2021 Results: Community Favorite

Community Favorites + 2 honorable mentions

• Entrepreneur: Scaling Company

  • Winner
    • Eric Rosow, Diameter Health, Farmington
  • Honorable mention
    • Kevin Hart, Green Check Verified, New Haven
    • Tie
      • Christien Ducker, Safety Management Systems, Norwalk
      • Samantha Roseme, Assured Quality Homecare, Norwich

• Entrepreneur: Scalable Venture

  • Winner
    • Jared Zima, Reliefwax, Berlin
  • Honorable mention
    • Earl Valencia, Plentina, Westport
    • Adji Cisse, Flawless Fro, West Haven
• Entrepreneur: Main Street
  • Winner
    • James Perkins, Elite Soccer Performance, Berlin
  • Honorable mention
    • Lindsay Arakelian Grega, Lindsay’s Handmade Ice Cream, Norwalk
    • Vincent Federici, Drumroll Coffee Roasters, Wethersfield
• Entrepreneur: Social Good
  • Winner
    • Erica Morrison, WaxPax Solutions, Torrington
  • Honorable mention
    • Janoye Williams, The Momentum Foundation, Glastonbury
    • Isaac Nketia, Auxil Tech Foundation, East Hartford

• Entrepreneur: Student

  • Winner
    • Jared Zima, Reliefwax, Berlin
  • Honorable mention
    • Adji Cisse, Flawless Fro, West Haven
    • Erica Morrison, WaxPax Solutions, Torrington

• Venture: Revenue

  • Winner
    • Plentina, Westport
  • Honorable mention
    • Healthy is the Way, West Hartford
    • INI Sips, New Britain

• Venture: Pre-Revenue

  • Winner
    • History Chip, Bethlehem
  • Honorable mention
    • Encapsulate, Farmington
    • Tie
      • VeraDermics, West Hartford
      • VeyeZER, Guilford

• Community Builder

  • Winner
    • Shaenna Taylor, Bridgeport Strong, Bridgeport
  • Honorable mention
    • Nicole Wagner, LambdaVision, Farmington
    • Avi Smith Rapaport, We Care Computers, West Hartford

• Space

  • Winner
    • Cultured Studios, Cultured AF, New London
  • Honorable mention
    • UConn Technology Incubation Program, UConn, Farmington
    • YARDwork Co-working, Litchfield

• Program

  • Winner
    • Masheen, Avon [2nd year-in-a-row]
  • Honorable mention
    • Digital Media CT, Stamford
    • Nassau Re/Imagine Incubator, Hartford

• Funding

  • Winner
    • Brendan Lynch, Sharpe Capital, Newington
  • Honorable Mention
    • Denise Bahr, Something Wolfy, Westport & Bridgeport
    • Upward Labs, Hartford

• Economic Development

  • Winner
    • Tie
      • Angela Wong, City Center Danbury, Danbury
      • Lindy Lee Gold, DECD, Hartford
  • Honorable Mention
    • Travelers, Hartford

• Event

  • Winner
    • Career DECA Virtual Fundraiser with CT Food Bank, Adji Cisse, West Haven
  • Honorable mention
    • InsurTech Hartford Innovation Challenge, InsureTech Hartford, Hartford
    • Hebron Maple Festival, Windham Regional Chamber of Commerce, Hebron

• Education

  • Winner
    • Jesse Lewis, Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, Newtown
  • Honorable Mention
    • Christine Lawlor-King, Connecticut Invention Convention, Hartford
    • Yvonne Donaghy, The Center For Dance Arts, Torrington
• Corporate/Institution
  • Winner
    • Travelers, Hartford
  • Honorable mention
    • Nassau Re/Imagine Incubator, Hartford
    • Something Wolfy, Westport & Bridgeport