Welcome to the 2020 Innovation & Entrepreneur Resource Directory. The following organizations foster innovation and provide funding, consultation, training, information, and other support to entrepreneurs across Central New York. CASE at Syracuse University 2-212 Center of Science & Technology Syracuse, NY 13244 - Phone: (315) 443-1060 - Website: case.syr.edu - Year established: 1984 - Organization type: incubator, funding source […]
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Welcome to the 2020 Innovation & Entrepreneur Resource Directory. The following organizations foster innovation and provide funding, consultation, training, information, and other support to entrepreneurs across Central New York.
CASE at Syracuse University
2-212 Center of Science & Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244
- Phone: (315) 443-1060
- Website: case.syr.edu
- Year established: 1984
- Organization type: incubator, funding source
- Services/Resources offered: university-industry research and development collaborations; engage students; deliver customized technology workshops and short-courses; host networking events; pursue funding opportunities; commercialize technology; facilitate access to University resources
- Industries served: works with companies of all sizes, from any industry sector
- Total Admin. Staff: 6
- No. of CNY Offices: 1
- Director: Pramod Varshney
The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
103 CAMP Building 5665
Potsdam, NY 13699
- Phone: (315) 268-2336
- Website: clarkson.edu/camp
- Organization type: consulting/training provider, Center for Advanced Technology
- Services/Resources offered: materials synthesis, materials processing, technology transfer, materials - computational methods, materials characterization, education & training
- Industries served: industry, corporations, and government entities
- Director: Devon Shipp
Central New York Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC)
841 East Fayette St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
- Phone: (315) 464-9288
- Website: cnybac.com
- Year established: 2011
- Organization type: innovation center, incubator
- Services/Resources offered: licensed state-of-the-art wet-lab space, shared equipment, access to Upstate Medical University clinical and basic science expertise, access to Upstate Medical University core facilities, educational programming, service-provider network, mentor network, match resources, 200-plus seat theater and café event space rental, collaborative partnerships
- Industries served: biotech/biomed commercialization startups
- Executive Director: Kathi Durdon
FuzeHub
25 Monroe St. Suite 201
Albany, NY 12210
- Phone: (518) 768-7030
- Website: fuzehub.com
- Year established: 2016
- Organization type: funding source, consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: FuzeHub provides New York state manufacturers and startups with guided access to network of industry experts, programs and assets to solve productivity, commercialization, research and development issues, and other challenges to growth
- Industries served: Small to medium-sized manufacturing companies and startups
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: Manufacturing Reimagined Program, Cybersecurity, Build4Scale
- Total Admin. Staff: 18
- Total No. of Offices: 1
- Executive Director: Elena Garuc
Griffiss Institute
592 Hangar Road
Rome, NY 13441
- Phone: (315) 838-1696
- Website: griffissinstitute.org
- Year established: 2002
- Organization type: incubator, consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: technology transfer, internship, program, workforce education & training, STEM education
- Industries served: advocates and facilitates the co-operation of private industry, academia, and the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, in developing solutions to critical cybersecurity problems
- Interim President and Chief Engineer: Mike Wessing
Integrated Electronics Engineering Center at Binghamton University
Integrated Electronics Engineering Center
Binghamton, NY 13902
- Website: binghamton.edu/ieec
- Year established: 1991
- Organization type: research center
- Services/Resources offered: Reliability and Failures Lab, Smart Electronics Manufacturing Lab; collection of equipment open for students, faculty, and industry members use; archive of past and ongoing industry research projects, knowledge-sharing, networking
- Industries served: electronics
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: Annual Electronics Packaging Symposium
