LaunchNY

Launch NY is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit venture development organization. Their mission is to identify, support and invest in high-growth, high-impact companies and catalyze the entrepreneurial culture of Upstate New York through regional collaboration with ecosystem partners. They collaborate with organizations whose purpose is to assist entrepreneurs and encourage entrepreneurship. In so doing they continuously support, and assist in sponsoring, regional events that seek to inform, educate and provide networking opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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Alex Killian

Investment Associate

Marnie LaVigne

President and CEO

200 past transactions

Heart Health Intelligence Inc.

Convertible Note in 2019
Heart Health Intelligence Inc. design and develops healthcare technologies for heart health monitoring. It offers Heart Seat, which combines a toilet seat with a cardiovascular monitoring system that enables patients to check their heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, ECG, and blood oxygenation. The company’s Heart Seat is a cloud-connected toilet seat-based platform that captures cardiac data from the patient’s home. Heart Health Intelligence Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Aviate Audio

Convertible Note in 2020
Aviate Audio is a music electronics company developing next-generation music devices that are designed to elevate musicians' performance. The company is based in Buffalo, New York.

Tencar, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2016
Tencar develops ostomy appliances for active-lifestyle colostomy and ileostomy patients. The Choice Cap System provides patients with a “double flanged” attachment method, which includes a lightweight, airtight, molded waterproof cap to be worn with or without the traditional soft inner pouch. This added protective barrier offers greater resilience to motion and activity, giving the wearer protection against leakage and escaped odors that are common in everyday activities. The result is increased confidence, self-esteem, body image and quality-of-life, everyday, for the nearly 1M ostomy patients in the US alone.

K-nessio

Convertible Note in 2019
K-nessio manufactures knee support products. Its products include NuNee package and replacement patches. The company offer its products through online platform. The company is based in Rochester, New York.

Ecolectro

Convertible Note in 2019
Ecolectro makes materials that make clean fuels and chemicals. The company is commercializing a proprietary platform of novel polymers that are best in class, allowing its customers to produce devices that last longer and cost less. Ecolectro has defensible IP, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced personnel, and strong customer traction.

CathBuddy

Seed Round in 2020
CathBuddy is a medical device company that features a reusable urinary catheterization system. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, medical, and medical device. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Willow

Convertible Note in 2019
Willow's mission is to create a stress-free, transparent senior placement decision. Willow is designed to match families with affordable senior living that meets their care needs within their area. The service is free to use and shows the availabilities of senior living facilities in one's area. The Platform uses their years of experience, combined with some behavioral economics, to present the senior living decision in a way that is easy to understand.

Tuzag

Convertible Note in 2019
Tuzag is a conversation engine for non-linear marketing.Developer of an online platform intended to build better relationships to accelerate customer behavior. The company's platform provides behavioral science and hyper-personalized content development with interactive storytelling, built on a cost effective and is also easy to integrate, enabling customers to build proper customer relationship.

Iterate Labs

Convertible Note in 2020
Iterate Labs Inc., an IOT company, develops smart gloves and a software platform that collects and analyzes biomechanics data in real time to alert workers and managers of injury risk and fatigue. It offers workplace safety gloves that integrates with the software platform to provide feedback on hand and wrist motion; and software platform hub that collects, analyzes, and displays the collected data. Iterate Labs Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

EagleHawk One

Convertible Note in 2019
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

Jeca Energy Bars

Convertible Note in 2020
Jeca Bar makes vegan-friendly, holistic energy bars to fuel its customers' busy lives. They are made with all-natural, plant-based superfoods and healthful ingredients. No preservatives, no artificial additives, no compromises. Just wholesome, convenient, nutrition for home, the office, or on the go.

EagleHawk One

Convertible Note in 2018
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

CathBuddy

Seed Round in 2020
CathBuddy is a medical device company that features a reusable urinary catheterization system. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, medical, and medical device. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Halomine

Convertible Note in 2019
Our first product, HaloFilm turns any surface into an antimicrobial surface by holding chlorine from store-bought disinfectants on surfaces in a safe and effective manner for as long as a month. HaloFilm contains a novel polymer that when sprayed on creates a thin transparent film that binds to the surface and to chlorine, at levels equivalent to what you would find in a pool. Chlorine is a universally used as a disinfectant against bacteria, virus and fungi, but has a short effective life. We extend the lifetime and overall utility of chlorine to protect surfaces continuously. Our focus is on high touch surfaces in hospitals, mass transit systems, schools, and more; wherever pathogens spread and endanger human health.

Continual Care Solutions, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Continual Care Solutions, Inc. offers a cloud based platform that provides system aided workflows and tools for care managers. Its platform helps care managers and social workers to uncover insights and engage with community based organizations, research programs, subject matter experts, and other community resources that lead to care plans and management of at-risk populations. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Pittsford, New York.

MemoryFox

Convertible Note in 2019
The promise of cloud computing has not delivered if you are a Marketing Director at a nonprofit. Sure you have a cloud drive, but it's a complete mess and nobody ever knows where anything is. And collecting content from volunteers out on the front lines? It's the most painful part of the job. MemoryFox is a platform that helps nonprofits of all shapes and sizes collect powerful content of the mission in action, donor/beneficiary testimonials etc and organize all that content in one place so that it can be easily leveraged to: -Demonstrate proof of impact to donors -Raise additional funds -Support community outreach It's a one stop shop for collecting and organizing all your content so nobody needs to waste time hunting on a share drive ever again!

EMPEQ

Convertible Note in 2018
Enabling small businesses, non profits, and small municipalities, access to the core building energy equipment they need to operate their businesses through our cloud-based technology.

Ecolectro

Convertible Note in 2020
Ecolectro makes materials that make clean fuels and chemicals. The company is commercializing a proprietary platform of novel polymers that are best in class, allowing its customers to produce devices that last longer and cost less. Ecolectro has defensible IP, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced personnel, and strong customer traction.

Promptous

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

The Perfect Granola

Convertible Note in 2019
The Perfect Granola is to help those in need and provide safe and healthy food.

Evoke Healthy Foods

Convertible Note in 2017
Evoke Healthy Foods provides muesli, a ready-to-eat cereal food that includes a base of oats and whole grains mixed with ingredients, such as nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and sweets. The company serves customers through retail stores in the United States. It also sells muesli online. Evoke Healthy Foods was formerly known as Muesli Fusion, Inc. and changed its name to Evoke Healthy Foods in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Rochester, New York.

EMPEQ

Convertible Note in 2018
Enabling small businesses, non profits, and small municipalities, access to the core building energy equipment they need to operate their businesses through our cloud-based technology.

Gian

Convertible Note in 2020
Gian provides a SaaS platform that enables health providers, vendors, and individuals to collaborate in making the best choices. its solutions are customized to each individual's needs and health condition. Gian's philosophy is the desire to improve lives by enabling healthcare providers, individuals and vendors to collaborate in making the best nutrition choices.

