Resources

Support Type	Resource	Description
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Incubators	43North Business Plan Competition	Every year 43North awards $5 MILLION in capital including a grand prize of $1 MILLION to truly remarkable startups from around the world. In addition to cash, 43North winners receive incubator space, expert mentorship, and ten years of freedom from state taxes.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	76West Clean Energy Competition	76West is an unparalleled competition focused on growing entrepreneurs and attracting resources from the U.S. and around the world to build clean energy businesses and jobs in New York State's Southern Tier region.
Funding, High Growth	Advantage Capital	At Advantage Capital, we're looking for businesses that are ready for growth. Through a combination of public-private partnerships, we provide access to flexible capital to facilitate growth for your business.
Grassroots, High Growth, Higher Education	Alfred University, School of Business	The MBA program at Alfred University is designed to meet the needs of working professionals, as well as business students continuing from undergraduate education. The curriculum emphasis is on skills and perspectives which sustain businesses in a rapidly changing global environment.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Amherst Industrial Development Agency	The AIDA's mission is to promote economic diversity, quality employment opportunities and to broaden the tax base of the Town of Amherst and Village of Williamsville in order to reduce the tax burden on homeowners, while helping to maintain and enhance a high quality living environment.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth	Angel Capital Association	The North American professional association of active accredited investors provides unparalleled access to trending ideas and professional knowledge to help improve returns and promote effective public policies for angels and startups. Although not a funding source, ACA provides entrepreneurs an inside view into how angels think.
Funding, High Growth	Armory Square Ventures	Armory Square Ventures is a venture fund based in Upstate New York and NYC. We often provide the first round of institutional capital for companies targeting the largest industries across New York State.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth	Bright Buffalo Niagara	Since 2009, Bright Buffalo Niagara has paired the best possible startups and business ideas with the funding sources that will allow them to prosper - creating long-term economic impact for Buffalo and beyond.
Funding, High Growth	Buffalo Angels	A member-managed seed investment fund that evaluates investment opportunities in collaboration with the Buffalo Angels.
High Growth, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Buffalo Institute for Genomics	The Buffalo Institute for Genomics (BIG) and Data Analytics was created in 2014 to provide informatics and biomedical expertise to advance genomic medicine. The intentions are for BIG to become a community asset which provides operational resources to create innovation and new jobs among its partners and industry.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth, Incubators	Buffalo Lab	Buffalo Lab is a community workshop where you can learn from others, make things and play with technology, art, science, food and more!
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus	The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Inc. (BNMC) is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to facilitate collaboration and address shared issues among member institutions that form the 120-acre Medical Campus and our surrounding neighborhoods.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Buffalo Niagara Partnership	The Buffalo Niagara Partnership is a privately-funded, economic development organization and the largest regional chamber of commerce in Western New York. We are comprised of some of the most established regional employers, representing a quarter of a million member employees including dozens of major investors.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots	Buffalo OpenCoffee Club	This is the Google group where all of us converse and share topics of interest. We discuss local initiatives, national news in tech, local events, and jobs are posted. We started with 1 person, we're now at 300+ as of summer 2012.
Funding, Grassroots, Other Business Services	Buffalo Urban League	Established in 1927 by an interracial group of prominent citizens, with initial funding from Mrs. Alfred H. Schoelkopf, the Buffalo Urban League was formed to address the employment, housing and social needs of African-Americans and immigrants migrating from the South to the North.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Canisius College Women's Business Center	We continue to develop training and networking opportunities to empower women business owners to grow their business. We are now also working to support women business owners at every stage of their business growth.
High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services	Canisius College, Richard J. Wehle School of Business	Wehle prepares its students with the technical skills and mindset necessary to lead within their organizations, to excel in the globally competitive marketplace and to behave as ethically and socially responsible individuals. This is achieved through teaching excellence, intellectual vigor, hands-on practical training and community involvement in the Jesuit tradition.
Funding, High Growth	Canrock Ventures	We don't just invest; we partner. We take risk out of startups by providing far more than capital; we provide knowledge, insight and experience. Services include shared services, phased investments, CEO coaching, incubation and cross-pollination and larger equity ownership.
