LaunchNY

LaunchNY is a nonprofit venture development organization established in 2012, recognized as a Community Financial Institution by the U.S. Treasury. Based in Buffalo, it focuses on empowering high-growth potential startups throughout the 27 counties of western Upstate New York. The organization provides pro bono mentoring and facilitates access to capital, aiming to identify and support innovative companies in sectors such as cleantech, consumer goods, and healthcare technology. Through its efforts, LaunchNY seeks to enhance the entrepreneurial culture in the region and foster the development of impactful businesses.

Alex Killian

Investment Associate

164 past transactions

AvantGuard

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.

Arbol

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.

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.

Ognomy

Seed Round in 2022
Ognomy is a developer of a telemedicine platform focused on providing comprehensive virtual care for sleep apnea. The company offers virtual-home testing, diagnosis, and treatment through its cloud-based platform, which integrates telemedicine with electronic health records (EHR). This technology enables seamless care coordination by connecting patients with sleep specialists, home testing options, and treatment providers. Ognomy's approach combines intelligent workflows and automation to streamline the entire process, enhancing the experience for both patients and healthcare practitioners.

Well Connected

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

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.

Patient Pattern

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.

SunDensity

Venture Round in 2021
SunDensity Inc. specializes in the research, design, and development of innovative Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology. This technology facilitates the up and down conversion of wavelengths in white light, addressing inefficiencies in photonics. SunDensity's patent-pending PSC™ has demonstrated significant potential in various applications, including reducing the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, enhancing the thermal and optical properties of architectural glass, and improving the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic devices. Founded in 2016, SunDensity is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office located in Rochester, New York.

Azuna Fresh

Seed Round in 2021
Azuna Fresh is an all-natural hand-crafted gel made from Australian tea trees which safely and effectively delivers anti-microbial tree oil into the air using the natural airflow in a room.

Dimien

Venture Round in 2021
Dimien, founded in 2013 and based in Buffalo, New York, specializes in manufacturing advanced materials for a variety of applications. The company produces ceramics and inorganic additives, focusing on innovative cathodes for electric vehicle batteries. Its patented high-energy, low-cost, and safe cathode materials are designed to enhance the performance of lithium batteries while maintaining affordability. These cathodes can also be utilized in optical devices, automotive adhesives, and plastic composites. Dimien aims to provide clients with effective battery solutions that strike a balance between performance and cost, catering to the growing demand in the electrified vehicle market.

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.

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.

Well Connected

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

Breezi

Seed Round in 2021
Breezi, founded in 2016 and based in Pittsboro, North Carolina, specializes in developing connected devices and software aimed at monitoring the health of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The company's flagship product, AirPulse, is a wireless device designed to detect issues with air filters and other HVAC equipment, allowing homeowners and business owners to identify problems before they escalate. By focusing on the integration of technology into smart homes, Breezi enhances the ability of users to maintain their HVAC systems efficiently and effectively.

SunDensity

Series A in 2021
SunDensity Inc. specializes in the research, design, and development of innovative Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology. This technology facilitates the up and down conversion of wavelengths in white light, addressing inefficiencies in photonics. SunDensity's patent-pending PSC™ has demonstrated significant potential in various applications, including reducing the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, enhancing the thermal and optical properties of architectural glass, and improving the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic devices. Founded in 2016, SunDensity is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office located in Rochester, New York.

ZIZO Technologies Inc.

Convertible Note in 2021
Workforce management and gamification software.

Ramba

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.

EagleHawk

Seed Round in 2021
EagleHawk One, Inc. is a drone-enabled technology company based in Buffalo, New York, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing information services through advanced drone technologies, focusing on sectors such as mapping, surveying, thermography, law enforcement, solar energy, inspection, real estate, and infrastructure. The company assists commercial clients in making informed decisions regarding the management and maintenance of large-scale physical assets, including buildings, roofs, and solar panel arrays. EagleHawk's platform leverages drone-generated data to empower facility managers, helping to reduce maintenance and energy costs while minimizing risks associated with asset management.

