The Tech Garden has two kinds of members, resident members and virtual members, in a wide variety of business endeavors.
Akrobotix
Akrobotix develops safe, reliable and self-contained autopilot systems for fully autonomous unmanned aerial, ground and marine vehicles based on its proprietary technology. Akrobotix's technology can set the de facto standards for the safe integration of UAS into the national airspace. Programs: 
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Ascent AeroSystems
Ascent Aerosystems (Arizona), designs, manufactures, sells, and supports small unmanned aerial vehicles. The company has designed a unique vehicle configuration that is superior to typical multirotors. Programs: 
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AutoModality
AutoModality is dedicated to creating autonomous mobile systems that sense, explore, and analyze the world around us. We provide technology and services for automated close-up inspection using drones and are currently focused on the Agriculture and Infrastructure inspection markets. AutoModality is also the home of Team Autero, the winner of the 2016 DJI SDK Challenge. Programs: 
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Bonsai Finance
Bonsai Finance is an online financial services marketplace where consumers can shop and receive the best offer from a network of lenders for their financing needs. Bonsai Finance is revolutionizing how consumers shop for financial services and how companies reach new customers. As a fin-tech company, Bonsai Finance seeks to empower customers to make more informed financial decisions and improve their financial situation over time. |
DropCopter
DropCopter is an agriculture technology startup that has developed technology that allows farmers to pollinate orchards via drones. The recent decline of bee populations has raised pollination prices significantly, creating a market for alternative technologies such as Dropcopter. 
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Density
Density is a people counter and an API (application programing interface). Density is built to count the number of visiting customers, measure the length of their visit, and provide you with up-to-the-minute data about foot traffic to and from your local business. Density's analytics are convenient, complete, and always available. |
Euphony, Inc.
Euphony’s emotional and in-character voices allow customers to immerse their users in realistic voices and scenarios. They provide text-to-speech solutions designed for those passionate about improving their users’ experience with assistive speech, simulation, and gaming. Euphony strives to understand how its partners’ technologies can improve their users’ experience through advanced, adaptive text-to-speech. Programs: Germinator |
Hack Upstate
Hack Upstate's mission is to unite and facilitate collaboration among the greater Upstate New York technology community. In doing so, we aim to contribute to the growth of Upstate New York's technology sector, and to create a robust network of technologists and regional technology companies. |
Fotokite
Fotokite combines aerial and ground-based robotics with flight control algorithms to create a kite-like tethered drone system that can fly fully autonomously for 24 hours. 
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Imajion
Imajion builds communication, collaboration, and productivity tools for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. We tackle long-standing, costly problems using the next generation of mixed reality technologies. We set out to eliminate the inefficient collection of tools general contractors and other stakeholders use to document and collaborate by bringing the visual, spatial, and temporal data industry experts rely on directly into a shared field of view. We have one simple goal - to leave our users wondering how they ever got work done before they started using our product. |
Labella Associates
LaBella Associates, D.P.C., a full service architecture and engineering firm, was formed in 1978 by professional engineer Salvatore A. LaBella in Rochester, New York. Upon expanding to the Syracuse area LaBella Associates has taken residence in The Tech Garden in order to further develop our company’s goal to build strong relationships with our clients that drive successful results. We provide services that take a project from start to finish—from an initial study to determine a project’s feasibility to construction administration and start up, and everything in between. |
Lake Effect Applications
Lake Effect creates exceptional mobile experiences for core gamers. |
Launch NY
Launch New York, Inc. (Launch NY) is a 501(c)(3) venture development organization whose mission is to identify, support and invest in high-growth, high-impact companies and catalyze the entrepreneurial culture to drive job and wealth creation in the 27 westernmost counties of Upstate New York. |
Liddy Enterprises
With over 25 years of startup, corporate, and consulting experience, we bring a unique perspective to any problem. We make it our mission to act fast and communicate transparently across boundaries to co-create prosperity for our clients. At Liddy Enterprises we believe innovation, venture creation, and market commercialization are achieved through open communication and collaboration across multiple verticals. We work directly with our clients and their key stakeholders to identify strategic growth opportunities and execute evolving strategies which drive change. |
Quantifly
Quantifly simplifies and reduces the costs of parking and traffic studies through the unification of unmanned aerial systems, machine vision and analytics by eliminating human error, mitigating safety risks, and centralizing harvested data. 
