Spencer Trask & Co.

Spencer Trask & Co.
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1982^[1]
Headquarters	Greenwich, CT, United States
Key people	Kevin Kimberlin (Chairman) William Clifford (CEO)
Services	Early stage development company
Website	spencertraskco.com

Spencer Trask & Co. is a privately held advanced technology development company. The firm works with entrepreneurs, CEOs, corporate partners, venture firms and high net worth individuals to start and grow high impact ventures.

Members and affiliates of Spencer Trask & Co. are founders of, advisors to, and investors in private and public companies through direct investments, a brokerage firm and numerous limited liability companies.

Spencer Trask & Co., has been instrumental in the formative stage of companies that have pioneered many technological and scientific advancements, including: genomics with Myriad Genetics,^[2] healthcare reform, Health Dialog,^[3] patent development -- Intellectual Ventures,^[4]^[5] the Internet -- Ciena,^[6] cloud computing infrastructure -- Aperture,^[7] open innovation -- Innocentive^[8]^[9] and inno360 (developed in partnership with P&G, and the Air Force Research Labs.^[10])

Several Spencer Trask-backed firms have been acquired recently, including El Super (2013 revenues topped $1.1 billion), OpenTable ($2.6 billion), Prolor ($480 million), and Prospect Medical ($363 million).

The firm is inspired by Mr. Spencer A. Trask who financed Thomas Edison and was instrumental in the early stages of General Electric, Consolidated Edison, the New York Times and Moody’s Investor Services among others.

Spencer Trask & Co.

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