Funding, High Growth	Cayuga Venture Fund	Our venture capital team is interested in startups at various stages across a wide range of industries. We invest in companies that excite us.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology, Alfred University	At Alfred University's Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT), the primary mission is to help New York State (NYS) companies retain and create jobs, increase their productivity, and boost their profitability through research in advanced ceramic materials and processing. The CACT offers a wide range of research options to help businesses grow and thrive.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Information Management, Columbia University	The Center for Advanced Information Management at Columbia University strives to provide effective, targeted assistance utilizing the university's intellectual strength and comprehensive infrastructure. Funded by New York State, they offer flexible approaches to solving industry's problems. Their goal is to enable industry partners to grow and prosper and to commercialize Columbia-developed technologies.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University	CAMP is the "go to place" for NY state (and other) companies interested in understanding and exploring state-of-the-arts advanced, tailor-designed materials and processes to improve their products, solve manufacturing challenges, increase yield, lower costs, and/or establish new/novel products.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Incubators, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Systems & Engineering, Syracuse University	Our Mission is to catalyze growth in the high-technology economy of New York State by fusing technical competency with industry-specific knowledge to advance applications of predictive analysis, monitoring and/or control of complex behavioral, information and communication systems.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Technology in Biomedical & Bioengineering, University at Buffalo	The UB Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT) is one of 15 NYSTAR sponsored Centers for Advanced Technology across New York State. The Center supports university-industry collaborations in life sciences research, education and technology transfer.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Technology in Medical Biotechnology, SUNY at Stony Brook	We strive to support collaborative research arrangements that will accelerate the development of technologies in order to have a positive impact on human health and society. To accomplish such a bold mission, we have developed a comprehensive and multi-faceted strategy, one focused on the whole continuum of advancing a scientific innovation into a business reality.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials & Nanoelectronics, SUNY Polytechnic Institute	The Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (CATN2) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute has concentrated its efforts on establishing and nurturing a next-generation, nanotechnology-enabled open innovation ecosystem that targets support for start-ups in the research and development phase; supplier growth in the pilot-prototype demonstration phase; and business attraction in the manufacturing scale-up phase, all with an eye toward catalyzing high-technology economic growth.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Technology in Photonics Applications, City College of NY	The Center for Industrial Partnership is the portal through which industry scientists and engineers can meet and collaborate with faculty, researchers and students conducting basic and applied research in laboratories, centers and institutes throughout The City University of New York, the largest urban public university in the world.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications, New York University	The Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications and Distributed Information Systems (CATT) promotes industry-university collaborative research and development. Our mission, guided by the mission of our funding agency, is to create economic impact through research, technology transfer, and faculty entrepreneurship.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Automation Technologies and Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Rensselaer CATS conducts cutting-edge, industrially relevant research in advanced automation and control systems to advance knowledge, develop new technologies, foster economic growth and engender a richer, more relevant educational experience through collaborative partnerships among its public sector stakeholders, industrial clients, faculty, staff, and students.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Emerging & Innovation Sciences, University of Rochester	Promote economic development in New York State by bringing together companies and university researchers who have areas of common interest and encouraging collaboration through funding and outreach. By bringing together multiple universities, companies, government agencies, and economic development organizations in a collaborative environment, we provide leadership in the identification and realization of technology-driven economic development in the Finger Lakes region.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center for Life Science Enterprise, Cornell University	Cornell's Institute of Biotechnology seeks to catalyze life science research, stimulate biotechnological innovation and foster entrepreneurship locally, regionally and internationally. The Institute promotes a wide spectrum of activities, blending academic research with economic development in and beyond the broad life sciences arena, thereby creating and strengthening partnerships across and within scientific disciplines.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Advanced Energy Research & Technology, SUNY Stony Brook	The Advanced Energy Center (AERTC) is located in the Research & Development Park at Stony Brook University and is a true partnership of academic institutions, research institutions, energy providers and industrial corporations. The Center's mission is innovative energy research, education and technology deployment with a focus on efficiency, conservation, renewable energy and nanotechnology applications for new and novel sources of energy.