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Stonington firm needs votes in Comcast contest

May 05, 2015 12:00 am • Last Updated: May 05, 2015 6:46 pm

Two Connecticut businesses, including The Beer'd Brewing Co. LLC of Stonington, have been named finalists in Comcast Business' "Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs" program, with each winning $10,000 to help enact technology solutions.

The other state firm named by Comcast was Reality Crowd TV Media Corp. of New Britain.

The firms are among 32 eligible for a total of more than $600,000 in funding geared toward early-stage businesses. Six winners to be named in June based on public voting will get $30,000.

Voting at the web address http://business.comcast.com/i4e/vote ends May 10, and the grand prize winners will be invited to Philadelphia Aug. 12-13.

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