WROC TV interviews Chrystal Schlenker, Manager of Business Development at Viggi Corp., where she displays the Vidget Flexible Seating System. This new chair that allows children to move freely, and may make…
The NEXUS-NY Clean Energy Accelerator has worked with dozens of emerging clean technologies – ranging from renewables and energy storage, to wind turbines – all of which have great potential. Excell…
Molecular Glasses, Inc. announced today that operations have expanded into larger laboratory and office space at Eastman Business Park. Additionally, the company has added critical team members to accelerate ongoing…
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced the winners of the 2017 EDspaces Innovation Awards. Vidget won the International Interior Design Furniture Innovation Design Award.
NEXUS-NY portfolio company, Molecular Glasses, receives $100,000 investment; Selected for new Luminate NY Accelerator Molecular Glasses was among ten photonics, imaging and optics companies chosen to participate in the inaugural Luminate…
Cerion Advanced Materials today announced a flexible, cost-effective synthesis process that yields uniform, high-purity ceria nanoparticle dispersions ideally suited for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurries and other precision polishing applications.
Rochester chemical engineering major Tianhao Yu ’19 has a unique job this summer: he’s working on a chemistry project involving a local business. As an Eisenberg summer intern, Yu has spent…
StrongArm Technologies' Wearable Tech featured on PIX 11 News
BATAVIA — A Batavia medical device start-up has received a second entry into the 43North competition, which will award $5 million in funding, incubator space in Buffalo and mentoring for…
NYS is ranked 2nd largest state for company count, deals closed and capital invested in 2016 and 3rd largest state for VC capital raised according to the 2017 National Venture…
There is growing focus on women entrepreneurship in local communities and nationally. Excell is proud to be led by Theresa Mazzullo, our CEO and according to Columbia University, "women only…
The Rochester Professional Consultants Network has announced its 2017 Entrepreneur Wall of Fame Award winners, honoring some of the region’s most successful consultants and their roles in impacting the economic…
Governor Cuomo announces over $1 Million awarded through the minority and women-owned business investment fund.
Splyce, an electronic sports franchise, has entered an agreement with Buffalo-based Delaware North Cos. Inc. The deal, announced Friday, allows Delaware North to expand its e-sports offerings, including holding e-sports…
When a new U.S. patent is your second-biggest announcement of the day, you're probably in a good place. It's all smiles (with healthy teeth, of course) lately at Stony Brook-based…
Adarza BioSystems Inc., a Henrietta-based company, has raised $17 million in its Series C financing round, officials said Friday.
Check out StrongArm's latest YouTube video explaining the vision and how they are going to reduce work injuries for the 'industrial athlete'.
BATAVIA - With a $100,000 investment announced Monday, TenCar founder Georgann Carrubba says the Choice Cap ostomy prosthetic appliance will be in production later this year. Excell Partners of Rochester…
Efferent Labs, Inc., a developer of high-value medical technology and devices, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Prime…
Social network for volunteers GiveGab has debuted a new suite of tools to help organizations manage all their volunteer activities. The Ithaca, New York-based company also says it has closed $1.6…
After nearly four years, IMSWorkX has found its footing. The software company, which provides phone carriers with a platform to deploy voicemail, as well as call routing solutions, conferencing controls…
Big News! Full Circle Feed has been named a finalist in a national competition. The Green America People & Planet Award recognizes businesses for their dedication to a green economy:…
High tech devices that help veterans take their medicine have been donated to the VA Medical Center in Canandaigua. Medacube uses robotic technology to let patients know when it's time…
The global photonics market is estimated to be worth nearly $700 billion. That's why investors and businesses are taking another look at New York's Finger Lakes region. (Click to watch…
Excell Partners Inc. awarded $10,000 to a new business startup called Ovitz at the conclusion of High Tech Rochester's annual Pre-Seed Workshop. For the past 10 years, HTR Pre-Seed Workshop…
Paul Cypher's a-ha moment came while working as the executive director of the Baltimore Museum of Industry. He helped found afterschool and preschool programs at the neighboring charter school, which…
Excell Partners was a leader in providing $500,000 in convertible debt financing to support operations and advance product development efforts for Traverse Biosciences, officials announced Wednesday.
This video will guide you through the steps to properly fit and use your FLx ErgoSkeleton (1 minute)
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Personal Safety Division announces that StrongArm Technologies ErgoSkeleton personal performance equipment will now be available for purchase through 3M's distribution channels within the United States. StrongArm's…
Nathan Benson, WGRZ, Buffalo Channel 2 News, interviews Bill Rader, President/CEO, and Dr. Spencer Rosero, CMO, of Efferent Labs, who describe how they are using an implantable sensor to gain…
Dan Meyer's interview of Shannon Chevier, President and CEO, IMSWorkX, a reliable source for dependable and flexible voice services solutions a the Mobile Carriers Show in Nashville.
Online instructional programs are increasingly taking the place of traditional educational methods as businesses seek to cut their training costs....CypherWorx Inc. also includes gamified courses in its catalog. The Fairport…
LONDON, March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEm is pleased to announce its partnership with Lexifone that will allow Mobile Operators to provide their subscribers with Lexifone's automatic, in-call translation services.
