fund in Rocky Hill focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. guidance and introductions to valuable partners, Connecticut innovations enable promising businesses to thrive.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$6M |
| Series A | $2.4M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 58 | 22% |
| Biotechnology | 41 | 15% |
| Software | 33 | 12% |
| Medical | 29 | 11% |
| Therapeutics | 19 | 7% |

199 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 57 | 21% |
| Series A | 55 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 40 | 15% |
| Series B | 26 | 10% |
| Convertible Note | 12 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 160 | 59% |
| Israel | 6 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 0% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alison Malloy | Managing Director, Investments | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alison-malloy |
| Matthew D. Storeygard | Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-d-storeygard |
| Matthew J. McCooe | CEO | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-j-mccooe |
| Dan Devine | Regenerative Medicine Research Fund Advisory Committee Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-devine-13a0 |
| Daniel Wagner | Sr. Managing Director, Investments | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-wagner-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FAST Metals | FAST Metals is focused on developing innovative methods for the recovery and production of a range of valuable metals, including iron, aluminum, scandium, titanium, and rare earth elements. | $4.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| LOOK OPTIC | Look Optic is a retail platform designed to make readers wear comfortable eyewear. The company's platform is based on lightweight glasses with blue light protection and ultra-lightweight matte frames that enable readers and consumers with better-quality glass.Founded in 2016 by Andrew Leary and Jonathan Saven, Look Optic is based in NewYork. |  | Series B | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Adaptive insurance | Adaptive insurance, which begins with parametric insurance, seeks to transform how companies develop financial resilience in the face of weather-related and climate-related events. By combining our cutting-edge coverages, real-time climate data, and AI-driven technology, we think we can support them and show business consumers the benefits ofparametric insurance. | $5M | Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| Rejuvenate Bio | Rejuvenate Bio is a biotechnology company that develops novel gene therapies for dogs. The company's therapy provides a solution for the mitral valve disease to stop the progression of heart failure in dogs, thus providing pets with extended overall health and maximal lifespan. It was founded in 2017 and is based in San Diego, CA. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 08, 2026 |  |
| Cypher AI | Cypher AI is an AI-powered platform built for scientists that provides intelligent digital infrastructure for life sciences R&D, enabling research teams to create, organize, and share custom AI tools with zero coding required. This platform streamlines scientific workflows by automating data analysis, visualization, protocol generation, andrecording, turning messy lab scripts into shareable web apps. | $2M | Seed | May 27, 2026 |  |
| P2 Science | P2 Science a venture-backed, renewable specialty chemicals company, co-founded by Yale scientists, a chemical industry CEO and Elm Street Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. P2 Science has developed a unique process technology for converting renewable feedstocks—including vegetable oils—into high-value, specialty chemicals. These includeflavor, fragrance and cosmetics ingredients. Many of their products are today available only from petrochemical sources. Among the first products to be produced by P2 are vegetable-derived, cost-effective versions of current petrochemical fragrance ingredients. Major users and formulators of specialty chemicals have a strong interest in substituting renewable for petrochemical ingredients. Patrick Foley, a Yale graduate of the PhD program in Environmental Engineering, is P2′s Chief Scientific Officer. Neil Burns, an executive with 20+ years experience in the specialty chemical industry, is the company’s CEO. P2 has a laboratory in New Haven, CT to support this technology’s development and commercialization, as well as partnerships with major companies at a number of points along the supply chain. | $23M |  | May 26, 2026 |  |
| Neurosoft Bioelectronics | Neurosoft Bioelectronics is developing next-generation soft implantable electrodes to interface with the nervous system. Neural implants are medical devices made of electrodes that can record or stimulate the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves to monitor or treat patients suffering from neurological disorders. However, current clinicaldevices are too stiff compared to the soft tissues of the body, which limits benefits for patients. At Neurosoft Bioelectronics, we have developed a new generation of soft and conformable implantable electrodes that seamlessly interface with the nervous tissues and can improve clinical outcomes for patients. | $7.5M | Seed | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Vortex Imaging | Vortex Imaging develops medical imaging devices. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 18, 2026 |  |
| CREW Carbon | CREW Carbon specializes in removing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater using engineered enhanced weathering. The company's technology leverages the natural power of minerals to treat municipal and industrial wastewater, permanently storing CO2. CREW Carbon operates within the environmental services industry and focuses on GHG managementand carbon removal. The company aims to make a positive impact on the planet through innovative climate tech solutions. | $19M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Mongoose Software | Mongoose Software unlocks the next era of healthcare innovation, and it gives product and experience teams the freedom to create without engineering bottlenecks. |  | Seed | May 13, 2026 |  |

10 of 269 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advantage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantage-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [LaunchCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchcapital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Canaan Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaan-partners) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Elm Street Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elm-street-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Ironwood Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ironwood-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [HighCape Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highcape-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Connecticut Innovations invest in?

Connecticut Innovations invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 269 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Connecticut Innovations's check size?

Connecticut Innovations typically joins rounds of $300k–$6M at Seed and $2.4M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Connecticut Innovations participates in.

### How do I contact Connecticut Innovations?

Public channels for Connecticut Innovations include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Connecticut Innovations?

The team at Connecticut Innovations includes Alison Malloy (Managing Director, Investments), Matthew D. Storeygard (Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments) and Matthew J. McCooe (CEO), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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