Portfolio
VCET is a broad spectrum, technology focused business incubator and investor with client firms from most all sectors. Sectors have included medical devices, therapeutics, software, high performance computing, energy, advanced materials, hardware, equipment, mobile and new media to name but a few. Our focus is on the market opportunity for your business rather than a more narrow sector specific limitation. Click on the firm logos below to learn more.
World class Active Noise Reduction (ANR) system
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- College
Sound Innovations, based in White River Junction, Vermont, is a growing, privately held corporation. Sound Innovations has earned over $4 million in contracts from the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the National Science Foundation to develop technology that protects hearing, improves communication in noise, and improves our ability to hear and detect sounds. Based upon their patents and product applications, the firm is the recognized technology leader globally for active noise cancellation technologies. Sound Innovations clients are a who's who of industrial, defense and commercial firms offering active noise reduction and communications devices. The Vermont Seed Capital Fund, LP invested in May 2010.
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Platform to listen, measure and engage customers across the entire social web.
- Incubator
- Investment
- College
Social Analytics frees the intelligence locked in social media, through proprietary algorithms and visualization, enabling brands to grow and businesses to succeed in the age of the conversation.
Fluorescence imaging for the life science imaging market.
- Incubator
89 North designs, manufactures and sells cutting edge light sources for the rapidly growing fluorescence microscopy market. Its patented LED-based light sources will revolutionize the way scientific imaging is done.
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Abandoned on-line shopping cart recovery software
- Incubator
A fully-integrated, sophisticated email marketing program which has the capability of delivering targeted messaging to the right customer at the right time whether through weekly promotional campaigns to customers or automated triggers in response to actions taken on your website. Current clients are achieving 15% sales recovery, translating to millions in revenue.
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Game studio focused on the creation of “serious games.”
- Incubator
- Investment
- College
Hoozinga provides game production services for a diverse clientele, while focusing on branding, “social marketing” and educational media.
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Tissue bulking agent.
- Incubator
AugmentRx has developed the next generation tissue bulking agent to treat stress urinary incontinence. The SOLVE injectable product provides a fully viable alternative to slings, surgical procedures and inferior shorter-acting bulking agents. It is bioinert, non-antigenic, non-migratory, permanent, easy-to-inject, affordable and provides long-lasting, sustainable tissue volume.
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Home health telemedicine product.
- Incubator
- College
Microdesign has developed a “set-top box” to be installed in patients' homes to allow multi-point videoconferencing using internet connections using a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Institute on Aging.
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Semiconductor probing equipment.
- Exited
SemiProbe provides application specific probing solutions to existing semiconductor markets as well as emerging ones - MEMS, LEDS, Solar, Nano. Its modular designs and flexibility allow customers to easily configure systems to meet a wide variety of applications with no or little re-engineering costs.
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Hardware monitoring and SaaS data management systems for commercial-scale renewable energy.
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- College
Draker Laboratories develops and sells monitoring and data management systems for green power technologies, including: PV, wind, solar thermal, and hybrid energy systems.
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Content management of industry standards, specifications, and codes.
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Standard Technology Group’s (STG) suite of online software-as-a-service (SaaS) modules enables those who use standards to efficiently find, access, manage and understand document content. STG licenses its Powered by STGnet technology to standards developing organizations (SDO).
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Online education and SaaS platform.
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Global Classroom provides eClassroom SaaS hosting, training and support to schools and businesses at significant cost savings when compared to delivering the same solution on their servers or a physical classroom.
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SaaS platform that helps enterprises build, execute, and govern best practices and processes.
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PIEmatrix provides process management and governance software that connects best practice processes with people and technology for full project life cycles.
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Co-simulation software enabling real-time interaction with complex models.
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Parallel Geometry developed architectural designs based on new mathematical methods and parallel algorithms to solve critical memory and performance issues in large-scale simulations and embedded systems. Its co-simulation designs enable interoperability between simulation systems and real-time interaction with complex models.
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Software to reduce the energy consumptions in large commercial and industrial buildings.
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Kilawatt’s software, Entersuite, creates actionable reporting and requires no capital investment. Customers have consistently achieved 15%-30% annual cost savings. Customers include GE Healthcare, SAP, and the New England Federal Credit Union.
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Search engine for medical specialists.
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- College
Plomics provides doctors with more easily accessed and relevant information for serving patients and conducting research.
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Proprietary wireless method for clinical testing.
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- College
TeleMedTest developed a patent pending telemedicine service using acoustic technology to deliver highly accurate diagnostic test data with a significant reduction in cost and patient inconvenience.
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Drug delivery platform for cancer treatment.
- Exited
- College
Apollo Biosciences is commercializing its Pharmefex™ technology developed at UVM into a potent drug delivery platform for cancer treatment.
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A marketing and entertainment company serving the coin-operated amusements industry.
- Exited
- Sold
Bulldog has the exclusive rights to market and manufacture Photo Play products in the US, and to create and support Photo Play online tournaments and advertising.
Disease marker testing platform for point-of-care diagnostics.
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Viridis Diagnostics is a medical device company developing real time, point-of-care in-vitro diagnostic tests that meet an unmet, important need in the infectious disease arena.
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Animal waste treatment technology.
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Proprietary, patented technology, utilizing electricity flowing through animal waste to destroy pathogens, eliminate odor, and reduce insect populations, nutrient P and N levels, nitrates and ammonia
Online group calendaring solution.
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Skedwool delivers a simple, streamlined calendaring solution to reduce organizational the back-and-forth required to juggle all of the group schedules in your life.
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Marketplace where programmers will be able to outsource small coding tasks.
- Investment
- College
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Appstone is developing a crowdsourcing marketplace where programmers will be able to outsource small coding tasks.
Two-way personal security system using GPS and mobile networks.
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Bell Global created the first two-way personal security system using both global positioning (GPS) and mobile phone technology. Operations in the United Kingdom and Vermont
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