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MedTech
MedTech is a not-for-profit regional trade association comprised of Upstate NY technology manufacturers, research institutions, and allied profession services and economic development organizations to promote the commercialization of medical products. MedTech boosts the success and growth of its members and the bioscience and medical technology industry in New York State through collaboration, information, education, advocacy and by trumpeting the story. |
PreVision
PreVision creates image processing technology that makes real-time precision imaging affordable. 
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NYBDC
New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC) is a complement to conventional banking, working in partnership with banks to provide term loans, many of which do not meet the requirements for traditional financing. |
OmniMesh
OmniMesh is designing a wireless network protocol that is more reliable, secure, and convenient than current Internet routing. The OmniMesh network will boost drone safety and security, and greatly expand the feasibility of drone control and data transmission beyond visual line of sight. Programs: 
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Professional Tradesmen, Inc.
Professional Tradesmen, Inc., a full-service commercial electrical contractor with experience in both prime and sub-contracting management, is a Tier 1 Energy Efficiency partner with National Grid. We collaborate early in the design stage so complex systems can be properly integrated to prevent cost overruns and operation delays. Our sales and service specialists have extensive knowledge across IT and security products. We can also train your staff and provide additional highly qualified personnel to assist with facility operations. |
ProZ.com
ProZ.com provides tools and opportunities that translators, translation companies, and others in the language industry use to network, expand their businesses, improve their work and add enjoyment to their professional endeavors. Serving the world’s largest community of translators, ProZ.com delivers a comprehensive network of essential services, resources and experiences that enhance the lives of its members. ProZ.com enables language professionals to outsource and accept translation and interpreting assignments, collaborate on terms with proprietary KudoZ software, evaluate clients with the member-built Blue Board, meet face-face at local conferences and ProZ.com Powwows, train and be trained in industry-specific skills and much more. |
AiROS, a GE venture AiRXOS is a new company helping to accelerate the safe, efficient, scalable integration of air and ground space for manned and unmanned vehicles. |
RushTera
A software as a service for filmmakers and other content creators, enabling them to upload, download, store, share, and stream files much larger than other online services can handle. |
SBDC
Our staff consists of dedicated small business advisors whose goal is to provide professional advice to make your business a success. The SBDC works with a range of businesses, from home based, to e-commerce to large manufacturing firms providing information relevant to making well-informed business decisions. |
SkyOp
SkyOp sUAS Education creates training experiences that prepare the American workforce for new jobs and business models created by emerging technologies. By providing comprehensive courses and unparalleled educator training, SkyOp empowers organizations to lead innovation by offering a nationally recognized high-tech curriculum. In addition to creating turnkey proprietary courses, SkyOp works with educational institutions, public safety organizations, and businesses of all sizes to develop custom training solutions. Programs: GENIUS NY 
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Solon Quinn Studios
Solon Quinn Studios is a multi-national award winning commercial production firm dedicated to pushing the envelope in visual advertising. Its clients include: Bank of America, Donald J Pliner, Syracuse University, Eric Mower and Associates, Say Yes to Education, The Pinckney Hugo Group, Stickley Audi Co, Community General Hospital, Cowley Associates, King + King Architects. |
Syracuse Design Group
Syracuse Design is a web design and custom application development company offering website consultation services and website development for small and large companies in the regional Central New York area and beyond. If your business is looking for custom website design services, consider working with an established agency like Syracuse Design. |
TangoSquared
TangoSquared is a veteran-owned design and application development firm. Our services include branding and marketing communications, UX design and implementation, application architecture and development, and media production. |
TruWeather Solutions
TruWeather blends people with agile IT partners and better data sources to deliver life or business impacting weather insight to remove the element of surprise and cost of inattention that can threaten lives and profits—TruWeather provides weather business solutions that will reduce costs and increase profits.
Programs: Grants for Growth
TruWeather blends people with agile IT partners and better data sources to deliver life or business impacting weather insight to remove the element of surprise and cost of inattention that can threaten lives and profits—TruWeather provides weather business solutions that will reduce costs and increase profits.