SunDensity Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

OpenBottle

Convertible Note in 2019
OpenBottle is an app that allows you to enjoy amazing wine, by-the-glass, at the best restaurants near you through our ReserveAglass® technology.
Heart Health Intelligence Inc. design and develops healthcare technologies for heart health monitoring. It offers Heart Seat, which combines a toilet seat with a cardiovascular monitoring system that enables patients to check their heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, ECG, and blood oxygenation. The company’s Heart Seat is a cloud-connected toilet seat-based platform that captures cardiac data from the patient’s home. Heart Health Intelligence Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

The Perfect Granola

Convertible Note in 2018
The Perfect Granola is to help those in need and provide safe and healthy food.

Re-Nuble

Convertible Note in 2019
Re-Nuble, Inc. produces bio-derived liquid fertilizers for hydroponic growers. It offers liquid concentrate fertilizers for rapidly growing plants during the structural and foliar growth phase. The company also provides organic-based solutions that stimulate microbial activity in the plant’s root zone. It offers its products through stores and online in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Re-Nuble, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Eat Me

Convertible Note in 2020
Eat Me is an American duo dedicated to impulse and wild pairings of food, culture and art. Amber Odhner, pastry artist and yogi, and Catelyn Augustine, masseur and spirit whisperer, emerged onto Kodak’s scene after a geographic separation of many years. Magnetizing like sun and moon, yin and yang, whipped cream and maraschino cherry, they find ice cream the perfect medium for creative output. Eat Me is for all of Rochester to savor, lick, and cry to.

Heart Health Intelligence Inc.

Convertible Note in 2019
Heart Health Intelligence Inc. design and develops healthcare technologies for heart health monitoring. It offers Heart Seat, which combines a toilet seat with a cardiovascular monitoring system that enables patients to check their heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, ECG, and blood oxygenation. The company’s Heart Seat is a cloud-connected toilet seat-based platform that captures cardiac data from the patient’s home. Heart Health Intelligence Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Material Exchange

Convertible Note in 2020
Material Exchange is an intuitive online platform that allows manufacturers to sell what they don’t need, so that other manufacturers can buy it at lower costs, better quantities and shorter lead times. We develop solutions that help bolster the efficiency of manufacturing enterprises while reducing environmentally harmful waste at the same time. Our company is committed to helping manufacturers retain their edge in a competitive industry by enhancing supply chain mechanisms through high-end proprietary technology.

Hunting Tactical

Convertible Note in 2018
Hunting Tactical is a new revolutionary online hunting and tactical store to meet all of and any of your needs.

MemoryFox

Convertible Note in 2020
The promise of cloud computing has not delivered if you are a Marketing Director at a nonprofit. Sure you have a cloud drive, but it's a complete mess and nobody ever knows where anything is. And collecting content from volunteers out on the front lines? It's the most painful part of the job. MemoryFox is a platform that helps nonprofits of all shapes and sizes collect powerful content of the mission in action, donor/beneficiary testimonials etc and organize all that content in one place so that it can be easily leveraged to: -Demonstrate proof of impact to donors -Raise additional funds -Support community outreach It's a one stop shop for collecting and organizing all your content so nobody needs to waste time hunting on a share drive ever again!

Iterate Labs

Convertible Note in 2018
Iterate Labs Inc., an IOT company, develops smart gloves and a software platform that collects and analyzes biomechanics data in real time to alert workers and managers of injury risk and fatigue. It offers workplace safety gloves that integrates with the software platform to provide feedback on hand and wrist motion; and software platform hub that collects, analyzes, and displays the collected data. Iterate Labs Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Paradigm of New York

Convertible Note in 2020
Paradigm of New York designs and manufactures pollution control devices for diesel and gasoline engines. Paradigm's customers save money on diesel fuel and engine maintenance and improve their productivity. Paradigm was founded to provide unique pollution control devices for the diesel engine industry. Diesel engines are used worldwide as the workhorse of transportation, construction, mining, industry, marine, and agriculture. While diesel engines provide the ultimate in performance and longevity, they are inherently dirty engines resulting in two sets of problems. First, their exhaust gases contain hazardous pollutants such as CO, NOx, and carbon particulate matter (PM) or soot which are associated with childhood asthma, respiratory disease, cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease. Secondly, complicated pollution control systems and devices are required by the EPA to control these hazardous pollutants. These systems and devices are expensive to operate and maintain and they use more diesel fuel. Paradigm technology reduces PM soot in the exhaust. As a result, Paradigm's customers can use their engines with reduced pollution while saving money on maintenance, saving money on diesel fuel, and improving their engine productivity.

Ellicottville Greens

Convertible Note in 2020
We are an indoor vertical farm management company.

Iterate Labs

Convertible Note in 2018
Iterate Labs Inc., an IOT company, develops smart gloves and a software platform that collects and analyzes biomechanics data in real time to alert workers and managers of injury risk and fatigue. It offers workplace safety gloves that integrates with the software platform to provide feedback on hand and wrist motion; and software platform hub that collects, analyzes, and displays the collected data. Iterate Labs Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Promptous

Convertible Note in 2020
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

Coastal Innovations

Convertible Note in 2020
Coastal Innovations LLC is an erosion control and flood-protection solutions provider founded to address coastal, riverbed, and sea/land asset erosion and flooding.

BetterMynd

Convertible Note in 2020
Online therapy for college students

Patient Pattern, Inc

Convertible Note in 2018
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

Patient Pattern, Inc

Convertible Note in 2019
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

Rachel's Remedy

Convertible Note in 2017
Rachel's Remedy helps breastfeeding moms' increase milk supply and relieve breastfeeding discomforts. The company develops a product called Rachel's Remedy Breastfeeding Relief Packs are FDA-Cleared Moist heat or cooling relief that provides nursing mothers with simple and therapeutic treatment for their breastfeeding conditions

Pelitex Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Pelitex Inc. designs and manufactures Nanogradient, a nanoparticle chemically synthesized to behave like stainless steel. The company manufactures magnetic beads used across multiple industry sectors, including life science, diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug discovery. Pelitex Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

Gclip Row

Convertible Note in 2020
Gclip Row is a clip-in shoe system to enhance your rowing experience.

HELIXintel Corporation

Convertible Note in 2021
HELIXintel tracks the condition of all equipment in one place, from anywhere, on any device. It is a B2B marketplace for equipment operators to purchase aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized network. The company simplifies maintenance management to save business cash, time, and energy.

CaHill Tech

Convertible Note in 2020
CaHill Tech helps deliver on market trends toward equipment rental for municipal and governmental agencies. The company provides its clients with access to the highest level of skills and workforce development programming. CaHill is delivering on the national need for trained, safe tradespeople to balance the anticipated federal infrastructure policies of the current administration. It was founded in 2017 by Carley J. Hill.

Bottle Bullseye

Convertible Note in 2019
Bottle Bullseye is a bottle flip game by AKE Games.

