Helping founders find community and connections
Provides land, equipment, training, and resources to beginning farmers just 3 miles from Ithaca. Designed to lower the barrier to entry for new farm enterprises in the Finger Lakes region, with a focus on equity and supporting underrepresented producers including people of color, refugees, and women.
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 →NYC's premier cleantech and smart cities incubator at NYU's Urban Future Lab, ACRE (Accelerator for a Clean and Resilient Economy) supports early-stage smart grid, clean energy, and sustainable infrastructure startups with mentorship, investor access, and workspace.
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 →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.
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 →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.
Learn more →First state-of-the-art business incubator and co-working space in the South Bronx, operated by BOC Development Inc. in partnership with NYCEDC. Offers 24/7 workspace, digital connectivity, conference rooms, in-house business, legal, and tech support on a flexible month-to-month membership. Located at 2929 3rd Avenue, Bronx NY 10455.
Learn more →Co-working space and hub for urban entrepreneurial programs at 40 Franklin Street, downtown Rochester. Supports low-to-no-tech businesses investing in community revitalization. Offers capacity-building training, ROC the Pitch competition, expert mentorship, and connections to Rochester ESO ecosystem. SBA-funded.
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