Antithesis Foods

Seed Round in 2021
Antithesis Foods specializes in producing healthy snack products that combine nutritious ingredients with appealing flavors. The company focuses on transforming chickpeas into a variety of crunchy chocolate snacks, both sweet and savory, allowing consumers to enjoy indulgent tastes without compromising their health. By leveraging advanced food science, Antithesis Foods aims to create snacks that provide the satisfaction of junk food while promoting better dietary choices. Their innovative approach positions them uniquely in the health-conscious snack market.

HELIXintel

Convertible Note in 2021
HELIXintel Corporation, established in 2019 and headquartered in Hamburg, New York, specializes in developing applications that enable users to monitor the condition of equipment from any device. The platform functions as a B2B marketplace, allowing equipment operators to access aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized networks. By centralizing equipment tracking and facilitating service requests for parts and maintenance, HELIXintel streamlines maintenance management, ultimately helping businesses save time and reduce costs.

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.

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.

Anaghe Atelier

Convertible Note in 2021
Anaghe Atelier produces luxury designer sweatshirts and sportswear with a couture aesthetic.

Braidbabes

Seed Round in 2021
Braidbabes is a mobile braiding company that specializes in offering boho braids for events and bridal parties.

ZIZO Technologies Inc.

Convertible Note in 2021
Workforce management and gamification software.

Braidbabes

Convertible Note in 2021
Braidbabes is a mobile braiding company that specializes in offering boho braids for events and bridal parties.

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.

Patient Pattern

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.

Azuna Fresh

Seed Round in 2021
Azuna Fresh is an all-natural hand-crafted gel made from Australian tea trees which safely and effectively delivers anti-microbial tree oil into the air using the natural airflow in a room.

Patient Pattern

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.

ShrubBucket

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.

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.

Aurie

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.

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.

SunDensity

Seed Round in 2020
SunDensity Inc. specializes in the research, design, and development of innovative Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology. This technology facilitates the up and down conversion of wavelengths in white light, addressing inefficiencies in photonics. SunDensity's patent-pending PSC™ has demonstrated significant potential in various applications, including reducing the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, enhancing the thermal and optical properties of architectural glass, and improving the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic devices. Founded in 2016, SunDensity is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office located in Rochester, New York.

Jeca Energy Bars

Seed Round in 2020
Jeca Energy Bars specializes in creating vegan-friendly, holistic energy bars designed to support the busy lifestyles of its customers. The company focuses on using all-natural, plant-based superfoods and high-quality ingredients to deliver nutrition without preservatives or artificial additives. Jeca Energy Bars offers a range of clean, artisanal nutrition bars that feature globally inspired flavors, providing a homemade and authentic food experience. Their proprietary production methods aim for near zero waste while enhancing the flavor of the bars, making them a convenient and healthful option for consumption at home, in the office, or on the go.

Jeca Energy Bars

Convertible Note in 2020
Jeca Energy Bars specializes in creating vegan-friendly, holistic energy bars designed to support the busy lifestyles of its customers. The company focuses on using all-natural, plant-based superfoods and high-quality ingredients to deliver nutrition without preservatives or artificial additives. Jeca Energy Bars offers a range of clean, artisanal nutrition bars that feature globally inspired flavors, providing a homemade and authentic food experience. Their proprietary production methods aim for near zero waste while enhancing the flavor of the bars, making them a convenient and healthful option for consumption at home, in the office, or on the go.

Ramba

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.

HELIXintel

Convertible Note in 2020
HELIXintel Corporation, established in 2019 and headquartered in Hamburg, New York, specializes in developing applications that enable users to monitor the condition of equipment from any device. The platform functions as a B2B marketplace, allowing equipment operators to access aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized networks. By centralizing equipment tracking and facilitating service requests for parts and maintenance, HELIXintel streamlines maintenance management, ultimately helping businesses save time and reduce costs.

