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The following businesses have joined the START-UP NY program:

University at Buffalo 213 new jobs


iActEx, LLC d/b/a Op-Smart is an early-stage information technology company that provides
integrated operations management solutions for suppliers, manufacturers, transportation
providers and consumers in the supply chain network. iActEx, LLC's software platform facilitates
the collection of data from all equipment at clients manufacturing facilities and provides data
management in real time to optimize the efficiency of operations throughout the supply chain.
The company will create 148 new jobs and invest $830,000.
AccuTheranostics, Inc. is an existing early-stage biotechnology company graduating from the
UB Biosciences Incubator. The company has developed a specialized chemo-sensitive/chemoresistance assay that uses a patients own tumor cells in the laboratory to identify which drugs
would be most effective for treating a patients unique cancer before ever treating the patient.
The company will create 10 new jobs and invest $3,650,000.
CleanSlate Technologies, Inc. is a new to New York State company that designs, assembles,
sells, services and distributes a medical device used for sanitizing portable electronics in
healthcare using UV light. Cleanslate will establish a U.S. headquarters operation in Buffalo to
better access the U.S. market. The company will create 26 net new jobs and invest $185,000.
GCLIPROW Inc. is an existing New York State company currently in the demo phase of its
manufactured proprietary patented product for sale to rowing clubs and its members. Founded
in 2013 in Buffalo, the company produces the Quick Release Rowing Shoe System, allows
rowers to enjoy total stability within their own shoes and also provides a safe release in case of
an emergency. The company will create five new jobs and invest $95,000.
Rebel One Studios, LLC is an early-stage animation production company focused primarily on
animation and demonstration videos, with the capacity to create stand-alone, high detail 2-D or
3-D animations for clients. The company will create six new jobs and invest $90,000.
Regulus Energy, LLC is an existing alternative energy engineering company in Tonawanda.
The company designs and commissions production plants that take carbon based feedstocks
(i.e. municipal solid waste, wood, grains, natural gas, etc.) and convert it into finished fuels or
electricity. The company uses a proven advanced gasification technology with high yields and
efficiency and low cost of both operation and capital investment. The company will create eight
new jobs and invest $96,000.
RMP Logic, LLC is an existing information technology company that is currently in the
development and marketing stage of the software application "Mobile Encrypted Data Xchange
(M.E.D.X), a mobile app that can securely exchange protected health information, peer-to-peer,
to help improve clinical workflows and patient outcomes. The company will create two new jobs
and invest $69,500.
U Media Corporation d/b/a Fandoozy.com is a new business in the process of developing a

web and mobile application called Fandoozy.com, a sports specific social media portal focused
on competitive conversation. The app will offer a proprietary scored debate platform where
sports fans and professionals can debate the latest in sports. The company will create eight new
jobs and invest $100,000.
Binghamton University 140 new jobs
i3 Assemblies Inc. is a new manufacturing company that offers integration of advanced
process and product development with manufacturing solutions to provide complete system
builds and testing from prototype to volume production. i3 Assemblies' products will be the
electronic components found in life-saving medical diagnostic/imaging devices, cutting-edge
space exploration and satellite technology; and the electronics will be installed in end use
products throughout the world. The company will create 140 new jobs and invest $8.2 million.
Schenectady County Community College 58 new jobs
Beekman 1802, LLC is an existing multi-category, consumer products, content and event
production company in New York State, creating premium-branded artisanal and seasonal
products for sale to consumers worldwide. Founded in Sharon Springs, Schoharie County, in
2008, the company sources primarily from local farms, food producers and artisans and
promotes its products, publications, programming and events under the Beekman 1802 brand.
The company will be expanding to create a headquarters in Schenectady. The company will
create 25 new jobs and invest $25,000.
Dumbstruck, Inc. is an existing information technology company in Albany. The companys
pioneering technology makes it easy for content creators to learn how people respond to their
content. Emotional response data is identified from facial expressions and displayed in an
artificially intelligent dashboard that generates actionable insights. The company will create 20
new jobs and invest $29,000.
sCube Inc. is an existing technology company developing products for the Internet of Things by
creating applications for smart, connected products and providing tools to connect, build,
analyze, experience and collaborate about everyday objects on the Internet. The company is
focused on helping its clients with technology solutions that will cut operating expenses and
increase return on investment. sCube will locate to the NY Biz lab in Schenectady. The
company will create 13 new jobs and invest $63,000.
Orange County Community College 53 new jobs
Aurora innovations, Inc., a new company to New York State, is a national manufacturer and
distributor of organic garden products based in Eugene, Oregon, that will be opening a new
eastern U.S. manufacturing and distribution facility in the Mid-Hudson region. The company will
create 53 new jobs and invest approximately $4.7 million.
University at Albany 50 new jobs
Nowigence, Inc. is an existing software development company that is expanding to
automatically capture intelligence from the web and organize it into a highly accessible and
structured solution to support growth for its business clients and improve their strategic
planning. Nowigence has developed its own proprietary software solution that collects global
intelligence from nearly three million news items published every day and then uses advanced