Buffalo Automation

Convertible Note in 2016
Buffalo Automation Group, Inc. develops automated self-navigation technology for ships, waterways, and recreational boats. It offers AutoMate, a technology that can be fitted to existing boats and features a forward-facing camera that identifies obstacles in front of the boat; and enables boaters to input a destination and as the boat navigates, the computer notifies the captain of weather updates. It also offers situational awareness, decision support, remote monitoring, data analytics, and cloud-based fleet management platforms. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in East Amherst, New York.

Ecolectro

Convertible Note in 2019
Ecolectro makes materials that make clean fuels and chemicals. The company is commercializing a proprietary platform of novel polymers that are best in class, allowing its customers to produce devices that last longer and cost less. Ecolectro has defensible IP, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced personnel, and strong customer traction.

Off Duty Blue

Convertible Note in 2018
Off Duty Blue helps give officers a level playing field to find detail opportunities and to give administrators peace of mind throughout the process.

Gclip Row

Convertible Note in 2018
Gclip Row is a clip-in shoe system to enhance your rowing experience.

RepHike

Convertible Note in 2017
RepHike find your people. The ones who are in tune with your brand, with a trusted voice in their community, and spread the word to others who actually care. RepHike lets you search, collaborate, and track your social partnerships.

CareLine

Convertible Note in 2016
CareLine is an innovative solution to steadfast concern.

Castle Campus

Convertible Note in 2020
Agricultural Destination

3D Usher

Convertible Note in 2019
3D Usher is an online network of low volume manufacturers, designers and post processing units that makes on-demand manufacturing accessible. The user can just go online, and submit a few responses to get their parts manufactured without having to own skills and infrastructure. 3D Usher works with a large number of manufacturing partners who have under utilized manufacturing capability to increase their revenue and providing market access to new geographies and customers. 3D Usher also allows freelance designers and design firms to work on multiple projects by signing up on 3D Usher's network. 3D Usher works with a host of technologies like 3D Printing, CNC Machining, FRP Molding, Silicon Molding , Laser Cutting etc. and targets market segments like automotive, medical, aerospace, education, research etc. Check out https://3dusher.com for more information.

3AM Innovations

Series A in 2020
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

Farther Farms

Convertible Note in 2017
Farther Farms is dedicated to providing a superior product to their consumers. Their produce is a solution for individuals who care about where their food is sourced, how long it takes to prep, and how it affects the environment. Their crops are locally sourced, organic, and non-GMO to ensure our fresh fruits and vegetables are the best they can be. They pride ourselves on our technology that allows us to supply you with produce that supports the environment and tastes great. C

Promptous

Convertible Note in 2020
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

Re-Nuble

Convertible Note in 2019
Re-Nuble, Inc. produces bio-derived liquid fertilizers for hydroponic growers. It offers liquid concentrate fertilizers for rapidly growing plants during the structural and foliar growth phase. The company also provides organic-based solutions that stimulate microbial activity in the plant’s root zone. It offers its products through stores and online in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Re-Nuble, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Dimensional Energy

Convertible Note in 2020
Dimensional Energy is a chemistry company pioneering artificial photosynthesis to produce environmentally responsible polymers and chemical intermediaries. Dimensional Energy is making solar fuels viable through efficient utilization and even distribution of sunlight in scalable reactor forms with novel, functionalized catalysts.

EagleHawk One

Convertible Note in 2020
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

3D Usher

Convertible Note in 2019
3D Usher is an online network of low volume manufacturers, designers and post processing units that makes on-demand manufacturing accessible. The user can just go online, and submit a few responses to get their parts manufactured without having to own skills and infrastructure. 3D Usher works with a large number of manufacturing partners who have under utilized manufacturing capability to increase their revenue and providing market access to new geographies and customers. 3D Usher also allows freelance designers and design firms to work on multiple projects by signing up on 3D Usher's network. 3D Usher works with a host of technologies like 3D Printing, CNC Machining, FRP Molding, Silicon Molding , Laser Cutting etc. and targets market segments like automotive, medical, aerospace, education, research etc. Check out https://3dusher.com for more information.

Nivitus

Convertible Note in 2019
Nivitus created to provide emergency personnel with critcal and pertinent information to complete their tasks efficiently.

EagleHawk One

Convertible Note in 2019
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

Ionica Sciences, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Ionica Sciences™ is utilizing a new technology platform to meet urgent needs in clinical diagnostics.The ability to rapidly and accurately identify the presence of diseases would provide clinicians with the ability to reduce suffering of their patients, the use of antibiotics, and healthcare costs that result from mis- or missed diagnoses.

Heat Inverse

Convertible Note in 2019
Heat Inverse is a Developer of cooling systems built for hot climates. The company's products include air sealed cooling systems with air-tight, moisture-tight electronics enclosures thermally coupled to the surrounding air that maintains content at a constant temperature, within 0.5 degree C and wireless temperature sensor networks that comes with 5V 1A power supply and can be connected to wifi, and use only 1/2watt, enabling manufacturers to increase efficiency simply and inexpensively, using thin-film materials that get cold with zero-energy input.

Heliohex

Convertible Note in 2017
Heliohex is a horticulture LED-lighting technology company with a patent-pending solution raising the bar in the industry for elegant design, function, performance, and efficiency. Heliohex is committed to reducing power consumption and increasing crop yield in greenhouses and indoor farms producing cannabis, fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals.
Heart Health Intelligence Inc. design and develops healthcare technologies for heart health monitoring. It offers Heart Seat, which combines a toilet seat with a cardiovascular monitoring system that enables patients to check their heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, ECG, and blood oxygenation. The company’s Heart Seat is a cloud-connected toilet seat-based platform that captures cardiac data from the patient’s home. Heart Health Intelligence Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Patient Pattern, Inc

Convertible Note in 2017
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

K-nessio

Convertible Note in 2018
K-nessio manufactures knee support products. Its products include NuNee package and replacement patches. The company offer its products through online platform. The company is based in Rochester, New York.

Rachel's Remedy

Convertible Note in 2017
Rachel's Remedy helps breastfeeding moms' increase milk supply and relieve breastfeeding discomforts. The company develops a product called Rachel's Remedy Breastfeeding Relief Packs are FDA-Cleared Moist heat or cooling relief that provides nursing mothers with simple and therapeutic treatment for their breastfeeding conditions

Buffalo Automation

Convertible Note in 2016
Buffalo Automation Group, Inc. develops automated self-navigation technology for ships, waterways, and recreational boats. It offers AutoMate, a technology that can be fitted to existing boats and features a forward-facing camera that identifies obstacles in front of the boat; and enables boaters to input a destination and as the boat navigates, the computer notifies the captain of weather updates. It also offers situational awareness, decision support, remote monitoring, data analytics, and cloud-based fleet management platforms. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in East Amherst, New York.

Graspie, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Graspie, Inc. is a B2B Saas company the seeks to change the way employer engage, train and inspire their employees. Our product GRASPIE™, a mobile-first training and engagement platform for the new connected workforce that allows employers to onboard employees faster and cheaper leveraging dynamic content and innovative technologies.

