2016 SUNY
PROGRESS
REPORT
212
Businesses
4,592
Jobs
$245M
Investments
5 year company projections
SUNY
Plays a Leadership Role
in START-UP NY
START-UP NY (SUNY Tax-Free Areas to Revitalize and
Transform UPstate New York) encourages businesses
to start, relocate to or expand in New York State
through affiliations with colleges and universities. 2016
marked a year of increased momentum across the SUNY
system. Campuses in all regions are actively engaged
in the program and working closely with their New
York State Economic Development Council partners.
Half of all SUNY schools have now sponsored STARTUP NY businesses, with notable increases occurring at
Comprehensive, Technology and Community Colleges.
Academic benefits also grew in proportion, with more
schools realizing a richer and more substantial array of
partnership gains.
Campus Planning Process
1
2
Specifies the
land or space
to be included
in the program
3
Describes
the type of
business that
may locate on
the campus
4
Explains how
prospective
partners align
with the campus mission
Approved
Campus Plans
%
6CUNY
%
68
SUNY
6,499,414
Available Sq
Footage
11%
Private
651
tax- free
areas
%
5CUNY
%
84
SUNY
2,952
Available
Acreage
Outlines the
process by
which the campus will select
participating
businesses
Illustrates how a
partnership may
have a positive
community/economic impact
%
26
Private
82
5
“
%
9Private
%
1CUNY
%
90
SUNY
%
99
SUNY
%
1CUNY
“As an earlystage company
in New York, it’s
insanely difficult
to find wet
lab space at a
sustainable cost,
and partnering
with Downstate
Biotechnology
Incubator
has been
instrumental
in allowing us
to continue
our product
development.”
– Jason Kang,
Co-Founder
and CEO
Kinnos
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Partnerships
“In just its first three years, START-UP NY
has produced significant benefits for the
state’s economy, while simultaneously
bringing new private partners to SUNY
and generating academic benefits for
our faculty and students.”
– SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher
76%
17%
4%
3%
212
Approved
Partnerships
3
11%
13
%
2%
44%
212
Approved
Partnerships
by Region
Community Colleges
Technology Colleges
Comprehensive Colleges
by Campus Type
%
Doctoral Colleges
5% 2%
2%
Western New York
Finger Lakes
10
%
Capital District
Central New York
Long Island
Mid Hudson
8%
Mohawk Valley
North Country
New York City
Southern Tier
3
Approved Campus Partnerships
85 (56)
University at Buffalo
SUNY Downstate Medical
21 (13)
Stony Brook University
21 (20)
“SUNY student interns have been a
positive addition to our team and the
START-UP NY program has enabled
us to foster relationships with faculty
and benefit from their expertise.”
13 (10)
Binghamton University
10 (3)
Hudson Valley C.C.
8 (4)
Schenectady C.C.
7 (2)
University at Albany
5 (3)
Ulster C.C.
SUNY Cobleskill
4 (4)
SUNY Polytechnic
4 (4)
Finger Lakes C.C.
3 (3)
Cornell University
3 (3)
Farmingdale
3 (2)
Morrisville
3 (2)
SUNY Plattsburgh
3 (1)
Alfred State College
2 (1)
SUNY Oswego
2 (1)
Dutchess C.C.
2 (0)
Erie C.C.
2 (0)
Columbia-Greene C.C.
1 (1)
Mohawk Valley C.C.
1 (1)
Rockland C.C.
1 (1)
SUNY Brockport
1 (1)
SUNY ESF
1 (1)
SUNY Upstate Medical
1 (1)
Clinton C.C.
1 (0)
Fulton-Montgomery C.C.
1 (0)
Orange C.C.
1 (0)
Jamestown C.C.
1 (0)
Alfred University Ceramics
1 (0)
SUNY Canton
0 (1)
0
– John Ng, President
Hudson Valley Fish Farm
“We are pleased to be
offering opportunities
to a pool of highly
competent students from
SUNY Plattsburgh. Our
recruitment of trainees
and graduates have
demonstrated, beyond any
doubt, the value of STARTUP NY and its contribution
to our success on
American soil.”
