Latest News About Business Incubators and Accelerators From Across New York State | | |
New York State Innovation Report
January 2026
| | | | BIANYS turns 20 this year! Join us in Albany this June for our Annual Meeting and celebrate 20 years of innovation and entrepreneurism supporting startups across New York State. | | | -
BIANYS Advocacy Days in Albany will be February 24 & 25th, 2026 with our Legislative Reception, Monday evening, Feb 23rd.
| | - BIANYS is automating our membership to better support our community. To enjoy the full benefits of new initiatives in store for 2026, we are offering an incentive; pay your annual dues in February and get 50% off a 2nd guest at the BIANYS Annual Meeting.
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SAVE THE DATE!!!
Thursday, February 19, 2026 at Noon
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BIANYS Executive Director,
Regina Gwynn and
BIANYS Board Chair,
Ariella Trotsenko,
will host a Fireside Chat,
discussing the latest emerging tech trends, forecasts for 2026 and Association updates.
| | Celebrate Wins and Accomplishments | | |
Welcome, U.S. Incubators and Accelerators!
We invite your organization to register for consideration in America's Top Incubators and Accelerators 2026, to be published by TIME in August 2026.
The application takes just 10-15 minutes, with a deadline of May 1st, 2026.
| | Series B(uffalo) is now live. Series B is a civic storytelling engine – a key pillar of the 43North Foundation’s $100 million reinvestment in Buffalo’s innovation economy. The multimedia channel will more consistently and more loudly champion Buffalo’s story across the country and globe than ever before. | |
Congratulations to the
Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
$817M in Economic Impact and
Over 800 Jobs Created
The incubator supports early-stage and growth-oriented companies across the Southern Tier through business and clean energy incubator programs, accelerators, mentorship and workforce-aligned training.
The Koffman currently supports 65 member companies, with 46 companies having graduated from its programs since its launch in 2017. The incubator also houses 24 co-working tenants, providing shared workspace for entrepreneurs and startups.
| | Ecosystem News, Events & Reads | | |
The Québec-New York Transportation Rendezvous & B2B
March 10th, 2026 | 8AM - 5PM | Plattsburgh, NY
This in-person, partnered event is an opportunity for manufacturers and companies in the ground transportation and aerospace industries to meet and network with potential customers, suppliers, and resources.
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Attracting the Workforce of the Future
February 3rd, 12 PM- 1 PM
Join Launch NY & Shift 2.0 to discuss how to position your manufacturing company to recruit and retain future generations to the workforce.
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Additional CNYBAC Event in February
The Hidden Accelerator: Why team performance is biotech's most underused advantage
February 4, 2026, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EST
Presented by Anissa Davenport, MBA , Brooke Hynes, MA
and David Eilers of Possibility Partners, LLC
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You Can’t Pivot a Community If You Don’t Know What’s Glued Down
Whether we realize it or not, there are invisible systems pulsing through our startup communities. Some have been around for decades—legacy networks, cultural norms, old-school funding practices. Others? Brand new. They may have started just yesterday with a Slack group, a coffee meetup, or a founder deciding to “build in public.”
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Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is hiring an Events Assistant!
This is a great opportunity for someone interested in event operations and project execution, in the context of economic development, state/local governments, entrepreneurship/business development, or startups.
This is also a great way to get connected with Ithaca and the surrounding region, while contributing to impactful projects.
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Assistant Director, NY Ventures
The Assistant Director will serve as key operational partner to the Managing Director of NY Ventures and its senior staff with responsibility for establishing and maintaining evaluation and performance metrics for its various internal and external stakeholders, including oversight for data collection and integrity, systems tools, and data analysis and reporting across all NY Ventures programs. The Assistant Director will also conduct research in support of specific investment deals or areas.
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Program Associate - Technology Transfer Industry Outreach
The Program Associate will be an integral member of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) within the Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Partnerships (E&IP) supporting outreach and engagement of external industry stakeholders to support technology commercialization and university-industry collaboration.
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