SunDensity Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

The Perfect Granola

Convertible Note in 2020
The Perfect Granola is to help those in need and provide safe and healthy food.

The Perfect Granola

Convertible Note in 2020
The Perfect Granola is to help those in need and provide safe and healthy food.

Ru's Pierogi

Convertible Note in 2020
Ru’s Pierogi packs plump little dough pillows with fresh ingredients, creating unique and modern flavor profiles. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

AccuTheranostics

Convertible Note in 2017
AccuTheranostics™ is a biotechnology company focused on the business of individualizing chemotherapy thereby dramatically improving outcomes for cancer patients. AccuTheranostics™ uses proprietary sophisticated technologies to provide patient-specific cancer diagnostic and prognostic information to oncologists in hospitals and oncology practices. AccuTheranostics™ is a leader in delineating the entire cellular composition of solid tumors. Specimens are shipped in AccuTheranostics’™ holding medium to our headquarters in Buffalo, New York where they undergo disaggregation, are subjected to drugs, single and in combination, and chemoresistance/sensitive profile is determined. The results will be provided within days of receiving the specimen to determine optimum treatment. AccuTheranostics™ is committed to advancing the science and practice of oncology therapeutics, with a strong emphasis on improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient quality and quantity of life.

Iterate Labs

Convertible Note in 2020
Iterate Labs Inc., an IOT company, develops smart gloves and a software platform that collects and analyzes biomechanics data in real time to alert workers and managers of injury risk and fatigue. It offers workplace safety gloves that integrates with the software platform to provide feedback on hand and wrist motion; and software platform hub that collects, analyzes, and displays the collected data. Iterate Labs Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Evoke Healthy Foods

Convertible Note in 2016
Evoke Healthy Foods provides muesli, a ready-to-eat cereal food that includes a base of oats and whole grains mixed with ingredients, such as nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and sweets. The company serves customers through retail stores in the United States. It also sells muesli online. Evoke Healthy Foods was formerly known as Muesli Fusion, Inc. and changed its name to Evoke Healthy Foods in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Agape

Convertible Note in 2020
Agapé is a platform scientifically designed to strengthen romantic relationships through personalized daily questions. Agape is a mobile platform that uses 5 steps - communication, affirmation, reflection, investment, and council - to provide a daily way to strengthen your relationship in three minutes or less. It was founded in 2018 and based in Rochester, New York.

Walkabout Workplace

Convertible Note in 2020
Walkabout Workplace is a patent-pending, three-dimensional online work platform. Unlike other collaboration tools, the platform is a virtual “place” where remote teams “go to work” every day, feeling like they are physically together with their colleagues and clients. The platform drives increased "presence" with custom designed offices and functional areas where users can link or embed their everyday work tools and applications. With a real-time, 3D heads-up display, users can see who is in the office and the status of their co-workers, enabling users to spontaneously connect through high quality HD video and voice, chat, and screen sharing. We are a revenue-generating early stage company with a solid commercially viable product. Bottom-line, Walkabout Office helps companies who want their remote teams to be more collaboratively engaged every day, making faster, better and more connected decisions resulting in increased productivity, work satisfaction and reduced software expenses In fact, Walkabout Office was selected as a TMCNET 2017 Unified Communications Product of the Year winner!

Dimensional Energy

Convertible Note in 2019
Dimensional Energy is a chemistry company pioneering artificial photosynthesis to produce environmentally responsible polymers and chemical intermediaries. Dimensional Energy is making solar fuels viable through efficient utilization and even distribution of sunlight in scalable reactor forms with novel, functionalized catalysts.

Shrubbucket, LLC

Convertible Note in 2019
Shrubbucket, LLC sells plants online. It offers various plants, such as perennial, shrub, tree, evergreen, fruit tree, small fruit, ornamental grass, herb, vine, fern, annual, rose, and groundcover. The company is based in Cayuga, New York.

Off Duty Blue

Convertible Note in 2017
Off Duty Blue helps give officers a level playing field to find detail opportunities and to give administrators peace of mind throughout the process.

EMPEQ

Convertible Note in 2019
Enabling small businesses, non profits, and small municipalities, access to the core building energy equipment they need to operate their businesses through our cloud-based technology.

Data Spotlite

Seed Round in 2020
The strength of Data Spotlite's SaaS solutions CYRISMA is not simply discovering and reporting Cyber Risk but RESOLVING those risks. This solution offers a single interface to identify, report, summarize and manage risks. Traditional methods of cyber risk management rely on a collection of separate and costly solutions that generate a mountain of disconnected reports that must be manually addressed. Many organizations simply don’t have the resources or manpower to reach their compliance goals as a result.

Shrubbucket, LLC

Convertible Note in 2019
Shrubbucket, LLC sells plants online. It offers various plants, such as perennial, shrub, tree, evergreen, fruit tree, small fruit, ornamental grass, herb, vine, fern, annual, rose, and groundcover. The company is based in Cayuga, New York.

Castle Campus

Convertible Note in 2020
Agricultural Destination

Grabanzos

Convertible Note in 2019
Grabanzos embrace the best food science to create super foods that taste like junk food.

Shrubbucket, LLC

Convertible Note in 2019
Shrubbucket, LLC sells plants online. It offers various plants, such as perennial, shrub, tree, evergreen, fruit tree, small fruit, ornamental grass, herb, vine, fern, annual, rose, and groundcover. The company is based in Cayuga, New York.

Ecolectro

Convertible Note in 2018
Ecolectro makes materials that make clean fuels and chemicals. The company is commercializing a proprietary platform of novel polymers that are best in class, allowing its customers to produce devices that last longer and cost less. Ecolectro has defensible IP, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced personnel, and strong customer traction.

Jeca Energy Bars

Convertible Note in 2020
Jeca Bar makes vegan-friendly, holistic energy bars to fuel its customers' busy lives. They are made with all-natural, plant-based superfoods and healthful ingredients. No preservatives, no artificial additives, no compromises. Just wholesome, convenient, nutrition for home, the office, or on the go.

SimpleFund

Convertible Note in 2017
SimpleFund is a Mobile Fundraising Platform that allows anyone with a smartphone and a few minutes to spare, the ability to raise money for any non-profit without having to buy anything, sell anything or ask anyone for money. SimpleFund democratizes fundraising and allows anyone to participate. Users simply read articles, watch videos, take surveys etc inside the app. Each activity earns points. These points are translated into dollars and donated directly to the user's selected organization.

MotionSavvy LLC

Convertible Note in 2016
MotionSavvy is developing a translation tool for the Deaf and Hard of hearing by working with gesture recognition technology Leap Motion along with various mobile devices which targets sign language users for improved accessibility. Our goal is the 370 million deaf and hard of hearing market worldwide with a cost affordable product against current competitors.

3AM Innovations

Convertible Note in 2019
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

Graspie, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2020
Graspie, Inc. is a B2B Saas company the seeks to change the way employer engage, train and inspire their employees. Our product GRASPIE™, a mobile-first training and engagement platform for the new connected workforce that allows employers to onboard employees faster and cheaper leveraging dynamic content and innovative technologies.

