New York Ventures

New York Ventures is dedicated to encouraging innovation and fueling economic growth in communities across the State. This venture capital investment arm of Empire State Development is one of New York State's business resources and innovation investments, including the Governor's START-UP NY program, Innovation Hot Spots, the Regional Economic Development Councils, the Centers of Advanced Technology and Centers of Excellence networks, and the SUNY 2020 Initiative.

Clayton Besch

Director

Momo Bi

Principal

Jonathan Greene

Senior Director

Marcia Mitchell

Director

Jennifer Tegan

Managing Director

108 past transactions

Conamix

Venture Round in 2020
Conamix is commercializing new low-cost high-energy materials for the global lithium ion battery market. The company’s materials are designed to drop-in to existing manufacturing infrastructure to both improve the energy density and lower the cost of lithium ion systems. Founded in 2014, the company is led by an experienced team of chemical and battery industry leaders and has intellectual property agreements with multiple leading global research institutions

ChannelEyes

Venture Round in 2016
ChannelEyes Corporation develops a channel acceleration platform for vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, franchisors, sales teams, distributors, and associations to connect with their channel partners. The company offers ChannelCandy, a mobile application to deliver channel highlights, company news, product information, incentives, upcoming events, education, and sales tools into the hands of partners. Its application also drives various levels of engagement and sales enablement of agents, dealers, resellers, and retail-based sales teams. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Troy, New York.

LOLIWARE

Seed Round in 2019
Loliware LLC manufactures biodegradable and edible disposable cups. Its single-use cups are used to serve room temperature, chilled, and frozen drinks and desserts. Loliware LLC was founded in 2015 and is based in Beacon, New York.

Vyv

Venture Round in 2018
Vital Vio offers a new class of antimicrobial light for infection and germ control through safe, continuous LED products. Our goal is to protect as many people and places from germs as possible with our products which can be utilized anywhere a light can fit. We service customers in food processing, healthcare, industrial/commercial as well as a licensing model for consumer and residential products.
Energy Materials Corporation develops high-speed, roll-to-roll printing of purebred perovskite solar panels. The company was founded in 2010 and based in Rochester, New York.

Ride Health

Series A in 2020
Ride Health LLC develops a SaaS product platform which enables healthcare providers to schedule, request, and pay for rides on behalf of patients to and from medical appointments. The platform allows coordinators to schedule patient rides in advance or on-demand, sends text message updates and reminders to patients throughout the process, and gives coordinators real-time insight on transportation costs and usage. Ride Health LLC was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Ursa Space Systems

Series B in 2019
Ursa Space Systems (Ursa) is a Space 3.0 analytics-as-a-service company that brings transparency to global markets to help traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make more informed decisions. It released the world’s first comprehensive weekly China oil inventory report in May, added the Caribbean and MENA regions in September, and plans to have global coverage in early 2018. Ursa uses space-based data from radar satellites as the source of their timely reports. Radar works through clouds and at night, allowing the collection of information about activities on the Earth rain or shine. Based in Ithaca, New York, Ursa was founded in 2014 by leaders in the satellite and software security fields with the vision to unlock the potential of data and insights derived from radar satellite imaging.

SimpliFed

Seed Round in 2022
SimpliFed is a telehealth company that provides access to virtual breastfeeding support to new and pregnant parents. It was founded in 2020 catering to new parents, who struggle with sleep deprivation, uncertainty, and complex questions about their infant’s nutrition.

Envisagenics

Series A in 2021
Envisagenics, Inc. develops a predictive analytics platform for scientists to translate basic discoveries into therapies and reducing time to market for pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Huntington, New York.

Cureatr

Venture Round in 2018
Cureatr is a comprehensive medication management (CMM) solutions company dedicated to repairing the United States’ $528 Billion, 275,000 deaths a year suboptimal medication management problem. We provide real-time, universal access to accurate medication data for over 265 Million patient and high-quality interventions by board certified telepharmacists. We have the expertise, resources, and technology to help you get the meds right and keep your patients out of the hospital.