NLP (natural language programming) and artificial intelligence to customize and deliver highly
relevant intelligence tailored for each client. The company will create 11 new jobs and invest
$292,000.
Pisa Biopharm Inc. is an existing business that currently manages the U.S. and Canadian
customer relationships for Grupo Pisa, the largest healthcare group in Mexico. The company will
expand in New York State to conduct technical support, quality assurance and laboratory testing
of sterile injectable pharmaceutical products and medical device commodities (PiSA branded).
The company will create ten new jobs and invest $522,000.
SparkShoppe, Ltd. is a new information technology company that uses data analytics and
digital technology to deliver shopper marketing strategies through the internet, social media and
other web based platforms. The company delivers these strategies to retail grocery and other
industry chains to increase product movement through established relationships with large
national and international consumer brands. The company will create six new jobs and invest
$32,000.
XchangeWorx, Inc. is an existing New York State software development company that has
developed software solutions that capture all healthcare events and map the complex events
into coordinated business processes to improve patient care. The company will create 23 new
jobs and invest $430,000
New York University 45 new jobs
Carmera, Inc. is an existing early-stage company utilizing mobile sensor, computer vision and
3D processing technology to develop high definition mapping data and valuable insights about
the built environment. Cermera's mission is to make cities work better and become more
automated by maintaining the worlds most up-to-date and accessible visual database of urban
streets. The company will create five new jobs and invest $225,000.
Elodina, Inc. is an existing formative-stage information technology business that offers a
platform making it easy to use big data open source technologies with existing systems. The
Elodina Platform is technology agnostic and can be implemented on premise, in a private or a
managed data center, or via public cloud provider. The company will create 26 new jobs and
invest $37,700.
Mishki, Inc. is an existing formative-stage company building FINDMINE, a proprietary softwareas-a-service application for retailers. FINDMINE offers extensive tools for merchandisers to
review and approve sets created with algorithms or manually by other users, whereas
competitors offerings do not allow merchandisers to intervene and edit what each customer will
see. The company's technology uses the retailers' vision as an input to their algorithms,
capturing how marketers and merchandisers envision customers using their products, rather
than relying on customer behavior. The company will create 14 new jobs and invest $69,000.
Hudson Valley Community College 47 new jobs
Cell-nique Corporation is a new company to New York State that will be relocating its
headquarters from Connecticut. The company primarily produces 10 different food and
beverage brands, ranging from organic drinks to allergen-free baking mixes. The company will

create 18 new jobs and invest $300,000.


ChannelEyes Corporation is an existing software development company in Troy. The
company has created a channel acceleration platform for vendors to connect with their partners.
The platform drives improved real-time communication, new ways to engage, and dozens of
purpose-built channel modules designed to increase partner loyalty and revenue. The company
will create 18 new jobs and invest $50,000.
SimplyTel, LLC is a new company that designs and manufactures hardware and software for
caregivers to communicate and remotely monitor elderly relatives living independently at home.
The companys senior-oriented hardware (a telephone-like device) and caregiver-oriented
mobile platform (iOS & Android software apps) are to be distributed both in the U.S. & Canada.
The company will create 11 new jobs and invest $400,000.
Fulton-Montgomery Community College 32 new jobs
Mair Magaw Information Systems, LLC is an existing earth science technology firm in New
York. After spending a year developing their products and business partnerships in India, New
York and California, the early-stage company is ready to establish operations. The company
has developed programs to forecast the intensity, timing and distribution of monsoons in India,
produce distribution plans to deliver healthy, fresh food to areas in need and manage the
movement of people for organizations, especially those seeking food and aid distribution from
organizations providing emergency aid during a crisis. Mair Magaw will create 32 new jobs and
invest $1,187,600.
Jamestown Community College - 31 new jobs
New Flyer of America Inc., the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty buses in the U.S. and
Canada, is a new company to New York State. New Flyer is known for breaking new ground
with the first low-floor bus, the first diesel-electric bus and, most recently, the worlds first zeroemission hydrogen fuel cell fleet. The company plans to establish operations in Jamestown; and
will create 31 new jobs and invest $1,598,000.
Long Island University 24 new jobs
eParel, LLC is a new company that is in the testing phase of a web-based technology platform
designed to help the hotel and hospitality industries be more efficient in their management of
uniforms worn by employees. The company will provide its platform to hotels, restaurants and
catering companies that will utilize the platform on a contract basis. The platform is designed to
save its customers time and money by eliminating the need to order, launder, and distribute
uniforms. eParel will create 24 new jobs.
Clinton Community College 17 new jobs
Prelco U.S. Inc. is a new to New York State company opening a U.S. branch of a Canadian
company that manufactures metal windows and doors for vehicles other than automotive (cars,
trucks, etc.), such as recreational boats, buses and trains. The company will create 17 new jobs
and invest $425,000.
Medgar Evers College (CUNY) 16 new jobs
Soliddd Corp. is a formative stage technology company that is developing patent pending