- Director: S.B. Park
Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
120 Hawley St.
Binghamton, NY 13901
- Phone: (607) 777-5094
- Website: southerntierincubator.com
- Year established: 2017
- Organization type: incubator
- Services/Resources offered: 35,000 square-feet of offices, high-tech labs, and co-working spaces that encourage collaboration between members; access to financial, legal and regulatory resources and services
- Industries served: energy, electronics, health
- Assistant VP for Entrepreneurship & Economic Development:
Per Stromhaug
Launch NY
77 Goodell St., Suite 201
Buffalo, NY 14203
- Phone: (716) 881-8006
- Website: launchny.org
- Organization type: funding source consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: mentoring, proof-of-concept funding, business tools, resource network
- Industries served: advanced manufacturing, biomedical, chemicals/materials, cleantech, consumer goods & services, food and beverage, IT & web technology, life sciences & pharmaceuticals, medical devices, mobile technology, nanotechnology, sensors
- President & CEO: Marnie LaVigne
Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences
405 Weill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
- Phone: (607) 255-3756
- Website: mcgoverncenter.cornell.edu
- Year established: 2008
- Organization type: incubator
- Services/Resources offered: lab equipment, office space
- Industries served: life sciences
- McGovern Center Director: Lou Walcer
Mohawk Valley Small Business Development Center
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY 13502
- Phone: (315) 792-7547
- Website: http://nyssbdc.org/centers/centers.aspx?centid=13
- Year established: 1986
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: one-on-one business counseling, business-plan development, startup assistance, sources of financing, government contracting assistance, training workshops, research services, and MWBE resources
- Director: Paul Arvantides
MVCC’s thINCubator
326 Broad St.
Utica, NY 13501
- Phone: (315) 880-0511
- Website: thincubator.co
- Year established: 2014
- Organization type: innovation center, incubator
- Services/Resources offered: offers programs to help you generate better business ideas, refine and accelerate startups (The Refinery), and meet other CNY creatives (MESH); provides coworking
- Total Admin. Staff: 2
- Co-Director: Stacey Smith
- Co-Director: Ryan Miller
New York Business Development Corp.
1220 Coffeen St.
Watertown, NY 13601
- Phone: (315) 782-9262
- Website: watertown.nyssbdc.org
- Year established: 1986
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: free confidential business counseling for new and existing businesses in Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego counties including business planning, marketing, financial assistance, government-procurement opportunities
- Regional Director: Elizabeth Lonergan
North Country Innovation Hot Spot
65 Main St.
Potsdam, NY 13676
- Phone: (315) 268-3810
- Website: northcountryhotspot.com
- Organization type: incubator
- Services/Resources offered: office and lab space, press releases, business development, business-plan review, growth strategies, market channels, product development
- Industries served: small and early-stage businesses
- Director of the Shipley Center: Jamey Hoose
Praxis Center for Venture Development
350 Duffield Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
- Phone: (607) 255-6032
- Website: https://pcvd.cornell.edu/
- Year established: 2019
- Organization type: innovation
center, incubator, consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: provides a launchpad for Cornell University-based researchers to commercialize their technologies
- Industries served: semiconductors, medical devices, enterprise software, chemicals, instruments, and many others
- Administrative Academic Director: Robert Scharf
- Program Assistant: Stacy Clementson
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
314 East State St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
- Phone: (607) 882-2400
- Website: revithaca.com
- Organization type: incubator
- Services/Resources offered: business mentorship, workspace, and startup resources
- Industries served: any new or growing business that will create jobs in Ithaca and surrounding communities, mentorship is field-agnostic
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: Events@Rev
- Executive Director: Tom Schryver
Small Business Development Center at OCC
Mulroy Hall
Syracuse, NY 13215
- Phone: (315) 498-6070
- Website: onondagasbdc.org
- Year established: 1986
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: business counseling, business-plan development, consulting, workshops, MWBE resources, cooperatives
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: COVID-19 programs, assistance, and resources; ESD Digital Initiative
- Total Admin. Staff: 9
- Regional Director: Joan A. Powers
South Side Innovation Center
2610 South Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13205
- Phone: (315) 443-8466
- Website: southsideinnovation.org
- Year established: 2006
- Organization type: innovation center
- Services/Resources offered: Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP), supporting clients and tenants of SSIC; WISE Women’s Business Center for women seeking to start or grow a business; Syracuse Commercial Test Kitchen (COMTEK) to help food entrepreneurs launch businesses; Start-up NY/ Program for Investment in Micro-entrepreneurs (PRIME) supporting disabled and low- income entrepreneurs with training and assistance
- Industries served: aspiring, new, and existing entrepreneurs, women, minorities, low-income individuals, individuals with disabilities, and those interested in food-product development and manufacture
- Director: El-Java Abdul-Qadir
SUNY Canton Small Business Development Center
French Hall 201
Canton, NY 13617
- Phone: (315) 386-7312
- Website: canton.edu/sbdc
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: free direct counseling and a wide range of management and technical assistance services; helps startups develop a business plan, assist existing businesses prepare to expand, or offer resources for industry-specific topics
