Café Learn Has Been Selected as a Tech Company To Watch
Stamford, Connecticut (PRWEB) October 27, 2015 -- The Connecticut Technology Council has selected Café Learn as a Tech Company To Watch and to participate in the ninth annual Innovation Summit. Café Learn was selected from a large group of applicant companies.
The 2015 Innovation Summit will run from 10am to 5pm at the Connecticut Convention Center on Tuesday, November 10. The annual event, presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, the Angel Investor Forum, BEACON, Connecticut Innovations, Crossroads Venture Group, and CURE, provides entrepreneurs, angels, venture investors, corporate business development executives, local talent, and business service providers an opportunity to network. The Innovation Summit is expected to attract more than 400 attendees.
“This year’s Tech Companies To Watch are just a sampling of the diverse and impressive startups that live in, and near, the state of Connecticut. Representing a larger group of growth companies with huge potential for success,” said Bruce Carlson President & CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council. “With the 2015 Summit gearing up to be our biggest, and most impressive, year yet, I am excited to watch this year’s recipients take their businesses to the next level.”
Innovation Summit features this year:
Funding, Co-working & Resources
Funders including angels, VC’s, corporate VC’s, investment bankers, lenders, government programs and private investors as well as co-working spaces such as ReSET and Stamford Innovation Center will be on hand to offer individual guidance and advise. There will also be many other resources including accounting professionals, legal services and talent acquisition representatives.
Pitch Fest
50 pre-selected Tech Companies To Watch will deliver a three-minute pitch to a panel of judges and live audience.
Workshops
Workshops will be held to enhance attendee experience and will be open to all guests. Topics will include non-dilutive funding, investment stages, talent acquisition, and more.
TCTW Exposition
Exhibition of the Tech Companies To Watch
Awards Ceremony
Recognizing the next generation of high-growth companies in CT and beyond. Seven of the companies will receive awards in the following categories:
Most Promising New Technology Product or Service
Most Promising Software Product
Most Promising New Media / Internet / Telecom Company
Most Promising Bioscience Product
Most Promising Green Technology / Environment / Energy Product
Most Promising Consumer Product / Advanced Manufacturing Product
Most Promising Medical Devices Product
This year’s event is made possible through the help of platinum sponsor Cantor Colburn LLP, law firm.
Gold sponsors include Comcast Business, law firm Fiondella, Milone and LaSaracina, The Hartford, and the University of Connecticut.
Tickets for the Innovation Summit can be purchased on the Connecticut Technology Council website: http://www.ct.org.
A list of the selected companies and their city or town can be found at the CTC website.
About The Connecticut Technology Council
The Connecticut Technology Council is a statewide association of technology oriented companies and institutions, providing leadership in areas of policy advocacy, community building and assistance for growing companies. By representing more than 3,000 companies employing some several hundred thousand technology employees, the tech council seeks to be an active voice for the state’s innovation ecosystem. For more information, visit http://www.ct.org.
About Café Learn
Café Learn increases student success with a cloud-based platform that enables schools to evolve campus-based teaching and learning. Instructors in any higher education discipline can easily create, share and customize blended, social, personalized and active course experiences--with complete content flexibility. For more information, visit http://www.cafelearn.org.
Lyn Maize, cafe learn, http://www,cafelearn.com, +1 682 433 2682, [email protected]
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