Toggle

Series A in 2023
How will we build the next generation of cities and infrastructure when key construction methods have remained unchanged for a generation? As the built environment grows larger and more complex Toggle is introducing industrial robotics and automation to critical construction methods and materials. Starting with rebar for reinforced concrete Toggle is reinventing the way we build our world.

Quentis Therapeutics

Series A in 2018
Quentis Therapeutics is a developer of immuno-therapeutics designed to address ER stress in multiple diseases. The company's therapeutics are designed to target ER stress pathways and awaken the immune system's ability to fight cancer, enabling patients to get access to new treatments for cancer.

LOLIWARE

Seed Round in 2020
Loliware LLC manufactures biodegradable and edible disposable cups. Its single-use cups are used to serve room temperature, chilled, and frozen drinks and desserts. Loliware LLC was founded in 2015 and is based in Beacon, New York.

SomaDetect

Seed Round in 2019
SomaDetect is the world’s premier machine learning and artificial intelligence company in dairy. SomaDetect provides real-time, automated analysis of milk quality without any addition of chemicals or consumables. The company measures every compound of interest in raw milk, enabling farmers to identify issues early, manage reproduction, reduce unnecessary antibiotic usage, and ensure that only the highest-quality milk makes it into bulk milk supplies. Founded in 2016, SomaDetect provides dairy farmers with information about herd health and milk quality, where and when they need it most.

PostProcess

Seed Round in 2017
PostProcess Technologies is the only provider of automated and intelligent post-printing solutions for additive manufacturing. PostProcess Technologies removes the bottleneck in the third step of additive manufacturing – post-printing, through a combination of patent-pending integrated technologies including software, hardware and consumables.

Unite Us

Series A in 2015
Unite Us is a veteran-led technology company that builds coordinated care networks connecting health and social service providers together. The company helps systems and communities efficiently deliver care and services by inter-connecting providers across communities, seamlessly integrating the social determinants of health into patient care. Providers across the continuum and community are able to externally refer and track every patient’s total health journey, while reporting on all tangible outcomes across a full range of services in a centralized, cohesive, and collaborative ecosystem. This social infrastructure helps communities move beyond legacy resource directories, and transform their ability to measure impact, improved health, and outcomes at scale.

Soundmind

Seed Round in 2019
Soundmind Intelligence, Inc. operates a platform that provides conversational A.I. voice assistants to senior care providers. Its voice assistants helps caregivers to care plans, calendars, reminders, music, family contacts, curated content, and more features for senior living. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

Token

Series A in 2018
Tokenize develops Token, a biometric-based wearable ring that can make payments, power up a computer, and part doors. The ring is integrated with MasterCard, Microsoft, Visa, HID, FitPay and the FIDO Alliance. Token uses a combination of fingerprinting (there’s a fingerprint sensor at the base of the ring) and an optical proximity sensor to ensure that a user’s credentials can’t be accessed by a third party. Using an app (available for iOS and Android), Tokenites can pair the ring and their biometric information with anything from their credit cards to their car keys.

MouSensor

Seed Round in 2018
MouSensor, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops a platform to digitize the sense of smell. It engineers super sniffer mice to build a live nose-on-a-chip to detect, discover, and digitize various smells on the planet ranging from the fragrances in a perfumer's palette to odors associated with diseases, such as Parkinson's disease. MouSensor, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

ENB Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2018
ENB Therapeutics, LLC develops small molecule inhibitors to treat melanoma and other cancers. The product includes ENB-001 that restores the ability of T-cells to infiltrate tumors and inhibits metastasis. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

C16 Biosciences

Series A in 2023
C16 Biosciences, Inc. manufactures palm oil alternative using microbes and fermenting the palm oil in laboratory. The company manufactures the alternative for the food manufacturers, refiners, traders, and consumers of palm oil. C16 Biosciences, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York.

Envisagenics

Series A in 2020
Envisagenics, Inc. develops a predictive analytics platform for scientists to translate basic discoveries into therapies and reducing time to market for pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Huntington, New York.

GDI

Seed Round in 2018
GDI develops and manufactures silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Urban Electric Power

Series B in 2020
Urban Electric Power (UEP) is a New York based technology start-up commercializing a breakthrough zinc manganese dioxide battery technology for stationary energy storage applications. Originally developed by the City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, UEP has the exclusive license to bring this innovative battery chemistry to market.

