Technology & Innovation
Finalists selected for Luminate’s fourth round
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Each of 10 companies will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and get the chance to compete for up to $2 million.
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Each of 10 companies will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and get the chance to compete for up to $2 million.
Since its move to downtown Rochester’s Innovation Zone in early 2018, the entrepreneurship and innovation catalyst has nurtured 106 startups.
Led by Austin McChord, Casana has developed a toilet seat-based system designed to transform in-home cardiovascular monitoring.
In its most recently completed fiscal year, RIT secured a $82 million in research grants, a 39 percent increase over its record-setting 2018-19 total.
The Golisano Institute for Sustainability, together with regional business and health care partners, acted quickly to address a looming shortage.
Volunteers with fast-growing Face Shields Roc are making the personal protective equipment at home on 3-D printers.
Heart Health Intelligence plans to use the $2.2 million to help bring to market its high-tech toilet seat.
The app uses cameras embedded in smartphones and tablets to track a person’s heart rate, which can be an early indicator of a fever.
The Rochester company will use the funds to develop a version of its medical diagnostic tool for use in remote areas.
Fewer than a half-dozen ‘superstar’ tech hubs today account for nearly all innovation-sector job growth—and Rochester is not one of them. But with help from Washington, could our region become a future star?