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The purposes of BIA/NYS, Inc., are:

to expand the resources available to start-up companies and to work with policy-makers on matters affecting the growth and development of incubator-based enterprises;
to promote through cooperation and on a broadly integrative basis the educational and entrepreneurial activities of incubators within the state; and
to establish a structure and ongoing process to network business incubators, incubating/incubated companies, and other interested parties.

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Two tenants at SUNY Fredonia Technology incubator launch crowdfunding campaigns

Submitted by admin on May 14, 2013 - 3:12pm

Two tenants at our supporting member SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator have launched RocketHub crowdfunding campaigns:

The Center for Sports Skills Measurement, which operates a network of certified testing centers in several popular sports, is seeking backing for a national testing tour aimed at young athletes; and
AVtick , a newly admitted company founded by a WNY entrepreneur with speech and hearing disabilities, seeks backing for an iPhone application focused on audio- and voice-based social media and networking.

More information from Fredonia news releases at here and here.

SUNY Fredonia incubator attracts 300 to open house, announces $100,000 grant arranged by state Sen. Young

Submitted by admin on April 29, 2013 - 8:00am

Up to 300 local businesspeople and community stakeholders attended the first annual open house held by our supporting member the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator, an event in trade-show format celebrating jobs growth among the incubator's existing tenants and initial graduates.

The campus also announced a $100,000 operating grant designated for the incubator in the current-year state budget, arranged by state Senator Catherine M. Young (R,C,I - 57th District). In the course of her visit to announce the operating grant, Senator Young spent considerable time with the incubator's tenants. A photo of her visit accompanies the university news release.

Both events were also covered by Buffalo Business First and the Dunkirk Observer.

NYC ACRE incubatee ThinkEco named incubator graduate of the year by NBIA

Submitted by admin on April 10, 2013 - 10:27am

ThinkEco, a company developing energy-saving smart outlets, and a tenant/client of the NYSERDA-sponosred NYC ACRE clean-energy incubator at NYU-Poly, was named 2013 Outstanding Incubator Graduate in the technology category at the internaitonal conference of the National Business Incubation Association. ThinkEco's "Modlet" allows consumers and utilities to monitor electricity usage and provide "demand response" services in the cloud. For more information, please see the attached news release from ThinkEco.

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Marketplace features NY Designs tenant Tactonic Technologies

Submitted by admin on April 7, 2013 - 4:38pm

Tactonic Technologies, a developer of multitouch sensors that can reach room size, and a tenant of our member the NY Designs incubator at LaGuardia Community College, was highlighted by the business show Marketplace on public radio. Embedded audio after the break.

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