NEWS
SunDensity’s Photonic Smart Coating Technology Takes Top Prize at Luminate NY’s Finals Competition
Via Photonics Media September 15, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2020 — SunDensity, a developer of photonic smart coatings (PSC) technology, has earned $1 million in funding as the winner of the third cohort of the Luminate NY Program’s Innovation Finals Competition. All Luminate third-cohort winners, highlighted by program winner and Luminate “Company of the Year” […]
Governor Cuomo Announces Round 3 Winners of Luminate NY Accelerator Competition in Rochester
Via New York State Press Room September 14, 2020 SunDensity Awarded Top Honors and $1 Million in Investment Four Additional Visionary Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Companies Secure Follow-on Funding Investment Applications Now Being Accepted for Round 4 Through January 7, 2021 NYS Investment Complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – the Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities […]
Luminate NY: Rochester tech companies land funding as winners in state competition
Via Rochester First September 14, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two Rochester businesses were named winners in a state-based tech competition and will receive funding because of it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday SunDensity is the winner of Round 3 of the innovative Luminate NY competition. SunDensity received the “Company of the Year” award at […]
Boston-based company announced as winner of innovative competition, Luminate NY Accelerator
Via Inform NNY September 14, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WWTI) — The winner of the statewide technological innovation program, Luminate NY Accelerator Competition has been announced. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on September 14 that the Boston-based company SunDensity is the winner of Round 3 of the competition. The competition selects ten companies annually to participate in […]
Luminate NY Winners Announced
Via Rochester Business Journal September 14, 2020 A Boston-based tech manufacturer will receive a $1 million award and set up operations in Rochester as part of its Company of the Year Award in Round 3 of the Luminate NY Accelerator Competition. SunDensity, which originated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will locate its manufacturing facility in […]
Luminate NY Innovation Finals Showcase Range and Depth of Photonic Innovation
Via Photonics Media September 11, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2020 — For the first time, Luminate NY is holding its Innovation Finals Competition in a virtual format, at an event on the opening day of The Optical Society’s (OSA) Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science Conference (FiO + LS) Sept. 14-17. Finalists from 10 startups around […]
Luminate competition helps tech biz and Rochester
Via Rochester First September 9, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — This year the Luminate Finals will be held virtually for free on September 14 as ten companies will share awards of $1 million in grant funding. Ian Gauger, the Chief Operating Officer for Circle Optics, and Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, the Executive Director for Luminate, discussed […]
Luminate Arrives at FiO
Via Optics & Photonics News September 1, 2020 An optics and photonics startup accelerator will conduct its finals at the virtual FiO + LS conference. Two finalists weigh in. For the first time, the optics and photonics startup accelerator Luminate NY has partnered with OSA Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science APS/DLS (FiO + LS) […]
Startup class of 2020 continues to innovate
Via Imaging & Machine Vision Europe August 24, 2020 On 14 September, 10 photonics startups from Luminate’s business accelerator will present their technology during The Optical Society’s virtual conference. Greg Blackman asks Luminate MD, Sujatha Ramanujan, how these young companies are coping during Covid-19 Ten optics, photonics and imaging startups are to compete for up […]
