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The next meeting of the Connecticut Technology Council’s New Haven Growth Cell is scheduled for July 22nd at 5:00pm at Leon’s on the Wharf in New Haven (see www.ct.org for more details). Anyone in the process of raising capital or on the verge of raising capital to move their company forward should attend.

Our presenters come from a variety of backgrounds and have unique experiences to share, and there will be time for Q&A as well. Bring your insights into fund raising to share with the community.

See you there.

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Funding Experiences of Connecticut Companies
Panel Discussion/ Case Studies

Moderator:
Anthony Price, Urban Capital Solutions, www.urbancapitalsolutions.com

Case studies:
Keith Samolyk, Global Blood Resources www.mybloodfirst.com
Heidi Douglas, MysticMD www.mysticmd.com
Matthew Wallace, VRSim www.vrsim.net
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About Anthony Price, Urban Capital Solutions
Anthony Price is a business professional that combines a rare blend of hands-on economic development, corporate business development and entrepreneurial experience. He has directed economic development activities in Waterbury and Hartford, Connecticut. In Waterbury, Anthony was responsible for developing strategies to retain, recruit and develop new businesses. He created innovative marketing strategies and loaned millions of dollars to small businesses.

About Keith Samolyk, Global Blood Resources
Keith Samolyk, a practicing perfusionist, is the inventor of the Hemobag, a patented medical device that returns the patient’s whole blood in a concentrated form to him or her after cardiac surgery.

In 2004, after receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Hemobag, Keith began marketing it. Global Blood Resources now supplies 62 medical institutions across the nation. The Connecticut Technology Council named Global Blood Resources one of this year’s 14 most promising early-stage companies in 2008.

About Heidi Douglas, MysticMD,
MysticMD Inc. c-Founder, president and CEO, Heidi S. Douglas, MS, MBA sets direction and controls the business. She has over 25 years of high tech business leadership experience. Prior to starting MysticMD, she was a consulting partner with Deloitte managing some of the firm’s largest engagements at Fortune 100 companies. MysticMD focuses on developing proprietary conductive solutions using formulations of carbon nanotubes alloyed with traditional materials and/or other nanoparticles to solve problems. MysticMD is a CTC’s FastTrack company and has been identified as a high-potential, early-stage company.

About Matthew Wallace, VRSim
Matthew Wallace is the President & CEO of VRSim, located in the CCAT technology incubator in East Hartford. VRSim provides products and services to enable data manipulation, visualization and interaction. VRSim’s products give the user the ability to create traditional simulations, immersive virtual reality environments, and desktop interactives.