Deals, News & Events for the Upstate Capital Investment Community
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VC + GROWTH
Genius NY is now accepting applications through May 31 for high-growth startups in uncrewed systems, IoT, big data, and robotics. The in-residence accelerator will invest more than $3 million in five finalist companies, including a $1 million grand prize.
Pete Grum, Upstate Capital board member, gives back: Known around Buffalo as the face of Rand Capital for more than 25 years, Pete has also been committed to Horizon Health for 20-plus years helping to save the nonprofit mental-health agency from financial ruin.
Nextcorps’ Jim Senall on Rochester opportunities: Rochester is on its way to becoming a national hub for technology innovation with the highest potential of any city in America for developing high-tech, high-income jobs.
PRIVATE EQUITY + M&A
Bonadio and Golisano grow Upstate NY broadband infrastructure: Greenlight was founded in 2011 and purchased by Paychex founder Tom Golisano and Impact Capital’s Tom Bonadio in 2018. The CEO and founder, Mark Murphy said that Golisano and Bonadio were instrumental in helping to expand the company, growing from 18 to 160 employees prior to the recent acquisition by Oak Hill Capital Partners.
PE Firm buys Albany-based aerospace company: MTI Instruments is the third bolt-on acquisition for Branford Castle Partners’ portfolio company, Vitrek. The acquisition expands Vitrek’s electronic test and measurement products and adds MTI’s market-leading jet engine balancing systems, signal generators and precision metrology devices. Vitrek and MCI work with blue-chip aerospace, defense, semiconductor and renewable energy customers globally.
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May 31, 2023
Event Recap: 2023 Buffalo Private Equity Summit
Buffalo Private Equity Summit brought together private equity and M&A transaction professionals from across the Rust Belt and beyond to Buffalo on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The 4th annual Summit was sponsored by Hamilton Lane, Bluehenge Capital, and our new partners: Bannockburn Global Forex, SLB Capital, and Carleton McKenna. The event would not be possible […]
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May 8, 2023
A CONVERSATION WITH: ASHOK SUBRAMANIAN of CENTIVO
Bullish on Upstate New York If there was a person perfectly suited to keynote Upstate Capital’s Buffalo Private Equity Summit later this month, it is veteran entrepreneur and unabashed Upstate New York cheerleader Ashok Subramanian. Subramanian is no stranger to either private equity or the city of Buffalo. The die-hard Buffalo Bills and Sabres fan […]
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May 5, 2023
Global Capital Markets Strategist Marc Chandler Shares Insights in Buffalo on May 23
It’s likely that attendees at the upcoming Buffalo Private Equity Summit will be familiar with one of the event’s prominent speakers – Marc Chandler. With more than 30 years of experience in the global capital markets, Chandler is a well-known figure and has been regularly featured on major television networks as well as newspapers and […]
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May 3, 2023
Event Recap: Venture NY 2023
Venture NY on April 27, 2023 in Syracuse brought together startups, investors, business leaders, and student entrepreneurs in Syracuse to discuss entrepreneurship and innovation. The event featured the NYBPC Grand Prize Finals where over $100,000 was awarded to winning teams. ACCELERATORS + COMPETITIONS 43 North Central NY Biotech Accelerator CenterStage CEO’s Tech Garden Fuzehub GENIUS […]
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April 21, 2023
A Conversation With: John Hill of Techstars
The Upstate Capital Association of New York is enthusiastic to feature John Hill, Vice President of Network at Techstars, who is truly at the vanguard of assisting fledgling entrepreneurs and start-ups across the US and abroad as one of the keynote speakers at Venture NY on April 27th in Syracuse. Hill, a former Higher Education […]
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March 13, 2023
Bank volatility impact survey and information resources
At Upstate Capital, we are closely monitoring the situation with Silicon Valley Bank and banks more generally. SVB’s failure on March 10 caused shock waves that continue to ripple through the US banking system. Many companies, startups and investment firms alike, are facing challenges in a funding environment that is already difficult. If you are […]
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March 2, 2023
Middle-Market Private Equity + M&A Update – Q4 2022
The Middle-Market PE + M&A Update is a quarterly publication for the Upstate NY deal-making community, presented by the Upstate Capital Association of NY and The Bonadio Group,
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February 16, 2023
Invest Capital Region: Life Sciences + Health
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Lally School of Management, in collaboration with Upstate Capital Association of New York, will host Invest Capital Region: Life Sciences + Healthcare to showcase emerging startups, invite investors to the Capital Region, and build connections within and across the investment, research, and entrepreneurial ecosystems. An afternoon of thought leadership and […]
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February 9, 2023
Event Recap: 2023 Investor Outlooks
Investors and industry professionals gathered to network and discuss outlooks for the upcoming year on February 2nd at the Saturn Club.
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Upstate Capital Announces 2023 Board of Directors
The Upstate Capital Association of NY, the membership organization for private capital investors and transaction professionals across Upstate New York, has announced its 2023 Board of Directors.
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