Luminate seeks applications for second cohort

Luminate NY is now accepting applications for its program and competition through Sept. 24.

Located in Rochester, the accelerator helps promising companies from around the world advance their technologies and businesses in optics, photonics and imagining through comprehensive support, including:

• A $100,000 convertible note investment at enrollment, a chance to win up to $1 million in follow-on funding, and access to investors
• Exposure to the global optics, photonics and imaging network for resources and insight
• Mentors proven in an area who help set the pace for scaling a business
• Customized, structured curriculum delivered over six months, which allows transfer of knowledge into actionable business plans
• Reciprocal peer learning with companies

The inaugural class of startups for the accelerator include Double Helix, which won top honors in the Demo Day contest. The list of finalists is below:

Photonic Devices, Lasers, Materials and Display

• Arovia Inc. – Houston, TX
• Lumotune – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
• Molecular Glasses Inc. – Rochester, NY

Spectroscopy and Medical Devices

• LighTopTech Corp. – Rochester, NY
• Intelon Optics Inc. – Boston, MA

Augmented and Virtual Reality, Sensors, Instrumentation, Image Recognition

• Bounce Imaging – Boston, MA
• Double Helix LLC – Philadelphia, PA
• Think Biosolution – Dublin, Ireland
• Positive Science – Rochester, NY
• Tarsier Optics Inc. – Baltimore, MD

Program applications due on Sept. 24.  Apply here or learn more at www.luminate.org