Belated congratulations to our Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan, who recently accepted a 2024 Woman of Distinction Award from NYS Assemblymember Jennifer Lunsford!
Luminate Accelerator
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Rochester, New York 2,267 followers
We're the world's largest optics, photonics & imaging accelerator. Run by NextCorps, funded by Empire State Development.
About us
Luminate is the New York State funded startup accelerator program for optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI) enabled companies. Luminate seeks visionary entrepreneurs solving challenging problems including but not limited to: machine vision, inspection, biophotonics, security, surveillance, augmented & virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles. Subscribe to get updates on Luminate news, companies, events, and opportunities at luminate.org/#subscribe. Luminate is a program of NextCorps.
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http://www.luminate.org
External link for Luminate Accelerator
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Rochester, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- Optics, Photonics, Imaging, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Commercialization, Community, and Startup Accelerator
Locations
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Primary
260 E Main St
Rochester, New York 14604, US
Employees at Luminate Accelerator
Updates
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Luminate Accelerator reposted this
Oculi, a member of Luminate Accelerator’s cohort 6, landed a spot on Invest NY’s list of Top Startups to Watch in Upstate New York. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gGuDniPE
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Luminate partner Silicon Catalyst forms Silicon Catalyst Ventures to invest in early-stage #semiconductor-based innovations. 👏 https://lnkd.in/gcpJMv6y
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Luminate cohort 7 company VoxelSensors is enabling #AR applications, along with consumer electronics, smartphones, and #wearables, to be more intuitive and responsive. Keep an eye on this team that's unlocking a new frontier of exciting experiences.
We are proud to introduce our latest innovation - PERCEPT, aimed to bring a new level of empathic abilities to XR and mobile devices. VoxelSensors’ PERCEPT software abstraction layer integrates advanced gaze tracking and spatial awareness for wearable and mobile devices. Utilizing our proprietary Single Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES) technology, PERCEPT enhances devices with an ability to understand user attention and intent, enabling intuitive interactions with AI assistants. At AWE 2024 in Long Beach, VoxelSensors and OQmented announced the integration of VoxelSensors’ PERCEPT with OQmented's UltraLITE XR�� Engine platform. More information at: https://lnkd.in/eQKmvsAQ and https://lnkd.in/e6sdUgsH OQmented Carl Korobkin Andre - Avner Miodezky Johannes Peeters Ward van der Tempel Boris Greenberg Christian Mourad #SpatialComputing #EmpathicComputing #VoxelSensors #OQmented #lbs #AR #VR #XR #augmentedreality #aweusa #awe2024 #technews #eyetracking #gazetracking
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Luminate portfolio companies collide! Congratulations to SunDensity Inc. on the acquisition of QD Solar Inc. for the formation of SunDensity Canada. "Seeing two of our graduates joining forces to push the boundaries of solar technology exemplifies the innovative spirit and leadership that Luminate aims to foster," said Luminate's Dr. Sujatha Ramanujan of the partnership. "We look forward to the significant advancements and industry impact that will emerge from this collaboration." https://lnkd.in/gUyGPhUk
SUNDENSITY OPENS SUNDENSITY CANADA TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL SOLAR SOLUTIONS
prnewswire.com
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Luminate Accelerator reposted this
Spots for the select cohort of The GrowthX Revenue Accelerator at Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship are filling fast! If you're a Western New York B2B tech company, don't miss out on the opportunity to 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀! 🎟️ No cost. No equity. 📅 Apply ASAP: we're interviewing and accepting candidates on a rolling basis (don't wait until the June 28th deadline to apply). 🚀 Program launches July 8. 🖥️ Learn more and apply: https://hubs.ly/Q02CB-Q50 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲. cc: Chloe Capital, Impellent Ventures, Cupule Ventures, LLC, StartFast Ventures, Rand Capital Group, Armory Square Ventures, Moon Capital, Endeavor Western New York, Invest Buffalo Niagara, Launch NY, Empire State Development, Buffalo Bridge, 43North, GENIUS NY, NextCorps, Luminate Accelerator, BootSector
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Luminate Accelerator reposted this
Happy Pride Month!🌈 Check out SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics’s article featuring one of our own, Damon Diehl, Luminate Accelerator’s Director of Technology Integration, speaking about his experience as an LGBTQ+ scientist in optics and photonics. https://lnkd.in/gpqtGJmq
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Congratulations to all the GENIUS NY semi-finalists! Among this year's competitors is Luminate cohort 4 company, One Silicon Chip Photonics, which has been racking up coverage for its work advancing autonomous vehicles and drones. https://lnkd.in/eyATTtx8
And our 14 semi-finalists for cohort 8 are... Aerialoop, Medellin, Colombia Angel Aerial Systems, Cincinnati, OH, USA Aviant, Oslo, Norway Avol, Albany, NY, USA Crover, Edinburgh, Scotland FlightOps.io, Herzliya, Israel FloFleet, Milan, Italy Flyhound, New York, NY, USA Hellenic Drones S.A., Piraeus, Greece INVOLI, Lausanne, Switzerland One Silicon Chip Photonics, Montreal, Canada Revolute Robotics, Phoenix, AZ, USA Ultraview AI AI, Austin, TX, USA Uniform Sierra Aerospace, West Lafayette, IN, USA https://lnkd.in/eDBDFz-E
GENIUS NY Selects Semi-finalists for 8th Round | GENIUS NY
https://geniusny.com
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Cluster connections! Luminate's special events and marketing consultant, Sandy Sloane, and Bell Collaborative's Lisa Belodoff recently hit the road to support Luminate introductions to the Florida Photonics Cluster (FPC). They had a great time at the cluster's meeting at Pangolin Laser Systems, Inc., taking in informative tours and hearing the founders' story of growth firsthand — including descriptions of Super Bowls and Beyoncé encounters. If you've been to a festival or large concert, you've likely seen a Pangolin laser system in action! #optics #photonics #imaging #lasers
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Congratulations on joining a great team, Zachary and Luca! It's always exciting to see a Luminate company expand — especially one that shares our space in Downtown #ROC. Go, Labby, go!
🌟 Exciting News at Labby! 🌟 I am thrilled to welcome two incredible new team members to the Labby family! 🔬 Meet Zachary Sobel-Pressman, our new Optical Engineer! Zach joins us from the University of Rochester with a background in optical product design and development. Under the mentorship of our VP of Engineering, Joseph Adams —a NASA veteran with 30 years of extensive experience in instrumentation and spectroscopy—Zach will be a key player in pushing the boundaries of our optical technologies. 🔧 Say hello to Luca Chiossone, our new Mechanical Engineer from RIT, will be working closely with my cofounder and CSO, Anshuman Das to expand the reach of our innovative inline milk testing product to more farms and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of milk testing on a larger scale. Join us in welcoming Zach and Luca to the team! We are excited about the fresh perspectives and skills they bring to Labby as we continue our mission to revolutionize the dairy industry. 🚀🐄 #OpticalEngineering #MechanicalEngineering #DairyInnovation #Labby