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Governor Kathy Hochul announces winners of Luminate NY OPI Competition. Pensievision receives $1M and named "Company of the Year".

Detroit, Michigan, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mudita Venture Fund II, a venture capital fund focusing on early-stage, business-to-business AI companies, completed its first close of $85...

Empire State Development announces the 10 startups working on emerging deep technologies that have been selected to join cohort 8 of Luminate NY

Empire State Development Announces Winners of Luminate Finals 2024, Nicslab Takes Home $1M in Follow-On Funding as Company of the Year

Startups Working on Emerging Technology Enabled by Optics, Photonics, or Imaging Are Encouraged to Apply to Luminate NY for Funding and Support

Empire State Development announces the companies selected to participate in cohort seven of Luminate NY's business accelerator and investment fund.

Impact Signals Continued Economic Development and Growing Interest to Innovate Emerging Technologies and New Businesses in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 29, 2023 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCorps, a non-profit incubator and accelerator for technology startups and entrepreneurs in the Rochester and Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCorps today issued a reminder that the deadline is just days away to apply for Cohort 5 of Luminate NY—the world's largest business accelerator...

PreAct Technologies Awarded Top Honors and $1 Million in Investment; Four Additional Companies Secure Follow-on Funding Investment Applications Now Being Accepted for Round 5 of the Optics, Photonics...