Two companies at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Venture Creations incubator were selected to compete for the $1 million grand prize in the New York state-funded Luminate NY accelerator program.
The companies, Positive Science and Molecular Glasses, will join eight others for a six-month accelerator program at High Tech Rochester’s incubator space in downtown Rochester. Each of the 10 companies also received $100,000 for advancing to the finals. In June, the companies will vie for a top prize of $1 million. An additional $1 million will be distributed among the remaining nine companies. Luminate NY, an optics, photonics and imaging accelerator program, is funded by Empire State Development.
