Luminate Cohort 5 and Win $100,000 for Entrepreneurs

Luminate is offering grants for entrepreneurs from around the world together with qualified investors to speed innovation and time to market. They’re also helping early-stage startups gain clear competitive advantages.

• $100,000 upon acceptance
• A chance to receive $1 million in follow-on funding at the end of the six-month program.
• Opportunities to pitch to 30+ investors within and beyond our region, including Samsung, Sony, Corning, J&J, and Launchpad Ventures Boston.
• Mentorship from our world-class advisory board, the who’s who of optics.
• Access to PitchBook, Zemax OpticStudio, and MATLAB.
• Access to the New York State Photonics Cluster and its 150+ OPI companies.
• Connections to skilled talent, optical assembly and manufacturing facilities.
• Weekly instruction on business topics from sales and marketing to IP protection and finance.

• Your company must be incorporated.
• You must have proven your optics, photonics, or imaging enabled technology at least at the lab scale.
• You must have a team of at least two members working on the business full-time.
• You must have C-level team members able to locate in Rochester or participate in the hybrid-remote* program for 6.

About Luminate:

Luminate is the world’s largest business accelerator for optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI) startups. It offers grants for entrepreneurs from around the world together with qualified investors to speed innovation and time to market. They’re also helping early-stage startups gain clear competitive advantages.

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