Mites Popping Like Popcorn, and other Hardware Innovations
This is a guest post by Devin Sandon, New Venture Specialist at NextCorps. The first NextCorps Hardware Challenge brought together a diverse group of passionate, articulate entrepreneurs addressing a wide range of challenges, in the hopes of honing their pitches, getting community
A Sneak Peek at the Hardware Challenge
This week at NextCorps, we’re hosting the Hardware Challenge Pitch Competition (save the date: it’s 1/26). We’re inviting hardware startups to come pitch to a panel of esteemed judges. Startups
Top 6 Takeaways from “Top Strategies for Raising Funds for Rochester Startups”
At this month’s sold out Lunch & Learn, we were joined by three professionals in the venture capital space in Western New York. Rami Katz of Excell Partners, Inc., Steve
Introducing: Hardware Scaleup
There’s a new program here at NextCorps! We are thrilled to announce that we’re the upstate home of Hardware Scaleup. What is Hardware Scaleup? Hardware Scaleup is funded by the
What Incubation Space Can Give You That Coworking Can’t
Here’s a fun fact for you: did you know that the very first startup incubator originated right in our backyard? In 1959, Joseph L. Mancuso opened the Batavia Industrial Center in a Batavia,
MedTech Meetup: A Recap
Last week, over 120 of the brightest minds in New York’s bio/med industry came together at the Saunders Research Building on the University of Rochester campus for learning and networking.
What an Accelerator Can Do for a Business
When Luminate launched last year, we knew the business accelerator would provide focused support—the kind that didn’t exist yet for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled applications. What we
Help Us Shape What’s Next
Changes are coming to Rochester. Everywhere you look, there’s more life and more activity, especially in the heart of downtown. Here at NextCorps, we have both a new name and
