A total of $3 million in direct investment funding will be awarded in the third round of the GENIUS NY program, with one grand prize of up to $1 million and four $500,000 awards. Get the latest details on the new funding structure and help spread the word to companies disrupting the UAS industry.
Deep in the dorms of universities across the world are students either thinking about or working on building a company. One such student, AJ Damiano, started his company, PowerSpike, from his dorm room at Syracuse University back in 2014, while beginning his freshman year studies in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. One month after graduating, PowerSpike has now been accepted into the prestigious TechStars program.
TCG Player has unveiled plans for a new innovation headquarters. The tech startup will be renovating a 44,000 sf fantasy-themed space in downtown Syracuse, complete with a Harry Potter room for creating the company’s next mobile applications.
Upstate Manufacturing and Tech Conference brings Facebook’s “Employee Number 25” to Syracuse to discuss the future of Technology and Cybersecurity.
Quadrant Biosciences, based in the Institute for Human Performance on the SUNY Upstate Medical University campus in Syracuse, NY, has sold 10% of its common equity for approximately $13 million, and successfully converted its previously issued Series A Preferred shares to common shares. Get the full story from SBDC Advisor Chuck Schwerin ->
Husband and wife entrepreneurs, Justin and Emily Call, competed head to head at AFRL Commercialization Academy Demo Day. Both came out on top for their ventures – GoFigure and idoolocal. Here’s an exclusive interview on how Emily and Justin Call are running two high-growth ventures…while raising four children.
The 2017 Upstate Venture Ecosystem Award winners are helping to launch new companies, open new markets and fuel job growth in Upstate NY. Cheers to the leaders taking the road less traveled to make Upstate NY the go-to destination for entrepreneurs!
Ali, co-founder and CEO of Upstate Venture Connect (UVC), says that as companies climb the pyramid they help create workers and managers able to lead in today’s economy. “Entrepreneurs,” he says, “are our most precious resources.”
Luminate NY competition aims to bring visionary optics, photonics and imaging companies to the Finger Lakes region
When I first learned of Dr. Carmen, he was described to me as a psychology engineer. Considering that in his academic career he first pursued engineering and later switched to psychology, this is a very accurate description. Both pursuits collided with the invention of his Passive Infrared Hemoencephalography (pirHEG) neurofeedback system.