Bea Arthur founded and serves as the CEO of In Your Corner, a tele-health platform that counts firms such as Excell Partners and Startup Labs among its investors. She also…
MONTEREY, Calif., March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- FlexTech, a SEMI Strategic Association Partner, awarded five FLEXI Awards in the categories of Innovation, Research & Development, Leadership in Education, and, in…
LOS ANGELES -- Heart disease kills more people than any other disease in the U.S. But a new type of technology could help turn those numbers around. An implantable heart…
A non-profit business development program sponsored by the University of Rochester has received $2.5 million from Empire State Development Corp. Excell Partners LLC received the award as part of a…
Excell Partners Inc. has provided investment capital to Graphene Devices Ltd., a material science company at Eastman Business Park, officials announced Monday. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.…
StormBlok Systems Inc. is raising $1 million to begin selling a system that protects windows, ATMs, gas pumps and other sensitive structures from hurricane damage. Cayuga Venture Fund and Excell…
Excell Partners Inc. and the Cayuga Venture Fund have invested in StormBlok Systems Inc., a Wayne County business that helps protect manufactured homes from hurricane damage, officials announced Wednesday. The…
Graphene Devices Ltd. won first place in the 2013 Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest. The winner was announced Thursday at the Fifth annual Celebration of Entrepreneurship Luncheon Hyatt Regency Rochester.…
Excell Partners Inc. in Rochester tied for 20th on a trade publication list of the most active seed-stage investors in the first six months of this year. Excell Partners, with…
There are two key ingredients to the success of a high-tech startup: Sufficient capital and intellectual property safeguards. But getting a patent can be expensive - easily $10,000 to $50,000…
Excell Partners Inc. has invested $50,000 in Microrganic Technologies Inc., and plans to place at least $100,000 more, company officials said. Microrganic, based in Albany, was founded in 2010. Its…
A Rochester, NY venture capital fund made its first investment in an Albany-area tech company, and it won't be the last. Excell Partners provided $150,000 to MICROrganic Technologies, a start-up…
"Our scientists have developed a process to make cerium oxide and other nanoparticles at a size and consistency that no one can match," Landon Mertz, who is CEO of Cerion…
"Startup Insider," a new online video show, aims to strengthen Rochester's entrepreneurial climate by linking entrepreneurs with local experts to help startups succeed. The need to support and educate local…
CypherWorx Inc. sees a world of potential in zoos and museums. The Fairport-based e-learning company is seeking to grow through its training programs offered to professionals, and its executives predict…
Excell is a proud organizer of Start up Weekend Rochester! The purpose of this symposium is to shine a light on the exciting research taking place in Upstate New York…
Bea Arthur, Pretty Padded Room Arthur's UberX for therapists seems like an idea whose time has come. With the rest of our everyday needs sourced on-demand through the Internet, Arthur…
Charlie Mulligan is the founder and CEO of GiveGab.com, the social network for volunteers. Entrepreneurship has always been a part of Charlie's life. His father left a great job and…
You use LinkedIn to find a job, Twitter to spread the news, and Facebook to connect with friends, but where can you post about and find volunteer work in today's…
Cerion LLC plans to add 60 to 80 jobs over the next two years to Eastman Business Park. The growth reflects an effort to support the growing firm and to…
A University of Rochester Medical Center spinoff is one of 17 businesses across the state participating in the new initiative creating tax-free areas around colleges and universities. PharmAdva LLC, a…
PharmAdva, a medical device manufacturer, has been approved to participate in the START-UP NY economic development program. The company will locate in High Tech Rochester's (HTR) Lennox Tech Enterprise Center…
Nearly 7,000 companies from all over the world submitted applications for the 43North business competition, vying for $5 million in cash prizes. But in the end, the local team carried…
The Department of Defense is relying on a local firm to make bullets denser. Cerion Technology Inc. has teamed up with the Defense Department under the U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology…
The team that brought us sticky notes and scotch tape has poured millions of dollars into a young company started by two Rochester Institute of Technology graduates. 3M has invested…
Schumer Pushed To Increase Funding In FY16 Omnibus Bill For U.S. Army Manufacturing Technology Program To Create Nanomaterial For Next-Generation Army Ammunition. Program Will Enable Cerion to Create New Nanomaterial…
Study results released Wednesday by the faculty at St. John Fisher College's Wegmans School of Nursing could lead to a breakthrough in the care of those who forget to take…
Strong results from a recent national study have put Fairport-based CypherWorx Inc. in an ideal position for 2016.
e2e Materials is now introducing a new way to fabricate bent plywood using soy skins adhesive film. Soy skins are films of e2e Materials patented soy resin system that are…
A small company started by a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester has moved closer to providing doctors with what he says is a simple, computer-based tool to help detect…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York State is launching a $2 million MWBE Investment Fund to provide seed financing to certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises. The launch…
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a $2 million MWBE Investment Fund to provide seed financing to certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE). Rochester-based venture capital…
Theresa Mazzullo, CEO of Excell Partners, said that Albany, New York is not singular in its struggle to find capital for startups. The problem, she said, spans across all of…
HENRIETTA - Women who get the dreaded phone call after a mammogram, summoning them back for more images, could have an alternative to the pain and anxiety of the repeat…
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a University of Rochester Medical Center spinoff's new breast imaging systems, URMC officials said Wednesday. URMC researcher Ruola Ning invented the breast imaging…