Olive Ridley Paints

Convertible Note in 2017
Olive Ridley®, a subsidiary of Solara, Inc., is a supplier of premium recycled paint with a mission to bridge the gap between paint recyclers and green building. Olive Ridley® offers a recycled-content latex paint product for private companies and institutions. As the first recycled-content paint commercially available in New York State, Olive Ridley® strives to solve the problem of excess waste paint by offering a second generation, high quality paint product. Olive Ridley® paints are created from 85% post-consumer recycled-content and are UL ECOLOGO® Certified for reduced environmental impact. Solara, Inc. is a NYS WBE Certified Small Business.

Eat Me

Convertible Note in 2020
Eat Me is an American duo dedicated to impulse and wild pairings of food, culture and art. Amber Odhner, pastry artist and yogi, and Catelyn Augustine, masseur and spirit whisperer, emerged onto Kodak’s scene after a geographic separation of many years. Magnetizing like sun and moon, yin and yang, whipped cream and maraschino cherry, they find ice cream the perfect medium for creative output. Eat Me is for all of Rochester to savor, lick, and cry to.

The Perfect Granola

Convertible Note in 2019
The Perfect Granola is to help those in need and provide safe and healthy food.

Graspie, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2020
Graspie, Inc. is a B2B Saas company the seeks to change the way employer engage, train and inspire their employees. Our product GRASPIE™, a mobile-first training and engagement platform for the new connected workforce that allows employers to onboard employees faster and cheaper leveraging dynamic content and innovative technologies.

Graspie, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Graspie, Inc. is a B2B Saas company the seeks to change the way employer engage, train and inspire their employees. Our product GRASPIE™, a mobile-first training and engagement platform for the new connected workforce that allows employers to onboard employees faster and cheaper leveraging dynamic content and innovative technologies.

BetterMynd

Convertible Note in 2020
Online therapy for college students

Paradigm of New York

Convertible Note in 2020
Paradigm of New York designs and manufactures pollution control devices for diesel and gasoline engines. Paradigm's customers save money on diesel fuel and engine maintenance and improve their productivity. Paradigm was founded to provide unique pollution control devices for the diesel engine industry. Diesel engines are used worldwide as the workhorse of transportation, construction, mining, industry, marine, and agriculture. While diesel engines provide the ultimate in performance and longevity, they are inherently dirty engines resulting in two sets of problems. First, their exhaust gases contain hazardous pollutants such as CO, NOx, and carbon particulate matter (PM) or soot which are associated with childhood asthma, respiratory disease, cancer, emphysema, and cardiovascular disease. Secondly, complicated pollution control systems and devices are required by the EPA to control these hazardous pollutants. These systems and devices are expensive to operate and maintain and they use more diesel fuel. Paradigm technology reduces PM soot in the exhaust. As a result, Paradigm's customers can use their engines with reduced pollution while saving money on maintenance, saving money on diesel fuel, and improving their engine productivity.

Exotanium

Convertible Note in 2020
Exotanium Inc. develops cloud resource management, cloud optimizations, and cost reductions software system. It offers X-Spot, a tool that dynamically relocate containers between spot instances and regular instances and X-Consolidate, it Pack containers when workload decreases, and expand them when it increases. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Farther Farms

Convertible Note in 2017
Farther Farms is dedicated to providing a superior product to their consumers. Their produce is a solution for individuals who care about where their food is sourced, how long it takes to prep, and how it affects the environment. Their crops are locally sourced, organic, and non-GMO to ensure our fresh fruits and vegetables are the best they can be. They pride ourselves on our technology that allows us to supply you with produce that supports the environment and tastes great. C

SunDensity Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

EagleHawk One

Convertible Note in 2020
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

SunDensity Inc.

Convertible Note in 2019
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

Pelitex Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Pelitex Inc. designs and manufactures Nanogradient, a nanoparticle chemically synthesized to behave like stainless steel. The company manufactures magnetic beads used across multiple industry sectors, including life science, diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug discovery. Pelitex Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

VPG Medical

Seed Round in 2020
VPG Medical Inc., a digital health service company, develops monitoring solutions using video-based sensors embedded in smart devices and personal computers. It offers CardioGuard, a cardiac monitoring technology that helps in diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, sleep apnea, obesity, and stroke. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Dimensional Energy

Convertible Note in 2020
Dimensional Energy is a chemistry company pioneering artificial photosynthesis to produce environmentally responsible polymers and chemical intermediaries. Dimensional Energy is making solar fuels viable through efficient utilization and even distribution of sunlight in scalable reactor forms with novel, functionalized catalysts.

CaHill Tech

Convertible Note in 2020
CaHill Tech helps deliver on market trends toward equipment rental for municipal and governmental agencies. The company provides its clients with access to the highest level of skills and workforce development programming. CaHill is delivering on the national need for trained, safe tradespeople to balance the anticipated federal infrastructure policies of the current administration. It was founded in 2017 by Carley J. Hill.

Rachel's Remedy

Convertible Note in 2016
Rachel's Remedy helps breastfeeding moms' increase milk supply and relieve breastfeeding discomforts. The company develops a product called Rachel's Remedy Breastfeeding Relief Packs are FDA-Cleared Moist heat or cooling relief that provides nursing mothers with simple and therapeutic treatment for their breastfeeding conditions

HELIXintel Corporation

Convertible Note in 2020
HELIXintel tracks the condition of all equipment in one place, from anywhere, on any device. It is a B2B marketplace for equipment operators to purchase aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized network. The company simplifies maintenance management to save business cash, time, and energy.

Gian

Convertible Note in 2020
Gian provides a SaaS platform that enables health providers, vendors, and individuals to collaborate in making the best choices. its solutions are customized to each individual's needs and health condition. Gian's philosophy is the desire to improve lives by enabling healthcare providers, individuals and vendors to collaborate in making the best nutrition choices.

Tuzag

Convertible Note in 2017
Tuzag is a conversation engine for non-linear marketing.Developer of an online platform intended to build better relationships to accelerate customer behavior. The company's platform provides behavioral science and hyper-personalized content development with interactive storytelling, built on a cost effective and is also easy to integrate, enabling customers to build proper customer relationship.

Abcombi Biosciences

Convertible Note in 2017
Abcombi Biosciences was formed on June 22nd, 2015 based off of research conducted in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department at the University at Buffalo. Our corporate headquarters are located in Buffalo, New York in Baird Research Park. Abcombi Biosciences is a pre-clinical vaccine and therapeutic development company dedicated to delivering “smarter” vaccine and anti-infective solutions. To accomplish this, we have developed key technologies and analytical strategies to facilitate our unique protection strategies: - Their novel biofilm model that mimics the natural progression of disease for colonizing bacteria such Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. Bioinformatics, in conjunction with our biofilm model, help to identify antigens associated with specific stages of disease progression. - A novel coupling mechanism that removes the need for complex chemistry to manufacture polysaccharide conjugate vaccines. - A broad-spectrum RNA-based therapy for treating influenza infections. At Abcombi, we harness these potent tools to provide universally protective interventions for complex diseases such as pneumonia and influenza.