ChannelEyes

Seed Round in 2017
ChannelEyes Corporation develops a channel acceleration platform for vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, franchisors, sales teams, distributors, and associations to connect with their channel partners. The company offers ChannelCandy, a mobile application to deliver channel highlights, company news, product information, incentives, upcoming events, education, and sales tools into the hands of partners. Its application also drives various levels of engagement and sales enablement of agents, dealers, resellers, and retail-based sales teams. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Troy, New York.

Artemis

Series A in 2020
Artemis operates an intelligence platform for indoor farms. It specializes in indoor farming software solutions. Artemis help indoor farm operators use data to make more profitable production decisions. It tracks and analyzes all farm data in one place, enabling growers to optimize plant performance and reduce operating expenses. Allison Kopf and Jason Camp founded Agrilyst in 2015 that later became Artemis. It has its headquarters in Brooklyn in New York City.

ChannelEyes

Seed Round in 2016
ChannelEyes Corporation develops a channel acceleration platform for vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, franchisors, sales teams, distributors, and associations to connect with their channel partners. The company offers ChannelCandy, a mobile application to deliver channel highlights, company news, product information, incentives, upcoming events, education, and sales tools into the hands of partners. Its application also drives various levels of engagement and sales enablement of agents, dealers, resellers, and retail-based sales teams. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Troy, New York.

REDIST

Series A in 2021
A platform making it easy for real estate professionals to find and use the more than $100b in annual real estate incentives; saving time and money on deals. Our current geographic coverage is New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington D.C. and Virginia. We are located at the Columbia Startup Lab, are currently in Lowenstein Sandler's VentureCrush FG as well as Shadow Ventures Incubator and have recently completed Accelerate 2020 with Bowery Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.

Otis AI

Seed Round in 2023
Otis AI makes data-driven digital marketing simple and accessible for SMBs that want to compete and grow in the digital age. Otis AI applies artificial intelligence to SMBs data sets to help them acquire and retain their most valuable customers via a one-click ad management platform. The Otis app is the perfect tool for builders, creators, makers, small businesses to market themselves, at scale and with ease.

Jelikalite

Seed Round in 2022
JelikaLite is working on a new medical gadget that focuses on pediatric neurological health and uses non-invasive therapy.

Bounce Imaging

Series A in 2022
Bounce Imaging, Inc. manufactures tactical throwable cameras with multiple lenses and sensors. The company offers a range of cameras for police and fire fighters; and pole attachments, tethers, car chargers, headsets, wrist straps, and magnetic mounts. It also provides cloud services, such as technical consulting, design and implementation support, and troubleshooting services for imaging and processing hardware. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

MyndYou

Series A in 2023
The MyndYou artificial intelligence (AI) based platform aids clinicians in providing personalized cognitive care for seniors living with or without cognitive decline. The MyndYou solution combines one-on-one remote interaction with a seamless monitoring app, analytic evaluation, and AI analysis to individualize care based on passively collected data from the client’s daily activities. The platform delivers actionable, objective insights in real-time to therapists during remote calls, guiding the nature and level of cognitive training. As cognitive related disease such as dementia and Alzheimer’s continues to grow at a rapid pace, MyndYou optimizes and scales the targeted delivery of cognitive care.

TARA Biosystems

Series A in 2021
Tara Biosystems provides predictive, in vitro human cardiac tissue models for use in drug discovery, safety assessment and translational medicine. Tara Biosystems offers a high-fidelity solution that is based on human stem cell-derived cardiac tissue matured to physiologically relevant adult-like levels and provides direct measures of cardiac functionality, including contractile force. The company is dedicated to pioneering predictive cardiac tissue models that enable the faster, safer, and more reliable development of new medicines.

BlocPower

Series B in 2023
BlocPower provides solar power and energy efficiency technology products for churches, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners to slash their energy bills. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

Juno Medical

Series A in 2022
Juno Care is a whole-family healthcare platform that provides modern open-access care for the entire family’s day-to-day needs including pediatrics, women’s health, adult primary care, and same-day services.