– Michel St-Amour,
Président/CEO
Insum Solutions
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2016 Partnerships
2015 Partnerships
(includes 2014 approvals)
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Partnerships
Vader Systems: A breakthrough idea by former University
at Buffalo (UB) student, Zack Vader, has created a machine
that prints three-dimensional objects using liquid metal. The
machine is so novel it represents a quantum leap in the ability
to print three-dimensional objects. UB has been a source of
guidance, grants and personnel for the startup as it transforms
from a brilliant idea into an industry. UB has helped the
company grow by providing the opportunity to collaborate
with faculty and by providing student interns. Vader Systems
already has hired three UB mechanical engineering graduates.
Modern Meadow: The company has raised $40M in private
venture capital to biofabricate leather without livestock and
is poised for a major expansion to create a manufacturing
facility at SUNY Farmingdale’s Broad Hollow Bioscience Park
that would add 160 new jobs. Co-founder Gabor Forgacs
serves as an Adjunct Professor of Life Sciences at Downstate
Medical Center and mentored students and faculty, as well as
other companies at the Downstate Incubator and BioBAT. The
company is also exploring fashion and design collaboration
with SUNY’s Fashion Institute of Technology.
Precision Optical Transceivers: A leading manufacturer of
optical transceivers and components for building networks,
Precision was the first company to partner with a SUNY
comprehensive college and has grown rapidly, from two to
19 employees. Nine of its employees are College at Brockport
graduates. Faculty in the School of Business and Economics
have used Precision as a case study in international business
classes, with students developing international expansion
plans presented to Precision management for critique.
Additional campus engagement includes membership on
Brockport’s Career Services Employer Advisory Board, judging
student entrepreneurship competitions, providing student
internships and funding scholarships.
SparkShoppe LTD: The digital marketing firm uses
data analytics and digital technology to deliver shopper
marketing strategies through the internet, social media and
other web-based platforms to increases product movement.
SparkShoppe has established relationships with large
national and international consumer brands. The company
co-founder, an Adjunct Professor in University at Albany’s
School of Business, helps students keep pace with evolving
digital technology and the latest shopper marketing trends.
SparkShoppe is mentoring students, providing internships
and recruiting SUNY graduates for vacant positions.
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Partnerships
New Flyer of America: The Canadian manufacturer of heavy
duty buses has created a new high-tech component factory in
New York through a partnership with Jamestown Community
College (JCC). New Flyer is known for ground-breaking innovation with the first low-floor bus, the first diesel-electric bus and,
most recently, the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell
fleet. Under START-UP NY, JCC is partnering with New Flyer to
provide training space and workforce development assistance.
New Flyer hosts class field trips, is creating student internship
positions and developing scholarship funding.
Construction Robotics: The company has developed a firstof-its kind brick-laying robotic system that revolutionizes the
masonry industry by addressing skilled labor shortages and
dramatically improving jobsite efficiency. The firm has hired
interns and graduates from Finger Lakes Community College
and collaborated with FLCC faculty in the Instrument and
Control Technologies program on a FuzeHub Manufacturing
Innovation Fund grant for prototype development, specialized
equipment and proof of concept manufacturing. FLCC
students regularly visit Construction Robotics to see firsthand how state-of-the-art equipment is being developed to
automate masonry construction.
“Being here in BioBAT has been an enormous help in launching Modern Meadow. We moved from
California and the midwest straight into world-class laboratory space in Brooklyn. The location
enabled us to attract great talent and grow with support from START-UP NY.”
– Andras Forgacs, CEO
Modern Meadow
“The Mesonet Program of cutting-edge
weather observation technology and
world-class atmospheric research at the
University of Albany are combining with
industry innovation under START-UP NY
to make New York State a weather-ready
Nation leader.”
– Don Berchoff, CEO
TruWeather Solutions
“Our START-UP NY partnership with MVCC has
been a strong success. They welcomed our
company to the Mohawk Valley, helped us find
talented local people, and connected us with
resources that we would not have discovered on
our own.”
