Spencer Trask & Co.

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Spencer Trask & Co.
Industry Financial services
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New York City
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United States
ServicesBuilding advanced technology companies
Website spencertraskco.com

Spencer Trask & Co. is an American company that was founded in 1881 by Spencer Trask and George Foster Peabody as an investment firm. [1] [2] The company is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, and focuses on funding early-stage ventures in technology, healthcare, and science. [3]

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History

Spencer Trask & Co. was established in 1881 by Spencer Trask, evolving from his earlier ventures, including Trask & Stone, a brokerage house founded in 1868. [1] [4]

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the firm played a key role in financing technological advancements. [5] Notably, it supported Thomas Edison in the development of electric power systems. [6] [7] Trask was president of the New York Edison Company, the world's first electric power company. The company became known as Consolidated Edison (ConEd). [8]

Spencer Trask & Co. also provided financing for Guglielmo Marconi, whose work in radio technology laid the groundwork for today's wireless communications. [5]

Spencer Trask & Co. was an early investor in Ciena Corporation, which made significant advancements in fiber optic communications technology. Ciena first commercialized dense wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. [9] This became a core component of modern fiber-optic communications and telecommunications infrastructure. [10]

The firm provided the first funding to Myriad Genetics, a genomics diagnostics company known for sequencing the breast cancer gene, BRCA1. [11] This work contributed to advances in genomic medicine.

In addition, Spencer Trask & Co. invested in Health Dialog [12] [13] to commercialize the work of partner Jack Wennberg, who worked in evidence-based medicine and informed patient-based decision-making. [14] Health Dialog's support and research provided the analytical foundation for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [15]

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