Latest News About Business Incubators and Accelerators From Across New York State | |
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December 2023
New York State Incubator Report
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BIANYS Advocacy Day | January 22-23, 2023
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Advocate for continued funding for New York State's Incubators, Accelerators, and Innovation Ecosystem
1.) Meet with legislators to advocate for increased funding for 10 Regional Hotspot Programs and New York State Certified Incubators.
2.) Network with BIANYS Members, state-wide officials, and other economic development professionals from across New York State.
3.) Learn about other New York State funding opportunities in the start-up innovation ecosystem.
Please Join us for a Legislative Reception
Monday January 22, 2024 | 5:30PM-7PM
Bull Moose Club:150 State St. 4th floor, Albany, NY 1220
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Is your NYC-based startup or business ready to scale? Whether you’re tech-driven with a focus on community solutions or a B2B venture aiming for market leadership, here’s your chance to accelerate with a $25,000 boost. We’re seeking visionary founders across sectors, committed to innovation and impact. Join the TechImpact Startup Competition, co-sponsored by Accompany Capital and The Tech Incubator at Queens College.
Competition Categories
Whether you’re a fledgling startup or in a growth phase, this competition is designed for ventures that align with the following impactful categories:
1. Community Betterment (25k)
2. Health and Wellness ($25k)
3. Financial Empowerment ($25k)
4. B2B Innovations ($25k)
A total of $100,000 will be awarded. Don’t miss this opportunity to win $25,000 to scale your venture and make a lasting impact. Each finalist will receive additional rewards: mentorship, co-working space, or interns support.
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CNY Build a Better Foundation Series:
Thinking Outside of the Box: Current Ethical Considerations in Human Participant Research
January 8, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Casey Jackson, MS, CCRP, Director,
Research Quality Improvement and Compliance
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Casey will provide a comprehensive discussion of ethical considerations in research involving human subjects. Objectives include increasing awareness of the current human subjects’ research (HSR) landscape and promoting an “outside the box" thinking and discussion of best practices.
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Venture For ClimateTech is actively seeking the next cohort of climate tech innovators! As a non-profit venture studio and accelerator program, we’re looking for individuals from around the globe who are committed to identifying and accelerating groundbreaking solutions. Entrepreneurs selected for Cohort 4 will receive up to $50,000 in non-dilutive funding, access to educational programming, and invaluable mentorship—all designed to expedite the journey of their climate tech innovation to market.
Applications are open now through March 1, 2024.
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Don’t miss your chance at a spot in Luminate, the world’s largest accelerator for optics, photonics, and imaging. Applications for cohort 7 close January 8, 2024, and $3M+ in funding is on the line! Early-stage companies from across the globe and nearly every industry are eligible. Prior participants describe the hybrid six-month program as “an MBA on steroids,” with an immediate $100,000 to participate and connections to investors, industry experts, and partners that can fuel your success for years to come. | |
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Greenlight Innovation Fund RFP
New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”), is launching the Greenlight Innovation Fund (“Fund”) Request for Proposals to provide City capital funding (“City Capital”) for the development of facilities in New York City that support the Green Economy, Life Sciences, and Advanced Technology (collectively, the “Innovation Industries”).
NYCEDC has an initial allocation of up to $50 million of City Capital dollars for the Fund and intends to make multiple awards of at least $3 million per project. These awards are intended to grow and diversify the Innovation Industries that are critical to the success of New York’s economy.
This Request for Proposals (“RFP”) seeks to identify promising facilities development or improvement proposals (“Programs”) that are eligible to receive City Capital funding. The Fund is limited to Programs on one site initiated by nonprofit entities on privately-owned property. The Fund will provide City Capital for specific projects (“Projects”) that are part of the overall Program—a Project must consist of one of the following: the acquisition of real property, construction of facilities, or the purchase of equipment. NYCEDC generally seeks to fund no more than 50% of the total Program cost.
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A Climatetech Leader Passes the (Energy-Efficient) Torch
Pat Sapinsley is stepping down from her leadership role at the Urban Future Lab after ten years. In 2009, when NYU Tandon (then known as the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering) joined forces with the New York State Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to launch an incubator program aimed at nurturing start-ups working to find clean-energy solutions, it made headlines across the city.
NYC ACRE (Accelerator for a Clean & Renewable Economy) was widely seen as confirmation that cleantech was vital not only for the health of the planet but vital for the city’s economic growth.....
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Gotham Innovation Gambit as a National Model: Presentation at GCEC Conference | In early October, Ariella Trotsenko, Director of the NY Innovation Hot Spot at CUNY, and Cira Cardaci, Manager of the NY I-Corps Hub, presented at the Dallas annual conference of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), a leadership organization addressing issues facing the country’s leading university-based centers for entrepreneurship. The conference attracted more than 700 attendees representing 250 universities. | |
New York Consortium Wins $40M from CHIPS Act | |
The funding for the New York consortium, which also includes the University at Albany, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Cornell University and IBM, is among the first grants to be awarded under the $52 billion CHIPS and Science Act authored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer of New York and signed into law last year. Albany Nanotech is owned and operated by NY CREATES, a state-run nonprofit. | | |
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The Indie Era of Startups:
Bryce Roberts
Context for the current moment we find ourselves in as it relates to the startup funding environment.
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BIANYS Job Board and Talent Network | |
If your Incubator and/or Member Companies would like employment opportunities posted to the BIANYS Talent Network please submit requests here. | |
Exosteller Raises $15M in Series A Funding | |
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Exostellar, a cloud resource optimization and management platform, is on the trajectory to be a star in the tech startup world. The Rev Alumni Stardom company, founded by Cornell University computer science professor Hakim Weatherspoon recently announced a successful $15 million Series A round — bringing Exostellar’s valuation to $40 million.
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