Helping founders find community and connections
Ongoing business incubation and support services for new and existing businesses in Poughkeepsie. Provides co-working space, resources, mentorship, and guidance to help entrepreneurs solve problems and expand their businesses. Serves as an umbrella connector to pre-existing community programs.
The Albany Center for Economic Success (ACES) Business Incubator at 255 Orange Street provides affordable furnished office suites, onsite technical training, and business development assistance to early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses in the Capital Region.
Learn more →A 6-month small business incubator program by The Women's Economic Institute (WEI) in Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood, providing BIPOC women entrepreneurs with bi-weekly cohort-based classroom training, peer-to-peer mentoring, business plan design, marketing/branding coaching, financial planning, and access to a professional women's network.
Learn more →A CUNY Lehman College tech incubator providing workspace, business support, counseling, student interns, and mentorship to entrepreneurs from underserved Bronx communities, with a unique AR/VR lab.
Learn more →A South Bronx commercial kitchen incubator operated by WHEDco (Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation) providing 25+ small food businesses with 24/7 access to affordable shared kitchen space, semi-private workstations, storage, and personalized consulting on food safety, licensing, marketing, and product development.
Learn more →A business incubator program by Atlas Co. (Excelsior Business Development Corporation), a nonprofit community development enterprise at 151 Hempstead Turnpike, West Hempstead, NY, providing mentorship, technical assistance, financing access, and advocacy to minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses and emerging entrepreneurs on Long Island.
Learn more →200,000 sq ft office and production incubator in a former industrial complex in Geneva, NY's Finger Lakes region. Owned by the Geneva Industrial Development Agency in partnership with Ontario County Economic Development. Serves manufacturing, services, nonprofits, arts, tech, and more with space from 300–20,000 sq ft, subsidized rent, high-speed fiber, and access to economic development loans and federal/state grant facilitation.
Learn more →Fordham University's Hub for Innovation and Entrepreneurship serving students, alumni, faculty, and Bronx community members. Founded 2012 in collaboration with NYC SBS. Located at 557 E. Fordham Road (Bronx) and Lincoln Center (Manhattan). Offers coaching, mentorship, entrepreneurs-in-residence, bi-annual pitch competitions (Ram's Den, Pitch Challenge, Battle of the Bronx), and the Fordham Angel Fund (up to $25K equity-free funding). Executive Director: Albert J. Bartosic.
Learn more →First co-working space and incubator specifically serving underrepresented and BIPOC entrepreneurs in Western New York. Located inside The Exchange at Beverly Gray on East Utica Street, Buffalo. Offers incubation program, acceleration workshops, mentorship, coaching, and connections to funding. UB partnership provides START-UP NY tax exemptions, UB law school access, and Maven platform for customer discovery.
Learn more →A membership-based business incubator at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator in Binghamton providing early-stage startups across all sectors with personalized mentorship, workspace, technical resources, investor introductions, and access to Binghamton University's research ecosystem.
Learn more →Business incubator and co-working space on Buffalo's East Side serving primarily Black and Brown entrepreneurs. Provides incubation services, acceleration workshops, mentorship, coaching, and connections to funding. Home to Ignite Labs, the first BIPOC-dedicated co-working and incubator space in Western NY. UB law school access and START-UP NY tax exemptions available through UB partnership.
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