Juno Medical

Series A in 2022
Juno Care is a whole-family healthcare platform that provides modern open-access care for the entire family’s day-to-day needs including pediatrics, women’s health, adult primary care, and same-day services.

EkoStinger

Venture Round in 2020
Ekostinger, Inc. manufactures aerodynamic trailer systems. It offers EkoStinger, an aerodynamic trailer after treatment product for dry and refrigerated trailers. The company offers its products through distributors. Ekostinger, Inc. was formerly known as StormBlok Systems, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in East Rochester, New York.

GDI

Series A in 2022
GDI develops and manufactures silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Rochester, New York.

LOLIWARE

Seed Round in 2018
Loliware LLC manufactures biodegradable and edible disposable cups. Its single-use cups are used to serve room temperature, chilled, and frozen drinks and desserts. Loliware LLC was founded in 2015 and is based in Beacon, New York.

Ellevest

Series B in 2022
Ellevest, Inc. is an employee owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to women clients. It manages separate client-focused portfolios. The firm invests in different asset classes in markets across the globe. The firm employs fundamental analysis along with top-down approach to create its portfolios. It was formerly known as Ellevate Financial, Inc. Ellevest, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York City.

GDI

Seed Round in 2016
GDI develops and manufactures silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Leda Health

Seed Round in 2022
At Leda Health, our mission is to transform existing systems of sexual assault prevention, care, and justice to better serve survivors and the communities in which they live. We are currently developing a more holistic care program and expanding our services. To learn more about Leda Health, visit: https://www.leda.co/ https://www.facebook.com/ledahealth/ https://twitter.com/ledahealthco https://www.instagram.com/ledahealth/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/ledahealth/

ZetaGen Therapeutics

Series B in 2022
ZetaGen Therapeutics Inc operates as a preclinical regenerative medicine company and develops products for bone regeneration. The company provides develop bone growth products for the treatment of bone-related injuries, procedures, and diseases. It uses small molecule-based osteoinductive technology to develop a drug-device combination product. The company serves patients, doctors, and payors. It was formerly known as Fusologics, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

Urban Electric Power

Series B in 2019
Urban Electric Power (UEP) is a New York based technology start-up commercializing a breakthrough zinc manganese dioxide battery technology for stationary energy storage applications. Originally developed by the City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, UEP has the exclusive license to bring this innovative battery chemistry to market.

8B Education Investments

Seed Round in 2022
8B Education Investments is the first fintech company using innovative guarantees and income-share agreements to facilitate affordable financing for African students at leading global universities. 8B is the only company using an innovative guarantee mechanism in order to facilitate the access of African students to affordable financing, both directly from investors and through third-party lenders. They connect their students to a network of mentors and leaders across a diverse range of global industries.

Free Form Fibers

Seed Round in 2020
Free Form Fibers LLC engages in the development and manufacture of inorganic high-performance fibers. It offers filaments of various materials, including silicon carbide, boron carbide, hafnium carbide/tantalum carbide, amorphous boron, tungsten carbide, magnesium diboride, glassy carbon, diamond like carbon, single-crystal tungsten, boron nitride, titanium diboride, magnesium diboride, hafnium diboride, lanthanum hexaboride/cerium hexaboride, molybdenum carbide, and tungsten disulfide. The company offers its products for non-woven filters and catalysts, reinforcement of ceramic and metal matrix composites, woven and non-woven linings, lightweight structural reinforcement for composite materials, superconducting filaments, research and development, and scientific instrumentation applications. It serves customers in military and aerospace (turbo machinery, rockets, and advanced structures), automobile, biomedical, energy, and other industries. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Hopscotch

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a virtual child therapy platform intended to make pediatric mental healthcare accessible. The company's platform allows users to find available mental healthcare providers that meet the needs of their child and leverages partnerships with national insurance companies to ensure that treatment is covered, supporting caregivers in raising emotionally resilient children.

GDI

Series A in 2019
GDI develops and manufactures silicon anodes for Li-ion batteries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Rochester, New York.