Castle Campus

Convertible Note in 2020
Agricultural Destination

Rachel's Remedy

Convertible Note in 2017
Rachel's Remedy helps breastfeeding moms' increase milk supply and relieve breastfeeding discomforts. The company develops a product called Rachel's Remedy Breastfeeding Relief Packs are FDA-Cleared Moist heat or cooling relief that provides nursing mothers with simple and therapeutic treatment for their breastfeeding conditions

Pelitex Inc.

Convertible Note in 2017
Pelitex Inc. designs and manufactures Nanogradient, a nanoparticle chemically synthesized to behave like stainless steel. The company manufactures magnetic beads used across multiple industry sectors, including life science, diagnostics, therapeutics, and drug discovery. Pelitex Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

Ru's Pierogi

Angel Round in 2018
Ru’s Pierogi packs plump little dough pillows with fresh ingredients, creating unique and modern flavor profiles. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

Promptous

Convertible Note in 2020
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

SimpleFund

Convertible Note in 2018
SimpleFund is a Mobile Fundraising Platform that allows anyone with a smartphone and a few minutes to spare, the ability to raise money for any non-profit without having to buy anything, sell anything or ask anyone for money. SimpleFund democratizes fundraising and allows anyone to participate. Users simply read articles, watch videos, take surveys etc inside the app. Each activity earns points. These points are translated into dollars and donated directly to the user's selected organization.

Ru's Pierogi

Convertible Note in 2020
Ru’s Pierogi packs plump little dough pillows with fresh ingredients, creating unique and modern flavor profiles. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

Exotanium

Convertible Note in 2020
Exotanium Inc. develops cloud resource management, cloud optimizations, and cost reductions software system. It offers X-Spot, a tool that dynamically relocate containers between spot instances and regular instances and X-Consolidate, it Pack containers when workload decreases, and expand them when it increases. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

My Special Days

Convertible Note in 2017
My Special Days will email you FREE surprise gifts on holidays, special occasions and milestones throughout the year. You choose the business and your days and let the celebration begin!

Circuit Clinical

Seed Round in 2020
Circuit Clinical was born from the experiences of a physician conducting clinical research in his busy private practice. From the core belief that patients prefer to learn about clinical research from healthcare providers they trust, came the vision for Circuit Clinical Since 2015 we've built one of the largest Integrated Research Organizations [IRO] in the US. Our focus on physician and participant engagement gives us a distinct advantage with identification of motivated participants through direct HIPAA/FDA-compliant Electronic Medical Record (EMR) review. Coupled with our technology products that enhance the participant and physician experience, Circuit Clinical provides our network of more than 1 million patients, our physicians, and our sponsor partners a new path forward in clinical research.

EMPEQ

Convertible Note in 2019
Enabling small businesses, non profits, and small municipalities, access to the core building energy equipment they need to operate their businesses through our cloud-based technology.

House At Work

Convertible Note in 2017
House At Work is an online platform that connects home owners and contractors together. The website allows homeowners to upload pictures and descriptions of their project requirements. The contractors would then be able to offer bids from homeowners based on their proposal submissions. Once selected, the homeowners can communicate with the contractors. House At Work was launched in 2015 by Peter Schick and is based in New York.

Circuit Clinical

Series B in 2021
Circuit Clinical was born from the experiences of a physician conducting clinical research in his busy private practice. From the core belief that patients prefer to learn about clinical research from healthcare providers they trust, came the vision for Circuit Clinical Since 2015 we've built one of the largest Integrated Research Organizations [IRO] in the US. Our focus on physician and participant engagement gives us a distinct advantage with identification of motivated participants through direct HIPAA/FDA-compliant Electronic Medical Record (EMR) review. Coupled with our technology products that enhance the participant and physician experience, Circuit Clinical provides our network of more than 1 million patients, our physicians, and our sponsor partners a new path forward in clinical research.

Tencar, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Tencar develops ostomy appliances for active-lifestyle colostomy and ileostomy patients. The Choice Cap System provides patients with a “double flanged” attachment method, which includes a lightweight, airtight, molded waterproof cap to be worn with or without the traditional soft inner pouch. This added protective barrier offers greater resilience to motion and activity, giving the wearer protection against leakage and escaped odors that are common in everyday activities. The result is increased confidence, self-esteem, body image and quality-of-life, everyday, for the nearly 1M ostomy patients in the US alone.

MemoryFox

Convertible Note in 2020
The promise of cloud computing has not delivered if you are a Marketing Director at a nonprofit. Sure you have a cloud drive, but it's a complete mess and nobody ever knows where anything is. And collecting content from volunteers out on the front lines? It's the most painful part of the job. MemoryFox is a platform that helps nonprofits of all shapes and sizes collect powerful content of the mission in action, donor/beneficiary testimonials etc and organize all that content in one place so that it can be easily leveraged to: -Demonstrate proof of impact to donors -Raise additional funds -Support community outreach It's a one stop shop for collecting and organizing all your content so nobody needs to waste time hunting on a share drive ever again!

VPG Medical

Seed Round in 2020
VPG Medical Inc., a digital health service company, develops monitoring solutions using video-based sensors embedded in smart devices and personal computers. It offers CardioGuard, a cardiac monitoring technology that helps in diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, sleep apnea, obesity, and stroke. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Re-Nuble

Seed Round in 2021
Re-Nuble, Inc. produces bio-derived liquid fertilizers for hydroponic growers. It offers liquid concentrate fertilizers for rapidly growing plants during the structural and foliar growth phase. The company also provides organic-based solutions that stimulate microbial activity in the plant’s root zone. It offers its products through stores and online in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Re-Nuble, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

3AM Innovations

Convertible Note in 2018
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

Eat Me

Seed Round in 2018
Eat Me is an American duo dedicated to impulse and wild pairings of food, culture and art. Amber Odhner, pastry artist and yogi, and Catelyn Augustine, masseur and spirit whisperer, emerged onto Kodak’s scene after a geographic separation of many years. Magnetizing like sun and moon, yin and yang, whipped cream and maraschino cherry, they find ice cream the perfect medium for creative output. Eat Me is for all of Rochester to savor, lick, and cry to.

Rachel's Remedy

Convertible Note in 2016
Rachel's Remedy helps breastfeeding moms' increase milk supply and relieve breastfeeding discomforts. The company develops a product called Rachel's Remedy Breastfeeding Relief Packs are FDA-Cleared Moist heat or cooling relief that provides nursing mothers with simple and therapeutic treatment for their breastfeeding conditions

Eat Me

Seed Round in 2020
Eat Me is an American duo dedicated to impulse and wild pairings of food, culture and art. Amber Odhner, pastry artist and yogi, and Catelyn Augustine, masseur and spirit whisperer, emerged onto Kodak’s scene after a geographic separation of many years. Magnetizing like sun and moon, yin and yang, whipped cream and maraschino cherry, they find ice cream the perfect medium for creative output. Eat Me is for all of Rochester to savor, lick, and cry to.

