Samara Innovations (New Haven, CT) is developing sports apparel for young female athletes. The company’s unique engineered garments provide protection from injury while providing performance enhancement superior to current product offerings. Elm Street co-founded Samara with Dr. Glennis Orloff, an experienced developer of consumer products. Elm Street is providing seed financing, and is represented on the board of the company by Rob Bettigole and David Whittaker.