GiveGab

Series A in 2019
GiveGab helps nonprofits go beyond basic fundraising to raise more, engage more, and do more in a fun, simple, and social platform. We help these nonprofits build long-lasting relationships for repeat giving. We provide all aspects of online fundraising including: a.) general donations, b.) event fundraising, c.) p2p and team based fundraising, d.) days of giving e.) general crowdfunding campaigns f.) donor CRM. We make campaign managers and p2p fundraisers successful using automated coaching features. We make THE ASK easy and fun. Additionally, we help nonprofits engage their supporters through volunteer management features for long-term repeat giving.

Kinvolved

Seed Round in 2020
Kinvolved is a developer of a social enterprise platform designed to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. The company's platform combines web, mobile and tablet technology tools with expert consulting and community engagement events, enabling schools to increase funding, create more economically viable communities and improve graduation rates.

Cell BioEngines

Pre Seed Round in 2024
A global cellular medicine company focused on developing sustainable 'off-the-shelf' allogenic cell therapy products and product candidates for applications in cancer, tissue degeneration, and autoimmune disorders. The company's vision is to democratize access to live cell-based medicines for all patients.

Redpin Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2018
Redpin Therapeutics, Inc., gene therapy company, develops a chemo genetics platform for targeted cell therapies that address intractable diseases of the nervous system. It discovers and develops an ion channel-based chemo genetics platform that enables targeted cell activation/inhibition controlled by low doses of the anti-smoking drug Varenicline. Redpin Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Ellevest

Series B in 2022
Ellevest, Inc. is an employee owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to women clients. It manages separate client-focused portfolios. The firm invests in different asset classes in markets across the globe. The firm employs fundamental analysis along with top-down approach to create its portfolios. It was formerly known as Ellevate Financial, Inc. Ellevest, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in New York City.

Ursa Space Systems

Series B in 2021
Ursa Space Systems (Ursa) is a Space 3.0 analytics-as-a-service company that brings transparency to global markets to help traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make more informed decisions. It released the world’s first comprehensive weekly China oil inventory report in May, added the Caribbean and MENA regions in September, and plans to have global coverage in early 2018. Ursa uses space-based data from radar satellites as the source of their timely reports. Radar works through clouds and at night, allowing the collection of information about activities on the Earth rain or shine. Based in Ithaca, New York, Ursa was founded in 2014 by leaders in the satellite and software security fields with the vision to unlock the potential of data and insights derived from radar satellite imaging.

TARA Biosystems

Series A in 2020
Tara Biosystems provides predictive, in vitro human cardiac tissue models for use in drug discovery, safety assessment and translational medicine. Tara Biosystems offers a high-fidelity solution that is based on human stem cell-derived cardiac tissue matured to physiologically relevant adult-like levels and provides direct measures of cardiac functionality, including contractile force. The company is dedicated to pioneering predictive cardiac tissue models that enable the faster, safer, and more reliable development of new medicines.

Ursa Space Systems

Venture Round in 2021
Ursa Space Systems (Ursa) is a Space 3.0 analytics-as-a-service company that brings transparency to global markets to help traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make more informed decisions. It released the world’s first comprehensive weekly China oil inventory report in May, added the Caribbean and MENA regions in September, and plans to have global coverage in early 2018. Ursa uses space-based data from radar satellites as the source of their timely reports. Radar works through clouds and at night, allowing the collection of information about activities on the Earth rain or shine. Based in Ithaca, New York, Ursa was founded in 2014 by leaders in the satellite and software security fields with the vision to unlock the potential of data and insights derived from radar satellite imaging.

Mymee

Venture Round in 2021
Mymee, Inc. designs and develops a software as a service health coaching platform. The platform identifies the root causes by detecting non obvious triggers for symptoms. The platform offers personalized gathering and analysis of observational data from the users daily life and provides behavioral change through feedback to the users based on that data. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

BlocPower

Venture Round in 2022
BlocPower provides solar power and energy efficiency technology products for churches, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners to slash their energy bills. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

REDIST

Seed Round in 2021
A platform making it easy for real estate professionals to find and use the more than $100b in annual real estate incentives; saving time and money on deals. Our current geographic coverage is New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington D.C. and Virginia. We are located at the Columbia Startup Lab, are currently in Lowenstein Sandler's VentureCrush FG as well as Shadow Ventures Incubator and have recently completed Accelerate 2020 with Bowery Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.

