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Via the Rochester Business Journal James Senall, April 14, 2020 We hear local leaders talk all the time about the importance of technology and innovation. Why? The answer is simple: They create growth. According to a US Chamber of Commerce Foundation paper, economists...

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...

$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...

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...

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...

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...