Director of Community & Economic Development Matt Grattan Director of Community & Economic Development mgrattan@Albany.edu (518) 956-8177 @EconDevUAlbany
Innovate 518 University at Albany Innovation Hot Spot Service Integrator and Convener Lifecycle and Program Assessment Referral to appropriate or optimal partners Mentoring Pitch Prep Legal Resources Funding Student Ventures Business Plan Competitions
Network of 24 Partners at various levels Incubators Accelerators Community & Entrepreneurial Service Providers New Operational partners in NYSTEC/Ignite U and SUNY Adirondack along with CEG 8 certified companies with 6 more pending final review and 300+ total companies in the system 8 funding deals completed for capital access totaling $900,000 6 additional funding deals in pipeline totaling estimated $2.8M 54 earned media stories on various outlets including print, web and TV.
Technology (sun photometer) commercialized from the UAlbany Atmospheric Science Research Center Working with COE in Weather Enterprise and NIST/MEP Center for Economic Growth (CEG) on market analysis, manufacturing protocols, export programming and software development Finalist in FuzeHub’s Commercialization Competition last Fall Deployed on 17 enhanced sites of the NYS Mesonet, the nation’s most advanced weather detection network operated by UAlbany Recently made first commercial sale to customers in China