Latest News About Business Incubators and Accelerators From Across New York State | | |
New York State Incubator Report
June 2025
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Highlights from BIANYS 2025 Annual Meeting!!!
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Thank you to Westchester County and Hudson Valley Venture Hub for Chairing and Hosting our Annual Conference.
Highlights included:
- Tours of Serendipity Labs and Koi Creative Spaces
- David Madie from GrowthWheel's presentation on How your attitude can change your Client's mindset
- Accelerator, Element 46 Demo Day Pitches
- Heidi Davidson, CEO of Galvanize presentation on Designing for Impact
- Diadem Capital's AI Powered fundraising
- Augie's Jeremy Toeman taught us the how to launch an idea using AI
We look forward to another great year, filled with launching and accelerating.
| | Announcing Results of BIANYS Board Elections | | Join us in congratulating Ariella Trotsenko on her election to Chair of the Board of BIANS, Kelly Reardon on her election, and Tom Grech on his re-election to the Board of Directors of BIANYS. Our Board is comprised of dedicated business professionals who are committed to fostering strong collaboration within the New York State innovation ecosystem. | | Spot Entrepreneurial Risk Before it Derails Progress | |
Startup Synaps Analytics requests your participation in their new assessment tool for entrepreneurs and incubators
The Entrepreneurial Failure Risk Index (EFRI) is a beta-stage psychometric tool built specifically for incubators, accelerators, and entrepreneurial coaches. Rather than predicting success, EFRI identifies emotional, cognitive, and behavioral risk factors across six critical phases of the founder journey—Dream, Launch, Learn, Grow, Enjoy, and Exit.
Grounded in entrepreneurial psychology and emotional intelligence, EFRI helps entrepreneurs—and those who support them—pinpoint where mindset, burnout, or misalignment may be quietly undermining progress.
We’re offering the tool free during beta and are actively seeking ecosystem partners to run pilots, gather insights, and co-develop the next phase—including team risk dashboards and coaching certifications.
Explore and share the assessment at www.failureindex.com. Let’s build a smarter safety net for entrepreneurs—together.
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UB adds New venture Fund and Marketing Studio
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UB’s Startup & Innovation Collaboratory powered by Blackstone LaunchPad announced that it is using $80,000 of existing funds to invest in five new initiatives for students:
- A partnership with Whop University, an online marketplace for entrepreneurs to launch and scale online businesses
- A Collab marketing studio, a hands-on program will allow students who are interested in marketing and prototyping to work with fellow student entrepreneurs
- Propel, a new venture fund, to provide early funding to student businesses who need capital to hit their next milestones
- A guided bus tour showcasing UB’s startup impact, to bridge the ties between students and the university with the region and local entrepreneurial ecosystem
- An entrepreneurship living and learning community that will launch in fall 2026 in partnership with UB’s Campus Living team
The CoLab is a campus-based entrepreneurship and innovation center that empowers students to realize solutions for the global and local challenges of our time, and to introduce entrepreneurship as a viable career path.
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FORBES highlights
City-backed VC Internship
The New York City Economic Development corporation (NYCEDC) and Supermomos, a community platform connecting tech founders, VCs, and operators through curated, in-person experiences, have partnered to launch a groundbreaking initiative: the first city-backed VC internship program.
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CNYBAC is hosting a FuzeHub Funding and Resources Webinar
July 1, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM EST
FuzeHub provides New York State startups and manufacturing companies with guided access to technical expertise, entrepreneurial support, and funding opportunities. The presentation will provide an overview of FuzeHub’s Solutions Program, discuss the types of low-cost resources available throughout NY, and show how companies can reach out for assistance. Attendees will also learn about FuzeHub’s Innovation Fund, which includes multiple opportunities to receive financial assistance. The presentation will cover upcoming opportunities, eligibility requirements, and examples of previously awarded projects.
| FuzeHub CommericIalization Competition application opens July, 1 | | |
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Applications are open for the Maesa Magic Incubator Class of 2026
Maesa, the Next-Gen Beauty Company, proudly announces the launch of Year 3 of its flagship initiative: the Maesa Magic Incubator. Designed to support early-stage beauty and wellness entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities, the program is now accepting applications for the 2025/26 cohort.
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2025 Summer IDA Academy - Ithaca
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From Fearful to Fearless: One Entrepreneur's Guide to Tame Fear
Fear is a funny thing. It’s the voice in the back of your head that says, “What happens if I fail?” It’s the pit in your stomach as you stand in the wings of an audience ready to hear your expert thoughts. It’s the shadow that looms and follows you over every big decision. Maybe it’s time to tame your fear.
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Veda raises $18M to become the DeFi Engine for Financial Apps
Veda has raised $18 million, led by CoinFund, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, GSR, Maelstrom, BitGo, Animoca Ventures, Mantle EcoFund, and others. The round also includes over 50 angels from across the ecosystem, including leaders from Anchorage, Polygon, ether.fi, Lombard, and more.
This raise will bring DeFi yield to a much wider audience on fintechs, centralized exchanges, and other financial platforms.
| | | | APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR GOOGLE'S AI ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | For AI Startups, the Google for Startups Cloud Program offers $350,000 in Cloud credits, resources to accelerate your startup journey, dedicated support and enablement, and the best of Google's open AI ecosystem. | | CenterState CEO is ranked as one of the top small employers in the state, according to the New York State Society for Human Resource Management annual Best Companies to Work for in New York awards program, recognized each year it has participated. | | The CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity (CenterState CEO) seeks a small business relationship specialist for its small business lending and grantmaking activities. As a small business relationship specialist, you will guide clients from the application stage through loan closing, providing essential product and service information. Additionally, you will offer continuous support throughout the life of their loans, including post loan servicing support, ensuring a seamless and positive client experience. | | Assistant Director, Content Dev. & Strategy, SBTD | |
The Division of Small Business & Technology Development (SBTD) directs programs and initiatives across five subdivisions – Capital Access, NY Ventures, Entrepreneur Development, NYSTAR, and the Life Sciences Initiative – to support entrepreneurs, start-ups, innovation and technology development, and small businesses across New York State.
The Assistant Director, Content Development and Strategy will collaborate directly with SBTD teams and the ESD Departments of Public Affairs and Marketing to develop tailored outreach strategies and materials to increase awareness and use of SBTD programming, particularly by specialized audiences or underserved constituencies.
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