GiveGab

Series A in 2018
GiveGab helps nonprofits go beyond basic fundraising to raise more, engage more, and do more in a fun, simple, and social platform. We help these nonprofits build long-lasting relationships for repeat giving. We provide all aspects of online fundraising including: a.) general donations, b.) event fundraising, c.) p2p and team based fundraising, d.) days of giving e.) general crowdfunding campaigns f.) donor CRM. We make campaign managers and p2p fundraisers successful using automated coaching features. We make THE ASK easy and fun. Additionally, we help nonprofits engage their supporters through volunteer management features for long-term repeat giving.

Redpin Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Redpin Therapeutics, Inc., gene therapy company, develops a chemo genetics platform for targeted cell therapies that address intractable diseases of the nervous system. It discovers and develops an ion channel-based chemo genetics platform that enables targeted cell activation/inhibition controlled by low doses of the anti-smoking drug Varenicline. Redpin Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Kinvolved

Seed Round in 2018
Kinvolved is a developer of a social enterprise platform designed to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. The company's platform combines web, mobile and tablet technology tools with expert consulting and community engagement events, enabling schools to increase funding, create more economically viable communities and improve graduation rates.

Unite Us

Series B in 2019
Unite Us is a veteran-led technology company that builds coordinated care networks connecting health and social service providers together. The company helps systems and communities efficiently deliver care and services by inter-connecting providers across communities, seamlessly integrating the social determinants of health into patient care. Providers across the continuum and community are able to externally refer and track every patient’s total health journey, while reporting on all tangible outcomes across a full range of services in a centralized, cohesive, and collaborative ecosystem. This social infrastructure helps communities move beyond legacy resource directories, and transform their ability to measure impact, improved health, and outcomes at scale.

Dimensional Energy

Series A in 2023
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.

EkoStinger

Venture Round in 2022
Ekostinger, Inc. manufactures aerodynamic trailer systems. It offers EkoStinger, an aerodynamic trailer after treatment product for dry and refrigerated trailers. The company offers its products through distributors. Ekostinger, Inc. was formerly known as StormBlok Systems, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in East Rochester, New York.

ZetaGen Therapeutics

Series B in 2023
ZetaGen Therapeutics Inc operates as a preclinical regenerative medicine company and develops products for bone regeneration. The company provides develop bone growth products for the treatment of bone-related injuries, procedures, and diseases. It uses small molecule-based osteoinductive technology to develop a drug-device combination product. The company serves patients, doctors, and payors. It was formerly known as Fusologics, Inc. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Syracuse, New York.

Ursa Space Systems

Series B in 2023
Ursa Space Systems (Ursa) is a Space 3.0 analytics-as-a-service company that brings transparency to global markets to help traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries make more informed decisions. It released the world’s first comprehensive weekly China oil inventory report in May, added the Caribbean and MENA regions in September, and plans to have global coverage in early 2018. Ursa uses space-based data from radar satellites as the source of their timely reports. Radar works through clouds and at night, allowing the collection of information about activities on the Earth rain or shine. Based in Ithaca, New York, Ursa was founded in 2014 by leaders in the satellite and software security fields with the vision to unlock the potential of data and insights derived from radar satellite imaging.

Redpin Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Redpin Therapeutics, Inc., gene therapy company, develops a chemo genetics platform for targeted cell therapies that address intractable diseases of the nervous system. It discovers and develops an ion channel-based chemo genetics platform that enables targeted cell activation/inhibition controlled by low doses of the anti-smoking drug Varenicline. Redpin Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Kangarootime

Series A in 2022
Kangarootime, Inc. develops a cloud-based childcare management solution that connects parents with childcare professionals. Its solutions include revenue cycle management, mobile and laptop accessibility, enrollment, sign-in and sign-out, messaging and picture sharing, employee management, support, reports, and accounting. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

TARA Biosystems

Series A in 2021
Tara Biosystems provides predictive, in vitro human cardiac tissue models for use in drug discovery, safety assessment and translational medicine. Tara Biosystems offers a high-fidelity solution that is based on human stem cell-derived cardiac tissue matured to physiologically relevant adult-like levels and provides direct measures of cardiac functionality, including contractile force. The company is dedicated to pioneering predictive cardiac tissue models that enable the faster, safer, and more reliable development of new medicines.

