Jennifer Tegan

Jennifer is Managing Director of New York Ventures, a division of Empire State Development that oversees a spectrum of investment assets to support startups across the state. Those assets include a $100 million investment fund allocated towards direct equity investments into promising Seed and Series A start-ups and their diverse founding teams. It also includes an effort Tegan led to expand access to capital across the innovation ecosystem in NYS with the launches of a pre-seed and seed direct investment fund and an emerging and regional manager fund of funds. Prior to joining Empire State Development, Jennifer spent 18 years with Cayuga Venture Fund, where she invested in and supported entrepreneurs in technology-based start-ups. Jennifer has served on the boards of GiveGab, Pom, True Gault, and Venuebook. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Tompkins Financial Corporation and its affiliate bank, Tompkins Trust Company, as well as serving the industry on the boards of the National Venture Capital Association and the Upstate Capital Association of New York. Previously she served on the board of Allworx, Inc., until its sale to Paetec Corporation.