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Environmental & Energy Systems, Syracuse University	SyracuseCoE works with Partners and collaborators to create innovations in environmental and energy technologies that promote sustainable well-being in built and urban environments. We provide leadership and leverage our expertise, resources and relationships to achieve impact for our Partners and the region.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics & Nanotechnology, SUNY Polytechnic Institute	SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) is a global education, research, development, and technology deployment resource dedicated to preparing the next generation of scientists and researchers in nanotechnology. By leveraging its resources in partnership with business and government, SUNY Poly supports accelerated high technology education and commercialization, and seeks to create jobs and economic growth for nanotechnology-related industries.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging, Binghamton University	The Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging (SIP) Center is a research and development organization that addresses research challenges in small scale system design, process development, prototyping, and manufacturing for academia and the microelectronics industry.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Sustainable Manufacturing, Rochester Institute of Technology	A primary goal of the COE-ASM is to help New York State manufacturing companies improve their competitiveness through partnerships developing and deploying innovative technologies for more efficient and sustainable products and manufacturing processes. Sustainable manufacturing applies "systems thinking" to the design, distribution, production, use, and end-of-life handling of products, leading to greater energy and resource use efficiency and greener products that offer a competitive edge.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology, SUNY Stony Brook	The Center is a next generation research and educational facility whose mission is three-fold: become recognized as a world leader in interdisciplinary research in the emerging, critical technologies of the information age, address the skilled technology worker shortage, and foster new enterprise development.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Clarence Industrial Development Agency	The Town of Clarence Industrial Development Agency (IDA) was formed over 40 years ago under New York State authority for the purpose of attracting and nurturing businesses to help create jobs and build the economy through financial incentives and counseling assistance
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Concord Industrial Development Agency	The Concord Industrial Development Agency (CIDA) was created in 1980 to further the economic development of the Town of Concord.
	Consumer Credit Service	Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo, Inc. is a local nonprofit Agency established in 1965. We offer a wide array of services that provide solutions to the complex financial side of our lives. Counseling sessions focus on proper budgeting techniques, debt repayment options, student loan assistance, small business advice, credit report education and credit score explanations.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency	The CCIDA is an economic development organization authorized and empowered by the State of New York to make Chautauqua County a better place to work, live, and visit.
Grassroots, Incubators	Cowork Buffalo	We want you to love this office. Many of our current members are based in technology fields. We're open to all professions that need to cowork. We're also open to host your event, meetup, or group at the space!
High Growth, Incubators	Design Innovation Garage (DIG)	dig, a 6,000 square foot coworking space located on the first floor of the IC, is designed to help entrepreneurs of all types to form, refine, and launch their business ideas by providing them with education, mentoring, and access to broad business networks.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	Directed Energy	The Directed Energy program facilitates the growth of an alternative energy technology and business cluster in Western New York.
High Growth, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Division of Science, Technology and Innovation, Empire State Development	Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) offers programs that assist companies from start-up through maturity, leveraging the state's unparalleled investment in world-class technology assets and expertise
Funding, High Growth	Eastern New York Angels	The goal of the Eastern NY Angels is to stimulate an entrepreneurial spirit in the Capital Region of NYS, create jobs and generate a reasonable rate of return for our investors. The Fund focuses on investment opportunities that are within NYS with a primary focus for companies located within the 11 county region surrounding Albany known as Tech Valley.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	Empire State Development	The mission of Empire State Development is to promote a vigorous and growing state economy, encourage business investment and job creation, and support diverse, prosperous local economies across New York State through the efficient use of loans, grants, tax credits, real estate development, marketing and other forms of assistance.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Erie Country Industrial Development Agency	The Erie County Industrial Development Agency (ECIDA), is a public benefit corporation created in 1970 by an act of the New York State Legislature to promote and assist private sector industrial / business development thereby advancing job opportunities and economic well-being to the people of Erie County.
Funding, High Growth	Excell Partners	Excell is a VC fund that invests in Seed and Early Stage high-tech startups in New York State focused on Upstate NY. Excell has the dual mission of generating returns and supporting economic development. Excell's Portfolio includes investments in Medical Device, Materials, Energy, Biotech, Agtech, Imaging, and IT/Software ventures across NY State.
Funding, Grassroots, High Growth	Excelsior Growth Fund	Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF) promotes economic development and job creation in New York State by providing streamlined access to small business loans and business advisory services.
Funding, High Growth	FF Venture Capital	We are a technology venture capital firm focused on supporting visionary founders at the seed- and early-stages of company formation and growth.
Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	First Wave Technologies	First Wave is a medical device company developing products for the acute care and long term care market. Our focus is to disrupt on areas of healthcare with innovative products which have not seen meaningful change historically for the improvement of patient care. Our current products are centered around improving the ease and accuracy of pharmaceutical delivery.
Grassroots, High Growth, Incubators	Fredonia Technology Incubator	The Fredonia Technology Incubator promotes economic growth by supporting entrepreneurship and the development of new, innovative companies into successful business ventures.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Future Energy Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	CFES conducts fundamental and applied research to accelerate the development of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies. Working with other academic and government institutions, and with many industry partners, we focus on the development and application of new energy materials, devices and systems.
Funding, High Growth	Golden Seeds	When Golden Seeds was founded in 2005, women entrepreneurs represented less than 3% of all companies receiving start-up capital. The goal was to raise substantial capital for women entrepreneurs and to encourage both women and men to become active venture investors, by providing a venue where they could learn and work together. We offer an environment in which today's most exciting women-led businesses receive capital and connections to grow and successfully exit. We aim to achieve market returns for our investors while at the same time creating lasting impact.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Hamburg Industrial Development Agency	The Town of Hamburg Industrial Development Agency is established as a public benefit corporation of the State for the benefit of the Town of Hamburg.
Grassroots, Incubators	Harrison Place	Mancuso Business Development Group exists to transform the opportunity in buildings into economic success for people and communities.
Grassroots, High Growth, Incubators	IncubatorWorks- Alfred	IncubatorWorks is a resource for business startups and expansions in the Southern Tier of New York. From ideation, to testing, to limited production, to full manufacturing we are here to help, offering advanced technologies, flexible manufacturing infrastructure and professional mentoring.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots	InfoTech Niagara	Formed in 1998, InfoTech WNY is a rapidly growing consortium of multi-sized software, hardware, telecommunications companies, government and economic agencies, and educational institutions. The purpose of the organization is to address various industry-specific issues such as workforce availability, industry image, technology transfer, networking, access to financing, and attracting new business to the region.
Funding, High Growth	Innovate New York Fund	The Innovate NY Fund is a $47.3 million venture capital fund that invests in seed stage businesses to support innovation, job creation and high growth entrepreneurship throughout New York State. The program is supported with $37 million from NY State and $10.3 million from Goldman Sachs.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Insyte Consulting	Insyte Consulting helps WNY manufacturing and technology companies succeed. Insyte focuses in these areas because manufacturing leads our region in GDP, accounting for tens of thousands of jobs, and technology is the key to our future.
Economic Development Organization, High Growth	Invest Buffalo Niagara	Founded in 1999, Invest Buffalo Niagara represents the eight counties of Western New York. We are the region?s nonprofit privately funded economic development organization focused on job creation.
High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	Jacobs Institute	The JI's mission is to accelerate the development of next-generation technologies in vascular medicine through collisions of physicians, engineers, entrepreneurs, and industry.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Lancaster Industrial Development Agency	The Lancaster Industrial Development Agency is a public benefit corporation, formed under Article 18-A of New York Stateﾒs General Municipal Law. The mission of the LIDA is to promote economic growth and development in the Lancaster, New York area.
Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	Launch NY	Launch New York, Inc. (Launch NY) is a 501(c)(3) venture development organization whose mission is to identify, support and invest in high-growth, high-impact companies and catalyze the entrepreneurial culture to drive job and wealth creation in the 27 westernmost counties of Upstate New York.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Lockport (Town of) Industrial Development Agency	Lockport, New York is a dynamic community, with a progressive outlook and a business-friendly approach that makes locating your business or developing your project in our community a rewarding experience.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	MedTech	MedTech connects New York State's Bio/Med industry through collaboration, education and advocacy. We are an active association of pharmaceutical, biotech and medical technology companies, their suppliers and service providers, and research universities.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth	National Venture Capital Association	As the voice of the U.S. venture capital community, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) empowers its members and the entrepreneurs they fund by advocating for policies that encourage innovation and reward long-term investment. As the venture community's flagship trade association, the NVCA serves as the definitive resource for venture capital data and unites its member firms through a full range of professional services.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	New York Battery and Energy Technology Storage Consortium	NY-BEST serves as an expert resource to energy storage-related companies and organizations seeking assistance to grow their businesses in New York State. This includes access to financing, research capabilities, potential partners, technology developers, manufacturers, and other private sector and government resources. NY-BEST serves as an important connector in establishing a strong energy storage ﾓecosystemﾔ encompassing all stages of energy storage product development and use.
