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Spotlight on OVITZ: Delivering Life-Changing Vision Improvements
While optometrists have been able to capture measurements of the eye for some time, they’ve needed to work with multiple tools and multiple manufacturers to deliver custom contact lenses to their patients. OVITZ is streamlining the process with the xwave system. Nick Brown, Director of Engineering at OVITZ, speaks with Luminate’s Technology Program Manager, Dr. […]
Introducing Cohort 4
Our typical program calendar has shifted due to COVID, but it seems fitting to welcome a new season of growth with a new cohort of promising startups. Out of 126 applications from 22 countries and 21 U.S. states, these 10 rose to the top! Andluca Technologies — UV-solar-powered smart glass for improving the energy […]
Be Helpful and You’ll Be Remembered, and Other Tips from Our Special Events and Marketing Consultant
Get to Know Sandy Sloane Who says an accelerator is all work and no play? From the day we announce our cohort members to the investing of millions in follow-on funding at the end of their time in the program, there are many causes for celebration at Luminate. If you’ve attended our Lightning Rounds to […]
ESD Announces 10 Finalists Selected to Take Part in Round 4 of Luminate NY Accelerator Competition In Rochester
Via Empire State Development $25 Million Luminate NY Initiative Continues to Bring the Best Startups with Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Technologies to the Finger Lakes Region to Tap World Class Resources and Grow the Economy The Competition is Supported by “Finger Lakes Forward” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy […]
Nordetect Closes $1.5M Seed Investment Round to Bring Lab-on-a-Chip Technology to Indoor and Vertical Farms
Via GlobeNewswire COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nordetect, the Danish agritech startup building portable agricultural testing solutions, announced today a seed investment of $1.5 million. Early-stage technology investor Luminate NY led the investment round with new participation from Rockstart, SOSV (HAX), PreSeed Ventures and Vækstfonden (The Danish Growth Fund). The company will use the financing to commercialize its […]
Spotlight on Rubitection: Advancing Early Bedsore Detection
Treating a single bedsore can cost up to $45,000, and some patients pay with their lives. Rubitection, a Luminate cohort 3 startup, is working to change the outcomes. Dr. Sanna Gaspard, Rubitection CEO, shares how her company’s skin health monitoring platform, the Rubitect Assessment System (RAS), offers a much needed and vastly superior alternative to […]
Cohort 4 Announcement Coming Soon!
Last week, 27 semi-finalists pitched virtually to our advisory board members for a place in cohort 4. Startup teams from around the world shared their innovations in augmented/virtual reality, medical devices and imaging, displays and light sources, precision manufacturing and measurement, materials science, spectroscopy, and sensors. They fielded questions about their tech, team, business […]
Leverage Your Connections, and Other Sales Tips from Our Director of Operations
Get to Know Andy Simon If you’ve ever applied to Luminate, chances are you connected with Andy Simon. Head of recruitment, leader of logistics, and coordinator of all training and consultants (to name a few of many hats), Andy ensures that the startups accepted into Luminate are successful throughout the program. Before Andy helped launch […]
Mergers & Acquisitions with Jay Kumler
President of global technology group Jenoptik Optical Systems and Luminate advisory board member, Jay Kumler has experience in both the buy- and sell-sides of M&A. He speaks with our Managing Director, Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, about his transition from a startup founder to doing business internationally as part of a publicly traded company. Hear what exciting […]