technologies to deliver 3D imaging without the use of special headgear or glasses (known as
autostereo). The company is also developing software that converts images to virtual reality
and autostereo 3D in multiple formats. The company will create 16 new jobs and invest $3.8
million.
Plattsburgh State University 16 new jobs
Insum Solutions Corp. is an information technology company headquartered in Montreal that
will be expanding into New York State. The company provides North American clients with
professional services in the development of Oracle applications. The company will create 16
new jobs and invest $55,000.
Ulster Community College 22 new jobs
Anchor ID, Inc. is an existing early-stage information technology company that has developed
a multi-factor authentication platform for enterprises and small and medium sized businesses.
Anchor ID's platform eliminates passwords for enterprise computer systems, providing a better
user experience and high compliance. The company will create 15 new jobs and invest $75,000.
Up Homes is a formative stage company that will design, manufacture and sell modern, energy
efficient and customizable manufactured and modular homes. Up Homes has identified a
market niche not yet being addressed: affordable, modern, eco-friendly homes designed to
national manufactured housing standards. The company will create seven new jobs and invest
$575,000.
Villa Maria College 12 new jobs
DAR Enterprises, LLC is a new multimedia company that uses augmented reality and virtual
reality technology to generate online social spaces for stories to be shared. Users connect with
others in spaces of collaboration to create expressions that can be seen using this technology.
The company will create 12 new jobs and invest $79,000.
SUNY Downstate Medical Center 20 new jobs
Concarlo Holding, LLC is a new, early stage drug development company focused on a new
therapeutic option for those with breast cancer classified as ER/PR+ HER2 positive. The
company's technology is focused on a peptide (two or more amino acids bound in a chain)
which has several phases of development and testing to create a clinically viable compound.
The company is planning to do their investigational drug testing with contract research
organizations. Concarlo Holding will create six new jobs and invest $115,000.
New York Huaqi Bioengineering is a newly formed biomedical research company developing
a novel technology to grow and modify liver organ tissue for clinical use. The company will
create five new jobs and invest $240,000.
Applied Biological Laboratories Inc. is an early stage biotech company committed to
research, development, manufacturing and distribution of scientifically validated natural
products that inhibit infection, allergic reaction and other adverse effects of major air-borne and
ingested pathogens and allergens, while also augmenting the human body's natural defenses.
The company will create nine new jobs and invest $330,000.

Dutchess County Community College 7 new jobs


FlightLevel Dutchess, LLC is an existing aviation services company in NYS that owns and
operates Fixed Base Operations (FBO) at the Dutchess County Airport. The company sells
aviation fuels, and manages and leases hanger and ramp space for parking and storing aircraft.
FlightLevel will expand by opening an aircraft maintenance operation at the airport and
partnering with Dutchess Community College to offer an FAA certified A & P mechanics training
program on the existing smaller fixed wing aircraft. The company will create seven new jobs an
invest $310,000.
SUNY Oswego 7 new jobs
Snow Dragon Corp. is a new to New York State company that will be the U.S. branch of its
parent company, Cein Biotechnology Ltd. Co. of China. Cein has developed hardware and
software technology to scan and analyze the vein structure of the human finger as an
authentication technique with wide application opportunities in the banking, retail, education,
medical and security industries. Snow Dragon was created to develop the second generation of
the scanning and analysis technology in order to access Western markets. The company will
create seven new jobs and invest $80,000.
Alfred State College 5 new jobs
Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. will manufacture ceramic tooling to form metal beverage
cans for use in other industrial ceramic applications. Belvac will expand its manufacturing
operations of advanced ceramics. The company will create five new jobs and invest $1,025,000.
Farmingdale State College 2 new jobs
Certerra Inc. is a biotechnology company that uses a proprietary PharmacomapTM method of
screening neural activation across the entire brain for drug discovery in neuroscience. The
PharmacomapTM method is applicable for screening of novel compounds being developed for a
broad spectrum of brain disorders, including neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and
neurodegenerative ones, as well as repurposing of existing drugs. Certerra will create two new
jobs and invest $500,000

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