Funding, Grassroots, High Growth	New York Business Development Corporation	NYBDC's goal is to assist, promote and advance the business prosperity and economic welfare of the State of New York by providing loans to small businesses including start-up, early stage and mature businesses with a particular emphasis on minority and women owned businesses. We aim to be more creative in our underwriting. In many cases, we include multiple participations, SBA guarantees, flexible amortization and long-term payouts.
Funding, High Growth	New York Business Plan Competition	The New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) is a venture creation and innovation competition that was established in 2010 to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship throughout New Yorkﾒs colleges and universities.
Funding, High Growth	New York Green Bank	The key elements of NY Green Bank's mission are working with private sector market participants, implementing structures that address gaps and overcome barriers in current clean energy financing markets, and transforming those markets by enabling greater scale, new and expanded asset classes, and greater liquidity. These factors should combine to motivate faster and more extensive private participation in the clean energy marketplace.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, Unviersity at Buffalo	The NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CBLS) is a hub for life sciences innovation and technology-based economic development driving scientific discovery, facilitating collaboration among academia, industry and the public sector to create jobs that directly impact the regionﾒs and stateﾒs economies.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics, University at Buffalo	The Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI) leverages UB's cutting edge materials science, big data analytics and advanced manufacturing expertise to drive critical R&D activities that directly impact private sector growth.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	New York State Energy Research & Development Authority	NYSERDA offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. A public benefit corporation, NYSERDA has been advancing energy solutions and working to protect the environment since 1975.
High Growth, Other Business Services	New York State Entrepeneurial Assistance Program	The Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP) establishes Entrepreneurial Assistance Centers in local communities to provide instruction, training, technical assistance and support services to individuals who have recently started their own business or are interested in starting a business.
High Growth, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	New York State Science & Technology Law Center, Syracuse University	The New York State Science & Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) helps entrepreneurs and companies with new technologies identify potential challenges and devise effective strategies to successfully bring that technology to market.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	New York State Smart Grid Consortium	The purpose of the Consortium is to collectively harness the unique resources of New York State to help define and achieve its strategic Smart Grid vision; facilitate and enable timely, efficient, cost-effective Smart Grid developments; and serve as a model for the nation.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Nexus NY	NEXUS-NY is a clean energy seed accelerator. Each year we provide financial, business and educational support to around 10 entrepreneurial teams which are selected through a competitive application process. Program participants are eligible to receive approximately $50,000 of equity-free direct financial support.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Niagara County Industrial Development	The mission of the Center for Economic Development is to create and retain jobs, generate economic opportunities, attract new companies and grow existing businesses, attract private investment, expand the tax base, assist economically distressed areas, promote sustainable development, and improve the quality of life for Niagara County residents.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Niagara Town Industrial Development Agency	The Town of Niagara IDA works with each company to secure the best possible financing package.
Grassroots, High Growth, Higher Education	Niagara University	Since its beginnings in 1856, Niagara University has lived its mission in countless ways. Today, the University Community strives to embody the vision of St. Vincent de Paul, the patron saint of charity, in our scholarship, teaching and service. They provide grants to faculty who research to find causes and solutions to poverty.
High Growth, Other Business Services	NYSERDA Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Program	EIRs guide early-stage companies through specific projects and issues, such as staffing for growth, budget management, resource planning, strategic partnering and board management. An EIR has a strong background in executive-level management at technology-based companies. Seasoned executives share experience, skills and acquired knowledge with early-stage companies.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	NYSTAR Centers for Advanced Technology (CAT)	The CACT conducts applied research and development with industry, leveraging the expertise of Alfred's faculty in advanced technical ceramics and glass to generate economic impact at partner companies. The CACT leverages this expertise in a number of fields; including but not limited to ceramics and glass for application in energy, the environment, health care, defense, and much more.
