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A Startup Scene Blooms

Author: Val JaegerOn: Jul 12Categories: SIC News, SIC Press No Comments

Connecticut’s tech sector, long in New York’s shadow, gains funding, local support. By Joseph De Avila, The Wall Street Journal July 8, 2016 6:52 p.m. ET STAMFORD, Conn.— Ahmed Khattak started an ecommerce business in New Haven, eventually moving...

[Stamford Advocate] New Stamford Fund to Invest in Growing Companies

Author: Val JaegerOn: Feb 12Categories: SIC Press No Comments

By Alexander Soule Asked a year ago his biggest wish for the Stamford Innovation Center where he is managing partner, Barry Schwimmer cited a venture fund to invest in emerging companies. Check. With the promise of writing loans to local companies in...

[Fairfield County Business Journal] SIC’s Schwimmer to Head New Investment Fund

Author: Val JaegerOn: Feb 05Categories: SIC Press 1 Comment

By Bill Fallon Texas-based Petros Partners and private equity investor Barry Schwimmer have joined forces to create and manage Petros Connecticut Fund I, an investment fund focused on supporting the growth of Connecticut-based businesses. Schwimmer is...

Petros Partners and the Stamford Innovation Center Managing Partner Team Up To Create Connecticut Growth Fund

Author: Peter ProppOn: Feb 04Categories: Blog No Comments

Stamford, Conn, February 2, 2016 – Austin, TX-based Petros Partners and private equity investor Barry Schwimmer have joined forces to create and manage Petros Connecticut Fund I, an investment fund focused on supporting the growth of Connecticut-based...

The Big Picture

Author: Hugh SeatonOn: Dec 08Categories: Blog No Comments

I’ve been a part of the SIC community for a little over a year now, and like many folks have settled into a routine. I get to see familiar faces, go to familiar meetups, and look forward to hearing familiar voices tell me unfamiliar things. Routines...

[Stamford Advocate] Stamford Innovation Center to Hold “Open Office”

Author: Val JaegerOn: Oct 30Categories: SIC Press No Comments

By Alexander Soule The Stamford Innovation Center is launching a new monthly program featuring free, “open office hours” for business people seeking advice on revolving topics, with the first session scheduled for 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November...

How to Talk to Investors

Author: Peter ProppOn: Oct 20Categories: Blog No Comments

As an entrepreneur or startup person, the opportunities to develop relationships with VCs have to be treated like gold. And if you are doing your job in terms of getting your ideas out there and meeting your fellow startup people, chances are you are...

[Stamford Advocate] Software Developer Moves Apprentice Program to Stamford

Author: Val JaegerOn: Aug 06Categories: SIC Press No Comments

By Brandon Campbell Thanks to the work of a software development apprenticeship program this summer, there will be 15 more trained, experienced coders available to companies in Fairfield County next month. The Apprentice100 program, which was created...

[Press Release Rocket] Software Developers of A100’s 6th Cohort Take Stamford’s SIC By Storm

Author: Val JaegerOn: Jul 21Categories: SIC Press No Comments

Young programmers selected from hundreds of applications representing more than 15 area schools train to be engineers by working with startup ventures Stamford, Conn. (PRWEB) July 21, 2015 There will be 15 more trained, experienced coders available in...

[Greenwich Time] Stamford Innovation Center Just Hitting Its Stride

Author: Val JaegerOn: Mar 09Categories: SIC Press 1 Comment

By Alexander Soule On a June day in 2012, when a baking sun had temperatures hovering near 100 degrees in downtown Stamford, startup guru Bob Dorf rolled up his sleeves to engage his audience with a combination lecture and pep talk, some 60 people crowding...

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