HELIXintel

Convertible Note in 2020
HELIXintel Corporation, established in 2019 and headquartered in Hamburg, New York, specializes in developing applications that enable users to monitor the condition of equipment from any device. The platform functions as a B2B marketplace, allowing equipment operators to access aftercare services from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their authorized networks. By centralizing equipment tracking and facilitating service requests for parts and maintenance, HELIXintel streamlines maintenance management, ultimately helping businesses save time and reduce costs.

CYRISMA

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.

Casana

Series A in 2020
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.

Exostellar

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ramba

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.

EagleHawk

Convertible Note in 2020
EagleHawk One, Inc. is a drone-enabled technology company based in Buffalo, New York, founded in 2018. It specializes in providing information services through advanced drone technologies, focusing on sectors such as mapping, surveying, thermography, law enforcement, solar energy, inspection, real estate, and infrastructure. The company assists commercial clients in making informed decisions regarding the management and maintenance of large-scale physical assets, including buildings, roofs, and solar panel arrays. EagleHawk's platform leverages drone-generated data to empower facility managers, helping to reduce maintenance and energy costs while minimizing risks associated with asset management.

Ramba

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.

Castle Campus

Convertible Note in 2020
Agricultural Destination

Ellicottville Greens

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

BetterMynd

Convertible Note in 2020
Online therapy for college students

BetterMynd

Seed Round in 2020
Online therapy for college students

The Perfect Granola

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

Casana

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Iterate Labs

Convertible Note in 2020
Iterate Labs Inc., established in 2016 and located in Ithaca, New York, is an Internet of Things (IoT) company that specializes in enhancing workplace safety and productivity through innovative technology. The company develops smart gloves integrated with a software platform that captures and analyzes biomechanics data in real time. This system alerts both workers and managers to potential injury risks and fatigue, improving overall workplace safety. Additionally, Iterate Labs utilizes wearables and computer vision to gather worker BioMotion Signatures, which are transformed into AI-driven insights. These insights help managers optimize workforce productivity by addressing issues such as injuries, turnover, and absenteeism, ultimately enabling better resource management and enhancing the quality of work.

Gclip Row

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ru's Pierogi

Convertible Note in 2020
Ru's Pierogi, founded in 2013 and based in Buffalo, New York, specializes in crafting dumplings filled with fresh ingredients to create unique and modern flavors. The company operates a food manufacturing facility that produces a diverse range of pierogi suitable for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. Their product lineup includes options such as apple pierogi, banana pepper cheese pierogi, and Asian pork pierogi, all designed to provide customers with versatile menu items that can be enjoyed throughout the day.

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.

AireXpert

Seed Round in 2019
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.

ShrubBucket

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.

The Perfect Granola

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

The Perfect Granola

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

AvantGuard

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.

AvantGuard

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.

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.

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.

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.

SunDensity

Convertible Note in 2019
SunDensity Inc. specializes in the research, design, and development of innovative Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology. This technology facilitates the up and down conversion of wavelengths in white light, addressing inefficiencies in photonics. SunDensity's patent-pending PSC™ has demonstrated significant potential in various applications, including reducing the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, enhancing the thermal and optical properties of architectural glass, and improving the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic devices. Founded in 2016, SunDensity is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office located in Rochester, New York.

SunDensity

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SunDensity Inc. specializes in the research, design, and development of innovative Photonic Smart Coating (PSC™) technology. This technology facilitates the up and down conversion of wavelengths in white light, addressing inefficiencies in photonics. SunDensity's patent-pending PSC™ has demonstrated significant potential in various applications, including reducing the cost of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic systems, enhancing the thermal and optical properties of architectural glass, and improving the quantum efficiency of optoelectronic devices. Founded in 2016, SunDensity is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office located in Rochester, New York.

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.

Casana

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.

Casana

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

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.

Patient Pattern

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.

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.

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.

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.