Funding, Grassroots	Pathstone Enterprise Center	PathStone Enterprise Center's mission is to enhance the economic self-sufficiency and quality of life of individuals and communities through entrepreneurial training, technical assistance and access to financing for new and expanding businesses throughout Upstate New York and Puerto Rico.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	Pre-Seed Workshop	re-Seed Workshop is a community event where teams build companies ﾗ not the physical structures, but the foundational plans. And it all happens in two and a half days. We bring together experts in the community (technical, legal, business, finance, etc.) to determine the viability of new start-up concepts, potentially being spun-out of Universities and Federal Labs. Our focus is on commercializing hard-science technologies.
Funding, High Growth	Primary Venture Partners (formerly High Peaks Venture Partners)	Primary Venture Partners invests in early-stage transformative SaaS and NextGen Commerce companies, propelling them to success with deep industry expertise and unparalleled platform support.
Funding, High Growth	Rand Capital	Rand Capital is a Business Development Company (BDC) that focuses its equity investments in early or expansion stage companies or can structure its debenture investments for more mature companies. Rand looks for strong leadership who is bringing to market new or unique products, technologies or services that have a high potential for growth.
Funding, High Growth	Rochester Angel Network	The Rochester Angel Network is a private group of accredited investors in the Greater Rochester, NY Region with an interest in investing in seed and early stage startup companies. The network provides an accessible and efficient forum by which entrepreneurs can find potential investors, and investors can find deals of interest.
High Growth, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Roswell Park Cancer Institute	Roswell Park brings together the best medical and scientific minds in cancer care. We are dedicated to our mission to understand, prevent and cure cancer.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	Seneca Nation of Indians Small Business Incubator	The Seneca Nation of Indians has a proud and rich history. They are the largest of six Native American nations comprising the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations, a democratic government that pre-dates the United States Constitution.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Sensor Center for Advanced Technology, SUNY at Stony Brook	At our New York State Center for Advanced Technology at Stony Brook University, we provide intellectual, logistical, and material resources for the development of new product technologies - by facilitating R&D partnerships between New York companies with an in-state footprint and university researchers. The important outcomes are new jobs, new patents, training of students in company product matters, and improved competitiveness for New York State businesses.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE)	SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship. We have been doing this for over fifty years.
Grassroots, Other Business Services	Small Business Development Center- Batavia	The BEST Center, located in the Conable Technology Building at Genesee Community College is the recognized regional leader in developing the skilled workforce that powers local area economic growth. The Center provides a wide array of programs and services designed to prepare individual employees as well as businesses and organizations for success in the regional economy.
Grassroots, Other Business Services	Small Business Development Center- Buffalo	The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at SUNY Buffalo State provides management and technical assistance to start-up and existing small businesses throughout Erie County and the Niagara Frontier.
Grassroots, Other Business Services	Small Business Development Center- Jamestown	Since our start in 1986, the expert advisors of the Jamestown SBDC have worked directly with 11,096 businesses, helping them to invest $121,301,792 in the area's economy, and create or save 5,754 jobs.
Grassroots, Other Business Services	Small Business Development Center- Niagara	The Niagara Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides management and technical assistance. Services include business planning, development of marketing and global strategies, cash-flow projections, and financial analysis.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)	Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the United States and its territories. SBDCs help entrepreneurs realize the dream of business ownership and help existing businesses remain competitive in a complex, ever-changing global marketplace. SBDCs are hosted by leading universities and state economic development agencies, and funded in part through a partnership with SBA.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Smart System Technology and Commercialization Center, SUNY Polytechnic Institute	In 2010, Smart Systems Technology & Commercialization Center (STC) was created through a merger of New York State's Center of Excellence, the Infotonics Technology Center (ITC) in Canandaigua, with The Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly). This allowed for a natural alignment of STC with CNSE's NYS Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology.
Grassroots, Higher Education	St. Bonaventure University's School of Business	St. Bonaventure's MBA program is designed to meet the needs of the busy consumer. We offer our program in four formats ? part time, full time, weekends only and an online MBA program and at two locations: our main campus in Olean, N.Y., and at our Buffalo Center on the Hilbert College campus in Hamburg, N.Y.
