Wheels up! CI’s second annual Tour de Connecticut is kicking off bright and early tomorrow morning. 🚲 Our team will be biking 200 miles from Stamford to Mystic over the next four days, visiting our portfolio companies, hosting events, and stopping by Connecticut gems along the way. 💎 Keep an eye out for daily updates and make sure to check back for more behind the scenes moments. 🎥 Here we go! #TourDeConnecticut #tourdect

On the final day of our Tour de Connecticut journey, we were joined by an epic crew, including Congressman Jim Himes, former Commissioner of DECD Alexandra Daum and our CI board chair Michael Cantor. We pedaled from New Haven to Milford to enjoy an early morning NA brew with our friends at Athletic Brewing Co. 🍺 Athletic Brewing is dedicated to crafting delicious non-alcoholic beer that people can enjoy anytime and anywhere, with no worries and no hangovers. CEO and co-founder Bill Shufelt gave us a tour of their 150,000 square foot facility, the largest NA brewery in the world. After a few taste tests, we were back on the road, refreshed and ready to ride. 🚲#tourdect

Before wrapping another day of our Tour de Connecticut journey, CEO Matthew McCooe sat down with Simon Kaluza, co-founder and CTO of Inbox Health, a digital health company in CI’s portfolio. 🚲 Inbox Health simplifies the patient billing experience with its online portal that provides secure access to patient statements, payments, and support, giving patients 24/7 access to an all-in-one bill pay application. 📩 The New Haven-based company made a recent move to District New Haven, officially making us neighbors. Hey, Blake Walker, we’ve got a hot cup of coffee ready for you! ☕#tourdect

Halda-n’ to your hat for this part of the Tour de Connecticut. 🤠 We cruised down the Farmington Canal Trail from Southington to New Haven, just in time for our meeting with Halda Therapeutics, a biotech company developing RIPTAC™ therapeutics, a new class of precision medicines to defeat cancer. Chief Scientific Officer Kat Kayser-Bricker filled us in on the science behind Halda’s novel therapeutic mechanism and gave us a tour of the office and lab spaces. 🔬 We look forward to hearing more exciting news from this team in the future.#tourdect

Another pitstop, another great portfolio company meeting on our Tour de Connecticut journey. 🚴‍♀️ Come along with our CEO Matthew McCooe as he speaks with Reid Waldman, CEO of Veradermics, a medical dermatology company advancing first-in-class therapeutics that address patient needs in under-innovated dermatology markets. We got to learn more about the expert-packed Veradermics team and how the company is identifying treatments for real-world therapeutic challenges. 🔬 Before we hung up our helmets for the day, we also heard from Mayor Shari Cantor about the happenings of West Hartford and what projects she has in store for the city.#tourdect

Curious about another portfolio pitstop on our Tour de Connecticut? Don’t worry, we got you covered. Our team pedaled to Hartford, hopping off the bike to visit Hartford Athletic’s home stadium and the Connecticut Science Center, before arriving at Covr Financial Technologies. 🚲 CMO Matthew Herz gave us a tour of their office located in the heart of downtown Hartford and told us more about how Covr is changing the way insurance is sold with their innovative, digital life insurance platforms. 🏙 After spending some time with the whole team and refueling with a quick bite, we were off to the next. #tourdect

On day two of our Tour de Connecticut bike ride across the state, we traveled from Middletown to Berlin bright and early for our first meeting. 🚲 Part of CI’s ClimateTech Fund portfolio, Bright Feeds is a waste management company solving for global food insecurity challenges by turning unwanted food into high-quality nutritious animal feed. 🌽 Lucky for us, president and COO Tim Rassias had a megaphone handy and gave us a tour of the entire facility, showing us how the company creates a consistent, environmentally conscious, and more affordable option for feeding livestock. 🐄 Don’t waste any time… take a closer look at our portfolio company, Bright Feeds.#tourdect

Take a look behind the scenes of pitstop number two, another early meeting on day one of the Tour de Connecticut. 🚲 We hit the road from Mystic to Groton, and although our team faced some challenging, rocky terrain, we successfully made it to our meeting with ThayerMahan, a world leader in autonomous maritime solutions. 🌊 CEO Mike Connor gave us a tour of the facility, showing off the company’s cutting-edge technology, systems and products. ThayerMahan’s team of dedicated scientists and innovative experts are changing the game for environmental preservation, ocean exploration and offshore wind energy. 🐳 We can’t wait to sea what’s next…#tourdect

As we get closer to snowstorm season, our CI team is reminiscing on warmer (and greener) days… Check out the first portfolio company visit of our inaugural Tour de Connecticut this past August. 🚲 We started the 200-mile trek in Mystic, where we met with Enko Chem, a company developing novel products for farmers to protect their crops from pests and disease. 🌾 Founder and CEO Jacqueline Heard filled us in on how @enkochem is shaping the future of agriculture and crop protection, and Chief Science Officer Tom Meade gave us a personal tour of their facility which includes 89,000 square feet of state-of-the-art labs and greenhouses. 🔬 After refueling with some coffee and granola bars (shoutout Enko), we were back on the road…#tourdect

Let’s back pedal to CI’s Inaugural Tour de Connecticut, our 200-mile bike ride across the state jam-packed with portfolio company meetings, pitstops at popular tourist attractions and quality time with special guest riders. 🚲 It’s hard to capture our entire journey in just one video, but you won’t regret hitting the brakes to check this out. 🎬 Stay tuned, because this epic ride exploring Connecticut and visiting our companies will certainly not be the last of its kind… 😉 #TourDeConnecticut #tourdect