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Empire State Development announces 10 OPI startups for Luminate NY’s 9th round. Each gets $100k to scale in Rochester, vying for $2M in funding this Sept.

Deep-tech startups have only four days left to apply for $1M investment opportunity as Luminate NY Application Window Closes Jan. 12

SAN JOSE, Calif. and DENVER, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iterate.ai, recently named one of the 20 Hottest AI Software Companies by CRN, has announced $6.4 million in funding led by Auxier...

NEW YORK, May 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algoma, the AI-native real estate development platform that helps real estate developers turn an address into a deal, today announced it has raised $2.3M...

AMSTERDAM and AUSTIN, Texas, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppSignal today announced the close of a $22 million Series A funding round led by Elsewhere Partners to accelerate its global...

Lidrotec Receives $1 Million in Investment; Four Additional Companies Secure Follow-on Investments Applications Now Being Accepted for Round 6 of the Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Competition until...

Startups From Around the World Are Encouraged to Apply if Their Technology Leverages Optics, Photonics, or Imaging OPI Accelerator Competition is Supported Through “Finger Lakes Forward” – The...

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

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NextCorps, a non-profit that runs multiple incubator and accelerator programs for technology startups and entrepreneurs in the Rochester and...

Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Accelerator Welcomes Jenifer Bunis and Linda Smith ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Luminate NY, the world’s only business accelerator for...