Funding, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	StartFast Venture Accelerator	StartFast is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator. Each year we choose 5-10 software, mobile and internet companies for an intense 3-month program in Syracuse, NY.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth	Startup Grind	Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in 200 cities and 85 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth	Startup Grind - Buffalo	Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting 1,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 200 cities.
Economic Development Organization, Grassroots, High Growth	Start-Up New York	START-UP NY offers new and expanding businesses the opportunity to operate tax-free for 10 years on or near eligible university or college campuses in New York State. Partnering with these schools gives businesses direct access to advanced research laboratories, development resources and experts in key industries.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth	Startup Weekend	In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. As you learn how to create a real company, you'll meet the very best mentors, investors, cofounders, and sponsors who are ready to help you get started.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth	Startup Weekend- Buffalo	Buffalo Startup Weekend is an intense 54-hour event where local entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, product managers, startup enthusiasts and anyone interested in building a business will come together to share ideas, form teams, and launch a startup.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	StartupGPS	StartupGPS is designed around a simple goal: to give startup companies the information that they need to commercialize their business. Business owners can use the Pathfinder Survey to quickly assess where their startup companies are along the commercialization journey.
Funding, High Growth	Stonehenge Capital	Stonehenge has the capacity to provide venture capital, private equity and mezzanine debt to companies led by experienced management teams with a passion for innovation and the pursuit of high-growth opportunities. At the heart of our efforts are partnerships with companies that have high growth and high potential, and are often in markets that lack non-bank financing options.
Funding, High Growth	Talis Equity	Talis Equity is focused on expanding our portfolio of technology driven start up or newly founded companies that serve a 'higher purpose' to society while meeting our investment criteria.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	TedX- Buffalo	TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
Economic Development Organization, Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, Grass Roots, Incubators, Other Business Services	The Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center	The Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center serves small businesses on Buffalo’s East Side and throughout Western New York. The Exchange is a one-stop technical resource center, focusing on Minority and Women-Owned Enterprises (M/WBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran–Owned Businesses (SDVOB). We deliver expert guidance to help entrepreneurs succeed and foster inclusive economic growth in Western New York.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, University at Buffalo	Our Engineering Solutions, Operational Excellence and Professional Development services yield impactful results by facilitating organizational development and stimulating business growth for economic advancement.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth	The Entrepreneurs Network	The Entrepreneurs Network -TEN - is for startups who are commercializing scientific breakthroughs and new technologies, and for small businesses who can scale by tapping new markets or expanding their product portfolios. This focus on growth potential drives powerful peer-to-peer learning, and leads to real-world success stories. TEN members do better: winning government grants and contracts, increasing revenues by retooling sales & marketing strategy, and securing equity financing or traditional sources.
Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	The Inventures Group	The InVentures Group specializes in high technology companies, products and services that are beyond the lab and into the prototype or early production stages, with a product that is nearly ready to market.
High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	Thomas R Beecher Innovation Center	The Thomas R. Beecher, Jr. Innovation Center, an entrepreneurial hub in Buffalo, is a LEED-certified incubation space housing a variety of companies including those in life sciences, biotech and social innovation, as well as businesses offering support services like IP attorneys, talent acquisition, sales, and marketing.
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	United States Department of Commerce Commercial Service	The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 75 countries help U.S. companies get started in exporting or increase sales to new global markets
Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	United States Department of Commerce Commercial Service- Buffalo, Rochester, & Syracuse	The U.S. Commercial Service is the lead trade promotion agency of the U.S. government. U.S. Commercial Service trade professionals in over 100 U.S. cities and more than 75 countries help U.S. companies get started in exporting or increase sales to new global markets.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	United States Economic Development Administration	Economic Development creates the conditions for economic growth and improved quality of life by expanding the capacity of individuals, firms, and communities to maximize the use of their talents and skills to support innovation, lower transaction costs, and responsibly produce and trade valuable goods and services.
Economic Development Organization, Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	United States Small Business Administration	The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation
Funding, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	United States Small Business Administration, Buffalo District	The Buffalo District is a microcosm of the United States economy with a diverse but declining industrial base including heavy manufacturing and growing "hightech", retail, wholesale, and service sectors, a substantial dairy and agricultural industry plus large tourism attractions. Buffalo also serves as a major "Gateway to Canada".The District employs a modern system of highways, airports, and rail systems connecting hundreds of small towns and rural communities with larger cities. Numerous private colleges and universities compliment a large statewide university system.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots	University at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership	The CEL provides an individualized and interactive education in entrepreneurship. Designed by entrepreneurs and for entrepreneurs, the CEL is based on proven principles, centered on best and next practices and backed by the thought leadership of the UB School of Management.
