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SiMPore, a nanotechnology company that has been a member of High Tech Rochester since 2008, was recently awarded $975,000 in federal funding. They have received a Phase II STTR from

SmallGrid, the manufacturer of Life Wall, a renewably powered life-support system for your home, was recently awarded $1.25 million from Governor Cuomo. The money was awarded as part of the

World’s largest startup accelerator for optics, photonics and imaging begins operations The Luminate accelerator, a new $5M per year initiative recently announced by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, has

HTR will occupy entire sixth floor, home of the former Sibley’s Tea Room High Tech Rochester has officially closed on the purchase of its soon-to-be-new headquarters space in the historic

High Tech Rochester is pleased to announce that five of our staff members have been nominated for Upstate Venture Connect Ecosystem Awards! Upstate Venture Connect (UVC) is a nonprofit that

High Tech Rochester is unveiling a new and exciting monthly event that will run all summer long at the HTR BetaSpace! On the Third Thursday of each month, we invite

  Winners of the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge announced We are excited to announce that Empire Medicinals, a Rochester startup company in the field of healthcare, is the winner of

Five early-stage companies have been selected as finalists in the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge from among the 35 companies that entered the competition in January. The five finalists are competing

Position Description Managing Director, Photonics Venture Challenge HTR Overview High Tech Rochester is a 14-person non-profit that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow successful startups and established companies grow their revenues

Eight early-stage companies have been selected as semi-finalists in the 2017 Rochester Venture Challenge from among the 35 companies that entered the competition in January. The eight semi-finalists are competing

James Senall, president of High Tech Rochester, released the following statement in response to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State Address proposal: I want to express my deepest gratitude to

Our pilot coworking initiative in the Sibley Building, BetaSpace, has drawn to a close. Twelve startup companies pioneered our expansion to downtown Rochester from November 2016 until January 2018. These entrepreneurs represented companies