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Nasdaq featured Per Stromhaug, senior associate vice president for economic development, in a Trade Talks interview discussing how academia can help bridge gaps between government policy, industry ambition and public understanding.

Nearly 100 students from high schools in Western and Central New York convene d May 21 at University at Buffalo to present findings from their year-long metagenomics research projects.

RHM Innovations, an assistive bathing technologies company, received a $100,000 investment from the University at Buffalo鈥檚 startups program, UB Cultivator. RHM is a former UB Panasci competition winner, taking the top prize in 2023.

Vicora, a UB CAT funded startup that鈥檚 working on a catheter system for the treatment of vascular disease such as pulmonary embolisms, deep vein thrombosis and stroke, recently raised a $3.6 million funding round.

BEP's Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics sponsored UB's Art of Research at the Buffalo Museum of Science 鈥� an immersive experience connecting young learners with visual and hands-on representations of academic research and featuring work from UB's graduate students and scholars.

Plant-based dairy company Edenesque is on track to reach its $1 million gross revenue goal for 2025, and founder Leslie Woodward aims for $5 million in revenue next year. To be closer to its manufacturing and distribution partners, Edenesque recently relocated its headquarters to Buffalo 鈥� a city now ranked among the top 10 most supportive in the U.S. for startups.

Startup company SATE (Speech Annotation and Transcription Enhancer), creators of an AI-powered tool to aid speech language pathologists, took first place at the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC). SATE earned incubator space from BEP as part of the grand prize.

New technology enables medical professionals to observe skin without removing dressings; aims to reduce secondary infections and save time for caregivers. The researchers are working with UB鈥檚 Technology Transfer Office, which has recently filed a patent application on the technology.

Jonathan Lovell, UB professor of biotechnologies and co-founder of UB spinoff POP Biotechnologies, advances a vaccine platform, proven effective for COVID-19, that could be key in responding to evolving bird flu strains.

Thanks to programs like 43North and START-UP NY, Buffalo outranked major cities including Los Angeles, Charlotte and Boston.

With the initial phase of Empire AI up and running at the Center for Computational Research (CCR), select UB researchers are employing the center鈥檚 powerful computers to develop technology that aims to ease the nation鈥檚 shortage of mental health professionals, improve medical imaging, and assist people with motor neuron diseases like ALS, amongst other efforts.

Hundreds of high school students from across Western New York visited the North Campus on March 19 for Science Exploration Day. Presentations, tours and activities were led by UB researchers and representatives from local organizations. John and Jevon Whittington, stars of the Netflix documentary 鈥淵ou are What You Eat,鈥� served as the keynote speakers. Both graduated from the Buffalo Public Schools and are nurses at ECMC and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, respectively.

Refraction, a UB Cultivator company, is halfway to hitting its goal of $700,000 in pre-seed funding. Co-founder Jason Schwinger shares advice for fellow entrepreneurs seeking funding.

With all the buzz, money and energy flowing into artificial intelligence, an increasing number of startups 鈭� including several we support 鈭� have adopted its use in their products and business models.

Buffalo-based startup 3AM Innovations has received another $285,000 investment from Launch NY for its high-tech tracking system designed for first responders during emergencies.

Chris Li, a UB chemist developing a reactor for green ammonia synthesis, has received a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).

Peter Burakowski, senior associate director of startup ventures at the University at Buffalo, was one of 20 individuals recognized in Buffalo Business First's annual IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness) Awards as a champion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and community.

Western New York startups raised more than $147 million in 2024鈥攏early five times more than the previous year but still shy of the record capital raised in 2022.

Shantelle Patton, founder of Cultivator portfolio company That Brown Bag, talks about evolving her Black-owned business directory and how mentorship, collaboration, and creative outlets are essential to entrepreneurs.

Six Buffalo-area startups, all supported by various UB programs, have been named winners in the 2025 Inno Fire Awards.