Grassroots, High Growth, Incubators, Other Business Services	University at Buffalo Incubators	The UB Technology Incubator at Baird Research Park began in 1988 as a partnership between UB, the UB Foundation and New York State. As one of the nation's first bioincubators, it offered office space and wet labs. Its purpose was to help commercialize the inventions of UB while also supporting non-UB companies and contributing to the economic development of our region.
Economic Development Organization, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	University at Buffalo Office of Economic Development	The Office of Economic Development (OED) is helping transform the economies of Buffalo Niagara, New York State and beyond by helping UB achieve its full impact as a major economic engine.The OED bridges research and economic development. It maximizes campus-wide research efforts, leveraging the knowledge, resources and expertise necessary for an innovation economy, and creates an environment that encourages and rewards invention, collaboration and community.
Funding, High Growth, Higher Education, Incubators, Other Business Services, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	University at Buffalo Office of Science, Technology Transfer, & Economic Outreach	The UB Technology Transfer (TT) office guides researchers as their discoveries and inventions become new products and services. TT also facilitates contracts related to business-university partnerships.
Grassroots, High Growth, Higher Education, Other Business Services	University at Buffalo School of Management	The School of Management offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in an array of concentrations. Plus, through combined, dual-degree, affiliate and certificate programs, you can explore your interests outside of business while gaining the management skills necessary to advance to the top in fields like medicine, architecture, law, arts management and more.
High Growth, Higher Education, Tech Transfer & Commercialization	Upstate Medical University Tech Transfer	Upstate Medical University's Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) supports Upstate's mission of improving the health of the communities it serves by facilitating the commercialization of healthcare and biomedical research innovations.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth	Upstate Venture Association of New York	The Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY) advances investments in companies throughout Upstate New York. We facilitate connections between capital providers, companies and transaction professionals across the state.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth	Upstate Venture Connect	Upstate Venture Connect is an entrepreneur-led nonprofit focused on building a region wide startup community. We connect high growth company founders with the people and resources needed for success. We also partner with ecosystem leaders to create angel capital funds and build programs that assist entrepreneurial college students, researchers and technologists.
High Growth, Other Business Services	Western New York Innovation Hot Spot	The Western New York Incubator Network is a collaborative effort of incubators and entrepreneurial service providers from New York's Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara Counties, working together to turn our region into a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. We share best practices, networking, mentoring, educational, and financial resources to better assist incubator client companies.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grass Roots	Western New York Law Center	The Western New York Law Center, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation formed in 1996 after Congress restricted the types of cases that Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees could handle. The Center represents low-income Western New Yorkers in civil matters, emphasizing those areas restricted by LSC.
Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, High Growth	Western New York Venture Association	The WNYVA, founded in 1989, is the only not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a business opportunity and investment forum to the Niagara region. The association holds a series of networking meetings throughout the year to facilitate the exchange of information between investors and entrepreneurs.
Economic Development Organization, Education, Events, and Directory, Funding, Grassroots, Other Business Services	Westminster Economic Development Initiative	WEDI's mission is to empower economically-disadvantaged people who live and/or work in Buffalo's west side community. WEDI's vision is a vibrant, stable and inviting community.
Education, Events, and Directory, High Growth, Other Business Services, Grass Roots	WISE Women's Business Center	WISE Women's Business Center empowers women entrepreneurs by providing access to financial, human, social and intellectual capital essential for achieving economic success.
Education, Events, and Directory, Grassroots, High Growth, Other Business Services	World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara	An international business development organization that helps you grow through international trade. Since 1988, we have helped thousands of manufacturers and service companies grow by showing them how to take advantage of foreign trade opportunities..
Funding, High Growth, Other Business Services	Z80 Labs	Z80 Labs, launched in summer 2012, is Buffalo's first Internet-focused technology incubator, providing entrepreneurs the ability to build new and innovative tech companies in Buffalo, New York.