3AM Innovations

Convertible Note in 2019
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

HELIXintel Corporation

Convertible Note in 2020
HELIXintel tracks the condition of all equipment in one place, from anywhere, on any device. It is a B2B marketplace for equipment operators to purchase aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized network. The company simplifies maintenance management to save business cash, time, and energy.

Tuzag

Convertible Note in 2019
Tuzag is a conversation engine for non-linear marketing.Developer of an online platform intended to build better relationships to accelerate customer behavior. The company's platform provides behavioral science and hyper-personalized content development with interactive storytelling, built on a cost effective and is also easy to integrate, enabling customers to build proper customer relationship.

Agape

Convertible Note in 2020
Agapé is a platform scientifically designed to strengthen romantic relationships through personalized daily questions. Agape is a mobile platform that uses 5 steps - communication, affirmation, reflection, investment, and council - to provide a daily way to strengthen your relationship in three minutes or less. It was founded in 2018 and based in Rochester, New York.

Halomine

Convertible Note in 2019
Our first product, HaloFilm turns any surface into an antimicrobial surface by holding chlorine from store-bought disinfectants on surfaces in a safe and effective manner for as long as a month. HaloFilm contains a novel polymer that when sprayed on creates a thin transparent film that binds to the surface and to chlorine, at levels equivalent to what you would find in a pool. Chlorine is a universally used as a disinfectant against bacteria, virus and fungi, but has a short effective life. We extend the lifetime and overall utility of chlorine to protect surfaces continuously. Our focus is on high touch surfaces in hospitals, mass transit systems, schools, and more; wherever pathogens spread and endanger human health.

Coastal Innovations

Convertible Note in 2020
Coastal Innovations LLC is an erosion control and flood-protection solutions provider founded to address coastal, riverbed, and sea/land asset erosion and flooding.

3AM Innovations

Pre Seed Round in 2017
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

3AM Innovations

Series A in 2020
3AM Innovations has partnered with experts around the globe to solve this age-old problem. It has designed a solution that utilizes state-of-the-art sensors, communication technologies, and software called FLARE – an acronym for Firefighter Location and Rescue Equipment. FLARE creates a self-contained mesh network that monitors, records, and reports a firefighter’s movements, location, and surrounding temperature in real-time. FLARE is a solution designed by firefighters for firefighters and will improve the safety and outcomes for the men and women who risk their lives daily.

SunDensity Inc.

Convertible Note in 2019
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

Walkabout Workplace

Convertible Note in 2020
Walkabout Workplace is a patent-pending, three-dimensional online work platform. Unlike other collaboration tools, the platform is a virtual “place” where remote teams “go to work” every day, feeling like they are physically together with their colleagues and clients. The platform drives increased "presence" with custom designed offices and functional areas where users can link or embed their everyday work tools and applications. With a real-time, 3D heads-up display, users can see who is in the office and the status of their co-workers, enabling users to spontaneously connect through high quality HD video and voice, chat, and screen sharing. We are a revenue-generating early stage company with a solid commercially viable product. Bottom-line, Walkabout Office helps companies who want their remote teams to be more collaboratively engaged every day, making faster, better and more connected decisions resulting in increased productivity, work satisfaction and reduced software expenses In fact, Walkabout Office was selected as a TMCNET 2017 Unified Communications Product of the Year winner!

Ecolectro

Convertible Note in 2020
Ecolectro makes materials that make clean fuels and chemicals. The company is commercializing a proprietary platform of novel polymers that are best in class, allowing its customers to produce devices that last longer and cost less. Ecolectro has defensible IP, state-of-the-art facilities, experienced personnel, and strong customer traction.

Gian

Seed Round in 2020
Gian provides a SaaS platform that enables health providers, vendors, and individuals to collaborate in making the best choices. its solutions are customized to each individual's needs and health condition. Gian's philosophy is the desire to improve lives by enabling healthcare providers, individuals and vendors to collaborate in making the best nutrition choices.

Circuit Clinical

Convertible Note in 2019
Circuit Clinical was born from the experiences of a physician conducting clinical research in his busy private practice. From the core belief that patients prefer to learn about clinical research from healthcare providers they trust, came the vision for Circuit Clinical Since 2015 we've built one of the largest Integrated Research Organizations [IRO] in the US. Our focus on physician and participant engagement gives us a distinct advantage with identification of motivated participants through direct HIPAA/FDA-compliant Electronic Medical Record (EMR) review. Coupled with our technology products that enhance the participant and physician experience, Circuit Clinical provides our network of more than 1 million patients, our physicians, and our sponsor partners a new path forward in clinical research.

Data Spotlite

Seed Round in 2021
The strength of Data Spotlite's SaaS solutions CYRISMA is not simply discovering and reporting Cyber Risk but RESOLVING those risks. This solution offers a single interface to identify, report, summarize and manage risks. Traditional methods of cyber risk management rely on a collection of separate and costly solutions that generate a mountain of disconnected reports that must be manually addressed. Many organizations simply don’t have the resources or manpower to reach their compliance goals as a result.

Halomine

Seed Round in 2023
Our first product, HaloFilm turns any surface into an antimicrobial surface by holding chlorine from store-bought disinfectants on surfaces in a safe and effective manner for as long as a month. HaloFilm contains a novel polymer that when sprayed on creates a thin transparent film that binds to the surface and to chlorine, at levels equivalent to what you would find in a pool. Chlorine is a universally used as a disinfectant against bacteria, virus and fungi, but has a short effective life. We extend the lifetime and overall utility of chlorine to protect surfaces continuously. Our focus is on high touch surfaces in hospitals, mass transit systems, schools, and more; wherever pathogens spread and endanger human health.

CaHill Tech

Seed Round in 2020
CaHill Tech helps deliver on market trends toward equipment rental for municipal and governmental agencies. The company provides its clients with access to the highest level of skills and workforce development programming. CaHill is delivering on the national need for trained, safe tradespeople to balance the anticipated federal infrastructure policies of the current administration. It was founded in 2017 by Carley J. Hill.

Material Exchange

Seed Round in 2019
Material Exchange is an intuitive online platform that allows manufacturers to sell what they don’t need, so that other manufacturers can buy it at lower costs, better quantities and shorter lead times. We develop solutions that help bolster the efficiency of manufacturing enterprises while reducing environmentally harmful waste at the same time. Our company is committed to helping manufacturers retain their edge in a competitive industry by enhancing supply chain mechanisms through high-end proprietary technology.

