Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 32-41w

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: means Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated as created under section 32-35. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Early or first-stage financing: means financial aid to companies that have expended initial capital, developed and market-tested prototypes, and demonstrate that such funds are necessary to initiate full-scale manufacturing and sales. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Expansion financing: means financial aid to companies for market expansion or to enhance the fiscal position of a company in preceding a liquidity event including, but not limited to, an initial public offering or acquisition. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Financial aid: means the infusion of capital to persons, in any form whatsoever, including, but not limited to, grants, loans, equity, leases, guarantees, royalty arrangements, other risk capital and other types of financial assistance. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Preseed financing: means financial aid provided for research and formulation of a concept. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Seed financing: means financial aid to an inventor or entrepreneur to assess the viability of a concept and to qualify for start-up financing to fund, including, but not limited to, product development, market research, management team building and, pending successful progress on such initial steps, business plan development. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Start-up financing: means financial aid to companies in the process of organizing as a business or that have been in operation for less than one year and (A) have completed product development and initial marketing but have not sold such product commercially, and (B) have established viability by performing market studies, assembling key management, developing a business plan and may also qualify for start-up financing by demonstrating viability by other means deemed appropriate by the corporation. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34
• Venture: means , without limitation, any contractual arrangement with any person whereby the corporation obtains rights from or in an invention or product or proceeds therefrom, or rights to obtain from any person any and all forms of equity instruments including, but not limited to, common and preferred stock, warrants, options, convertible debentures and similar types of instruments exercisable or convertible into capital stock, in exchange for the granting of financial aid to such person. See Connecticut General Statutes 32-34