Twenty-two early stage companies, including seven from the Rochester area, have been chosen to make presentations at the 11th annual SmartStart UNYTECH Venture Forum, presented by the Center for Economic Growth in Albany. At Wednesday's event at the Desmond Hotel, the area companies presenting will be Diffinity Genomics, Exiscan Inc., Fluorologic Inc., SensGard LLC, TopDown Conservation LLC, UniteU Technologies and EET Diesel Systems.

Since the inception of SmartStart UNYTECH, 233 companies have presented and 62 have raised more than $500 million in equity financing, including