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NextCorps and Rochester-area startup newsNYSERDA Launches Two Cleantech Accelerators for Entrepreneurs to Bring Clean Energy Solutions to the Marketplace
Via NYSERDA Statewide Accelerators Help New Yorkers Start or Expand Clean Energy Companies and Bring New Solutions to Combat Climate Change April 09, 2020 The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced the launch of two new...
Empire State Development Announces 10 Finalists Selected to Take Part in Round III of Luminate NY Accelerator Competition
$25 Million Luminate NY Initiative is the World’s Largest Accelerator Program for Startups with Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Technologies OPI Innovation is a Key Part of “Finger Lakes Forward”—the Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow...
Jim Senall leads next generation of Rochester tech
Via the Rochester Business Journal By: Gino Fanelli September 5, 2019 Sibley Square, by sheer location, has no option but to be the focal point of downtown. Granted, the days of the site serving as a bustling department store, first as Sibley’s then as Kaufmann’s, or...
Positive Science typifies dogged growth of hardware startups
Via the Rochester Business Journal By: Gino Fanelli, September 5, 2019 In the first cohort of NextCorps’ Luminate NY accelerator, Positive Science founder Jason Babcock found his way into a semifinalist slot, garnering $250,000 in follow-on funding. It was an...
Hardware Scaleup Expo to Explore What’s Next for Region’s Cleantech Companies and Manufacturers
Day’s Events Will Showcase New Clean Technologies in Development Along with our Growing State and Local Ecosystem that’s Fostering Innovation; Program Application Now Open MAY 29, 2019, ROCHESTER, NY– NextCorps and Rev Ithaca Startup Works will hold the first ever...
A Former Department Store Evolves Into A High Tech Office Space
At the center of Rochester’s ongoing revitalization, The Sibley Building’s transformation into Sibley Square — a 1 million-square-foot, mixed-use city hub, whose adaptive reuse is also spearheaded by TAT — offered a unique opportunity that mirrored NextCorps’ own...