1. Director of Community & Economic Development
Matt Grattan
Director of Community & Economic Development
(518)
@EconDevUAlbany

2. 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

3. 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.

5. 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