Envisagenics

Series A in 2023
Envisagenics, Inc. develops a predictive analytics platform for scientists to translate basic discoveries into therapies and reducing time to market for pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Huntington, New York.

Nopsec

Series A in 2023
NopSec provides precision threat prediction and remediation solutions to help businesses protect their IT environments from security breaches. The company’s flagship product, Unified VRM, is a SaaS solution that provides intelligent context to vulnerability data, enabling security teams to visually forecast threat risk to dramatically reduce the turnaround time between identification and remediation of critical security vulnerabilities across infrastructure and applications. NopSec has been recognized as one of the 20 Most Promising Enterprise Security Companies by CIO Review, an SC Magazine 2016 Trust Award Finalist,, and an Info Security Product Guide Products Excellence of the Year Finalist. The company also made the Security Innovation of the Year Shortlist by the Cloud Awards and has been named to CRN's list of Emerging Security Vendors for four consecutive years.

BlocPower

Series A in 2022
BlocPower provides solar power and energy efficiency technology products for churches, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners to slash their energy bills. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

Cureatr

Series B in 2021
Cureatr is a comprehensive medication management (CMM) solutions company dedicated to repairing the United States’ $528 Billion, 275,000 deaths a year suboptimal medication management problem. We provide real-time, universal access to accurate medication data for over 265 Million patient and high-quality interventions by board certified telepharmacists. We have the expertise, resources, and technology to help you get the meds right and keep your patients out of the hospital.

EkoStinger

Series B in 2020
Ekostinger, Inc. manufactures aerodynamic trailer systems. It offers EkoStinger, an aerodynamic trailer after treatment product for dry and refrigerated trailers. The company offers its products through distributors. Ekostinger, Inc. was formerly known as StormBlok Systems, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in East Rochester, New York.

Cureatr

Series B in 2019
Cureatr is a comprehensive medication management (CMM) solutions company dedicated to repairing the United States’ $528 Billion, 275,000 deaths a year suboptimal medication management problem. We provide real-time, universal access to accurate medication data for over 265 Million patient and high-quality interventions by board certified telepharmacists. We have the expertise, resources, and technology to help you get the meds right and keep your patients out of the hospital.

TARA Biosystems

Series A in 2019
Tara Biosystems provides predictive, in vitro human cardiac tissue models for use in drug discovery, safety assessment and translational medicine. Tara Biosystems offers a high-fidelity solution that is based on human stem cell-derived cardiac tissue matured to physiologically relevant adult-like levels and provides direct measures of cardiac functionality, including contractile force. The company is dedicated to pioneering predictive cardiac tissue models that enable the faster, safer, and more reliable development of new medicines.

ENB Therapeutics

Series A in 2022
ENB Therapeutics, LLC develops small molecule inhibitors to treat melanoma and other cancers. The product includes ENB-001 that restores the ability of T-cells to infiltrate tumors and inhibits metastasis. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

ChannelEyes

Seed Round in 2018
ChannelEyes Corporation develops a channel acceleration platform for vendors, manufacturers, suppliers, franchisors, sales teams, distributors, and associations to connect with their channel partners. The company offers ChannelCandy, a mobile application to deliver channel highlights, company news, product information, incentives, upcoming events, education, and sales tools into the hands of partners. Its application also drives various levels of engagement and sales enablement of agents, dealers, resellers, and retail-based sales teams. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Troy, New York.

GiveGab

Series A in 2020
GiveGab helps nonprofits go beyond basic fundraising to raise more, engage more, and do more in a fun, simple, and social platform. We help these nonprofits build long-lasting relationships for repeat giving. We provide all aspects of online fundraising including: a.) general donations, b.) event fundraising, c.) p2p and team based fundraising, d.) days of giving e.) general crowdfunding campaigns f.) donor CRM. We make campaign managers and p2p fundraisers successful using automated coaching features. We make THE ASK easy and fun. Additionally, we help nonprofits engage their supporters through volunteer management features for long-term repeat giving.