- Director: Dale Rice
SyracuseCOE
727 E. Washington St.
Syracuse, NY 13244
- Phone: (315) 443-4445
- Website: syracusecoe.syr.edu
- Organization type: Center of Excellence
- Services/Resources offered: University and corporate R&D expertise, state-of-the-art R&D facilities, industry-led product development, exposure to funding opportunities, assistance with grant proposals networking and intellectual collisions, focused economic-development programs, startup assistance, business attraction opportunities
- Industries served: environmental and energy technologies
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: SyracuseCoE Symposium
- Interim Executive Director: Eric A. Schiff
TDO
445 Electronics Parkway, Suite 102
Liverpool, NY 13088
- Phone: (315) 425-5144
- Website: tdo.org
- Year established: 1988
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: helps manufacturers and technology entrepreneurs through lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, Toyota Kata, Quality Management Systems, global business development, technology commercialization, SBIR assistance, ISO certification
- Industries served: manufacturing, packing & crating, R&D, engineering services, testing laboratories, packing & labeling services, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment
- Total Admin. Staff: 4
- No. of CNY Offices: 1
- Center Director: Jim D’Agostino
The Tech Garden
235 Harrison St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
- Phone: (315) 470-1970
- Website: thetechgarden.com
- Year established: 2004
- Organization type: innovation center, incubator, funding source, consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: events, resources, programs
- VP, Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Rick Clonan
The Technology Farm
500 Technology Farm Drive
Geneva, NY 14456
- Phone: (315) 781-0070
- Website: thetechnologyfarm.com
- Organization type: incubator
- Services/Resources offered: “Flexible Technology” research building for entrepreneurs/startup companies and diversifying companies; multi-tenant flex space for mid-sized research and development companies; build-to-suit sites for large, mature companies ranging in size from 4 to 20 acres
- Industries served: agriculture, food, and biotechnology
- Executive Director: John Johnson
Upstate Venture Connect
235 Harrison St., #41
Syracuse, NY 13202
- Phone: (315) 235-1283
- Website: uvc.org
- Year established: 2010
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: connects and empowers upstate New York entrepreneurs with the resources for building high-growth companies
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: UNY50 Leadership Network, Upstate Unleashed Conference & Awards, UNY Event Calendar
- Founder & Chairman: Martin Babinec
- Co-founder & CEO: Nasir Ali
U.S. Small Business Administration Syracuse District Office
224 Harrison Street
Syracuse, NY 13202
- Phone: (315) 471-9393
- Website: sba.gov/ny/syracuse
- Organization type: federal agency
- Services/Resources offered: business counseling and training programs, access to capital, government contracting programs, disaster recovery, small business advocacy
- Industries served: small business
- Notable initiatives/success stories/events: SBA Emerging Leaders program
- District Director: Bernard J. Paprocki
WISE Women’s Business Center
100 Madison St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
- Phone: (315) 443-8634
- Website: wisecenter.org
- Year established: 2003
- Organization type: consulting/training provider
- Services/Resources offered: offers counseling, coaching, consulting, training, networking, and mentoring opportunities to women interested in launching or growing a business venture
- Director: Meghan Florkowski