– Vivien Heriard Dubreuil, President
Microdrones
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Academic Benefits
START-UP businesses paid SUNY campuses
more than $2.1 MILLION IN RENT FOR
CAMPUS FACILITIES. This additional
income is helping to support operations all
across the system.
Nearly every START-UP company is
offering some type of experiential learning
opportunity. 134 SUNY STUDENTS
INTERNED at START-UP businesses.
Internships put SUNY students first-in-line for
recruitment and hiring into full-time positions
after graduation. 121 SUNY GRADUATES
went to WORK FOR START-UP FIRMS.
are at the heart of every
START-UP NY partnership.
SUNY Research produces more than 100
new technologies every year. The Research
Foundation for SUNY works with partners
to convert research capacity into economic
growth. START-UP NY firms LICENSED 17
SUNY TECHNOLOGIES.
Successful START-UP NY firms have the
financial capacity to support their academic
partners in a host of ways. One such
business made a $20,000 DONATION to a
campus foundation fundraising campaign.
Illustrative Examples
$
Event Sponsor: Jasmine
Universe (Stony Brook) sponsored
the AERTC 2016 Advanced Energy
Conference at the Javits Center
Trade Show Promotions:
You First Services (UB) was part of
the New York State Pavilion at the
Bio International Convention
Institutional Agreement:
Call9 (Downstate Med) has an
Institutional Agreement in place
with the Office of Graduate
Medical Education
Program Development:
IRX Therapeutics (Downstate Med)
is helping BioBAT develop a STEAM
program for Pre-K students
Funding Proposal
Collaboration: LightSpin Technology
(Binghamton) is a research grant
co-applicant with Binghamton faculty
Student Presentations:
SpaceoutVR (Hudson Valley C.C.)
presented to the Student Entrepreneurship Group
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Academic Benefits
are at the heart of every
START-UP NY partnership.
Illustrative Examples
Advisory Board:
Beekman 1802 (Schenectady
C.C.) joined the campus Business
Advisory Council
Global Networking: DPS
(SUNY Poly) hosted the Silicon
Europe Alliance visit to New York,
connecting the campus to worldclass partners for joint R&D
Hiring Graduates: Belvac
Production Machining (Alfred
State) hired a graduate to serve as
head machinist and lead their
manufacturing operations
Student Engagement:
Furlocity.com (Schenectady C.C.)
engaged marketing students in
development and launch of a
mobile app
Case Study: Precision
Optical Transceivers (Brockport)
provided case study material for
international business students
Curriculum Development: Hudson Valley Fish Farm
(Columbia Green C.C.) participated
in campus master planning process
to inform development of a new
agribusiness course
Using Special Facilities:
g.tec neurotechnology (UAlbany)
is using the Adaptive Neurotechnology Lab to support functional
brain mapping
Faculty Collaboration:
Construction Robotics (Finger Lakes
C.C.) collaborated with faculty on a
FuzeHub Manufacturing Innovation
grant for prototype development
Teaching Students:
SparkShoppe (UAlbany) employees
are also adjunct faculty collaborating with students on digital marketing projects
Product Donations:
Empire Farmstead Brewing
(Morrisville) donated products
and use of their facility to support
campus events
Guest Lecturer:
ChromaNanoTech, LLC (Binghamton) provided guest lecturers to
Binghamton University students
Focus Group: Spaceout
VR, Inc. (Hudson Valley C.C.)
conducted a product marketing
focus group with HVCC business
marketing students
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2016 Business Partners
Information Technology
BIOTechnology/Life Sciences
Industrial/Manufacturing
Food/Beverage/Agriculture
www.startup.ny.gov • [email protected] • 518.434.7110
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2016 SUNY
PROGRESS
REPORT
For more information on SUNY’s START-UP NY program contact:
Jeffrey A. Boyce, BA, MPA
Director of Research-Supported Economic Development
The Research Foundation | State University of New York | 35 State Street | Albany, NY 12207
518-434-7110 | [email protected]