Our mission is to build an entrepreneur-led ecosystem that will sustainably create new economy jobs across Upstate New York.
We believe entrepreneurs are critical to achieving:
Join us in building Upstate New York's high growth future.
A member of the founding team of Sensis Corporation, Marc is now the CEO of Saab-Sensis. He is also a member of the Seed Capital Fund of CNY and an investor/mentor for the StartFast Venture Accelerator in Syracuse, NY.
John is a serial entrepreneur with expertise in operations and finance. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence at The Tech Garden and Director of the Syracuse Student Sandbox.
Kent is a serial entrepreneur (Kanoodle, SeeVast) and an active angel investor/board member through the Buffalo Angels and Western NY Venture Association.
Tom is a Cornell alumnus and serial entrepreneur/mentor (Novomer, Mezmeriz, E2e Materials, PI Experiential Learning). He currently leads Launch NY, a 27-county venture development organization with offices in Ithaca and Buffalo.
John is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. He is a founding member of Eastern NY Angels and the driving force behind TechValley Startup Weekend.
Chuck has built and exited five venture backed companies on three continents. He is a Managing Director for the StartFast Venture Accelerator and a founding member of the Seed Capital Fund of CNY.
Don founded QED Technologies and sold it in 2010. He is an active investor and current chairman of the Rochester Angel Network.
Elisa and her husband Leon are the founders of Singlebrook Technologies. They also host the Technology4Change program and Ithaca Web People Meetup group.
Dick is a serial entrepreneur (PayMD, Autotask, Logical Net) and the Managing Director for Eastern NY Angels. He heads RPI’s Emerging Ventures Ecosystem and is a StartFast mentor.
Mike is a professor, inventor, entrepreneur and world-renowned rowing coach. He co-founded the nationally recognized IDEA accelerator and is a StartFast mentor.
Mikael is a venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur (VirtualScopics, iCardiac). He is the Chairman of Innovocracy, a new effort to crowdsource funding for academic research commercialization.