Halomine

Seed Round in 2019
Our first product, HaloFilm turns any surface into an antimicrobial surface by holding chlorine from store-bought disinfectants on surfaces in a safe and effective manner for as long as a month. HaloFilm contains a novel polymer that when sprayed on creates a thin transparent film that binds to the surface and to chlorine, at levels equivalent to what you would find in a pool. Chlorine is a universally used as a disinfectant against bacteria, virus and fungi, but has a short effective life. We extend the lifetime and overall utility of chlorine to protect surfaces continuously. Our focus is on high touch surfaces in hospitals, mass transit systems, schools, and more; wherever pathogens spread and endanger human health.

Patient Pattern, Inc

Seed Round in 2021
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

Agape

Seed Round in 2021
Agapé is a platform scientifically designed to strengthen romantic relationships through personalized daily questions. Agape is a mobile platform that uses 5 steps - communication, affirmation, reflection, investment, and council - to provide a daily way to strengthen your relationship in three minutes or less. It was founded in 2018 and based in Rochester, New York.

EagleHawk One

Seed Round in 2021
EagleHawk is a drone-enabled technology company that has been helping commercial clients make better informed decisions regarding the maintenance and management of a variety of large-scale physical assets, including buildings & roofs, district heating systems, and solar panel arrays. Our platform solution utilizes drone-powered data to help managers of large facilities to take charge of their assets unlike ever before to reduce maintenance costs, energy costs, and risks.

Shrubbucket, LLC

Venture Round in 2020
Shrubbucket, LLC sells plants online. It offers various plants, such as perennial, shrub, tree, evergreen, fruit tree, small fruit, ornamental grass, herb, vine, fern, annual, rose, and groundcover. The company is based in Cayuga, New York.

EMPEQ

Seed Round in 2022
Enabling small businesses, non profits, and small municipalities, access to the core building energy equipment they need to operate their businesses through our cloud-based technology.

Patient Pattern, Inc

Convertible Note in 2021
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

Well Connected

Seed Round in 2022
Full suite intake, referral, management, and reporting platform for CBOs and entire communities.

Promptous

Convertible Note in 2020
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

AireXpert

Seed Round in 2022
The AireXpert Tech Ops crew brings a blend of industry knowledge, intent listening skills and the willingness to stretch boundaries while building solutions which solve real-world problems. AireXpert offers maintenance control, quality assurance, base, line and vendor maintenance, enabling users to experience reduced repair times, decreased delays, and lowered time costs, while mitigating risk of FAA compliance.

Grabanzos

Seed Round in 2021
Grabanzos embrace the best food science to create super foods that taste like junk food.

Dimensional Energy

Seed Round in 2019
Dimensional Energy is a chemistry company pioneering artificial photosynthesis to produce environmentally responsible polymers and chemical intermediaries. Dimensional Energy is making solar fuels viable through efficient utilization and even distribution of sunlight in scalable reactor forms with novel, functionalized catalysts.

Data Spotlite

Pre Seed Round in 2021
The strength of Data Spotlite's SaaS solutions CYRISMA is not simply discovering and reporting Cyber Risk but RESOLVING those risks. This solution offers a single interface to identify, report, summarize and manage risks. Traditional methods of cyber risk management rely on a collection of separate and costly solutions that generate a mountain of disconnected reports that must be manually addressed. Many organizations simply don’t have the resources or manpower to reach their compliance goals as a result.

Jeca Energy Bars

Seed Round in 2020
Jeca Bar makes vegan-friendly, holistic energy bars to fuel its customers' busy lives. They are made with all-natural, plant-based superfoods and healthful ingredients. No preservatives, no artificial additives, no compromises. Just wholesome, convenient, nutrition for home, the office, or on the go.

Promptous

Convertible Note in 2021
Promptous is simplifying dental benefits for employers and patients by providing a supplementary dental benefits platform that allows employers to easily self-fund dental benefits in a pay-as-you-go model. Promptous promotes simplicity, cost transparency and savings for all of its members.

Combined Energies

Seed Round in 2021
Combined Energies is an early-stage startup focused on commercializing novel residential-scale power electronic and fuel cell technology for the alternative distributed energy market. It is focused on the design, production, and sales of specialty power electronics for renewable power generation, energy storage, and electric vehicle applications currently estimated by CE to be a $5.6 billion market. Combined Energies’ patented DC to DC converter designs provide improved functionality, higher efficiency, smaller footprint, and lower cost than available alternatives. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Latham, New York.

Patient Pattern, Inc

Seed Round in 2022
Patient Pattern is a provider of a cloud-based clinical software designed to to improve the lives of geriatric patients and those in need of complex care. The company's clinical software uses data science and offers clinical decision support as well as formulates comprehensive care plans that summarizes the patient's current situation and gives recommendations, enabling healthcare providers to treat elderly patients efficiently and lower utilization costs.

BetterMynd

Seed Round in 2020
Online therapy for college students

Ognomy

Seed Round in 2022
End to end virtual sleep apnea care

Verivend

Convertible Note in 2021
The fastest and most secure way for businesses to transact. Verivend connects businesses to decrease friction for invoicing and payments, reduce risks with verified reputations, and increase trust in buyer-supplier relationships. Suppliers gain predictability and reliability of cashflow, reducing late payments and receivable challenges. Buyers build reputations based on their transaction and payment histories, increasing trust and reducing the risk in business transactions. Buyers & Suppliers form strategic partnerships and collaborate with a higher level of confidence. With Verivend, businesses gain: - Instant, contactless payments & transactions. - Accurate reputations based on actual transaction and payment histories. - Real-time messaging, collaboration, dispute resolution, and document aggregation for every interaction. - Payer and payee rules & requirements enforced with each transaction.

CaHill Tech

Seed Round in 2021
CaHill Tech helps deliver on market trends toward equipment rental for municipal and governmental agencies. The company provides its clients with access to the highest level of skills and workforce development programming. CaHill is delivering on the national need for trained, safe tradespeople to balance the anticipated federal infrastructure policies of the current administration. It was founded in 2017 by Carley J. Hill.

Aviate Audio

Convertible Note in 2020
Aviate Audio is a music electronics company developing next-generation music devices that are designed to elevate musicians' performance. The company is based in Buffalo, New York.

SunDensity Inc.

Series A in 2021
SunDensity has developed a groundbreaking Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology that enables the up and down conversion of the wavelengths in white light (UV to IR) to match the desired band which can solve several in-efficiencies in photonics. By conversion of spectrum, they have developed, and field tested a patent-pending PSC™ that significantly reduces the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) applications, customizes thermal and optical behavior of architectural glass, and increases the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic instruments.

Breezi.io, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Breezi.io, Inc. develops and manufactures wireless devices that detect problems with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The company offers AirPulse, a device that monitors the health of air filters and other heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The company caters to home and business owners. Breezi.io, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

Arbol Inc.

Convertible Note in 2022
Arbol is launching an insurance marketplace that connects weather exposed agricultural entities with capital providers like insurers and asset managers. Arbol’s parametric insurance platform removes information asymmetry and reduces administrative costs by leveraging objective data from satellites and weather stations.

Well Connected

Seed Round in 2021
Full suite intake, referral, management, and reporting platform for CBOs and entire communities.