MyndYou

Series A in 2022
The MyndYou artificial intelligence (AI) based platform aids clinicians in providing personalized cognitive care for seniors living with or without cognitive decline. The MyndYou solution combines one-on-one remote interaction with a seamless monitoring app, analytic evaluation, and AI analysis to individualize care based on passively collected data from the client’s daily activities. The platform delivers actionable, objective insights in real-time to therapists during remote calls, guiding the nature and level of cognitive training. As cognitive related disease such as dementia and Alzheimer’s continues to grow at a rapid pace, MyndYou optimizes and scales the targeted delivery of cognitive care.

Kinvolved

Seed Round in 2020
Kinvolved is a developer of a social enterprise platform designed to improve student attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism. The company's platform combines web, mobile and tablet technology tools with expert consulting and community engagement events, enabling schools to increase funding, create more economically viable communities and improve graduation rates.

BlocPower

Series A in 2021
BlocPower provides solar power and energy efficiency technology products for churches, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners to slash their energy bills. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

EkoStinger

Venture Round in 2023
Ekostinger, Inc. manufactures aerodynamic trailer systems. It offers EkoStinger, an aerodynamic trailer after treatment product for dry and refrigerated trailers. The company offers its products through distributors. Ekostinger, Inc. was formerly known as StormBlok Systems, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in East Rochester, New York.

Cureatr

Series B in 2018
Cureatr is a comprehensive medication management (CMM) solutions company dedicated to repairing the United States’ $528 Billion, 275,000 deaths a year suboptimal medication management problem. We provide real-time, universal access to accurate medication data for over 265 Million patient and high-quality interventions by board certified telepharmacists. We have the expertise, resources, and technology to help you get the meds right and keep your patients out of the hospital.

Kintra Fibers

Venture Round in 2023
Kintra Fibers has developed a proprietary bio-based and compostable polymer that offers apparel brands versatile and strong performance, while retaining plug-and-play manufacturability through the synthetic textile value chain. Kintra materials provide an alternative to fossil-fuel based textiles, which represent 70% of the global fiber market. With a compostable chemistry, Kintra fibers are designed to be digested to CO2 and water within a wastewater treatment facility, solving for clean, microplastic-free oceans and soil. To enable circularity, textiles made with Kintra can fit chemical and mechanical recycling schemes, or industrial compost.

The Cru

Seed Round in 2022
The Cru provides a peer coaching service for women looking to accelerate their professional and personal growth. It takes the work out of networking and helps women to achieve their goals. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York.

The Cru

Seed Round in 2020
The Cru provides a peer coaching service for women looking to accelerate their professional and personal growth. It takes the work out of networking and helps women to achieve their goals. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York.

BlocPower

Seed Round in 2020
BlocPower provides solar power and energy efficiency technology products for churches, schools, small businesses, non-profits, and homeowners to slash their energy bills. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

Mosaic Microsystems

Seed Round in 2021
Mosaic Microsystems LLC, a microelectronics and photonics packaging company, focuses on glass and other thin substrates as a platform material for logic, memory, analog and power electronics, photonics, RF, MEMS, and sensor technologies. The company is based in Rochester, New York.

Neurogenesis

Series A in 2022
Neurogenesis develops an approach to sustained delivery of remyelinating & regeneration proteins using the patient’s own stem cells. The technology is called NG CELL™. It entails collecting bone marrow from the patient.

Fesarius Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2022
Fesarius Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that intends to develop and sell modified skin replacement products. To create a line of engineered tissue goods, developed a tissue engineering technique based on IP for microsphere-containing hydrogels. The company's method uses microspheres embedded in a collagen hydrogel to enhance the number of differential density interfaces that drive cell invasion into the scaffold, allowing patients to heal from trauma, burns, or infection at an affordable cost.

Wesper

Seed Round in 2021
Tatch is a state-of-the-art diagnostic and outcome management patch, that provides high-quality sleep analysis in maximal comfort. Tatch marries advances in flexible electronics, machine learning and wearable technology to make sleep medicine more seamless and accurate than ever before. Its patent-pending technology includes the full set of parameters to diagnose sleep apnea and other chronic sleep disorders in the comfort of your home. The company was founded in 2017 and based in New York.