Programs: Grants for Growth
3ES
3Es Consulting group is a positive productive multi-empowerment service agency specializing in both civic and personal development. They customize and provide pre-developed trainings, workshops and presentations in the areas of social inclusion, engagement and self empowerment, providing innovative tech-reenforcement tools for clients success. |
Alvina Group
The Alvina Group was created to provide operational excellence, technology planning, and quality project management services to our clients. We are determined to help your business create sustainable change with a solid digital backbone. We will help you move away from fire drills and excessive overhead toward compliant, lean processes that prioritize the highest needs first. |
Arboxy
Professional Website Design, Web Services, Design Services, and Marketing Services. Programs: Hot Spot |
CladNetwork CladNetwork is a collaborative current events platform that aims to better connect people with the information most relevant to them. At cladnetwork.com users can view and post news stories ranging from the local to international scale, local events, and public notices. |
3D Usher, Inc. 3D Usher, Inc. is trying to make on-demand manufacturing accessible through its proprietary algorithm and a network of manufacturers and designers. Anyone who wants a part manufactured on-demand can go online answer a few questions and get connected to the right technology, vendor and material. |
CNY Hemp Processing CNY Hemp Processing is a hemp processor that will be making heat pellets and animal bedding from hemp fiber, and also plan to press hemp seeds to make oil and use the seed cake to produce livestock feed. |
Avatar Sustainable Technologies
Avatar Sustainable Technologies takes waste from paper mills and processes them into fermentable sugars. These sugars can be used to make bio-products. Bio-products include biofuel and Bioplastics. Programs: Clean Tech Center |
Battle Sight Technologies
Battle Sight Technologies is on a mission to make a better world for warfighters, law enforcement agencies and first responders. This Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB)c was formed to commercialize a pressure activated chemiluminescent material initially designed as a writing utensil for military application. |
BINC Technologies, LLC
Principally in the business of developing and bringing to market emerging technologies related to the emergence of biotechnology, information technology, nanotechnology, and cognitive service. |
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CampusPro
Campus Pro is a service based mobile app targeted toward college students, allowing students to do what they love while getting paid. Whether it is working as a barber, tutor, fitness trainer or providing other services, our users can work on their own schedule and focus on their academics. At the same time, Campus Pro conveniently offers these everyday services to students while remaining cost efficient. |
Clarity Clinical Research
Clarity Clinical Research is a private neuro-degenerative research site focused on human clinical trials for investigational treatments. Conducting trials in phases I-IV, Clarity Clinical Research is exploring new medications aimed at preventing, slowing, or stopping Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias. Working with national and global sponsors, Clarity Clinical Research will aim to bring groundbreaking scientific investigation to Central New York. Programs: Hot Spot |
Ducted Turbines International Ducted Turbines International (DTI) is a wind turbine company with a focus to provide the lowest cost per kWh in the small turbine market. DTIs ducted wind turbine design produces more than 2X the energy of a conventional wind turbine of the same rotor diameter, which translates into a lower cost per kWh to the customer, and a reduction in the time for the return on your investment to half of what it takes for small wind turbines on the market today. |
DAKboard LLC DAKboard provides a service allowing users to easily display their photos, calendar, news, weather and lots more content through a simple web-based interface. DAKboard also sells several different hardware options for users to display this information, including a ?CPU? that connects to any TV via HDMI, and a 24-inch Wall Display. |
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Farm to Flame Energy Farm to Flame Energy will manufacture biomass powered generators and grinders. These generators are smokeless, odorless, and able to operate with any given biomass feedstock. These generators will initially be exported to Africa because of the large market for microgrid systems. Initial connections have been made with customers, including a private utilities company in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as with the Liberian government. |
Cortland Research, LLC
Development of POUNCE Systems for affordable building automation. Occupancy based, complete integration of heating, coding, lighting, venilation & plugload control. |
Cut To The Chase
A dating application for busy people. Everything is handled quickly, no essays and cumbersome surveys. Do not have to leave the house – until you are sure! |
Digital Hyve
The Digital Hyve is a Full Service Digital Marketing Agency specializing in client euphoria. Whether you need a new mobile friendly website, want to be found in search listings, desire to harness the power of social media, or just need to grow your business, we’re here for you. |
Ecolectro
Ecolectro is a chemical company that develops and manufactures enhanced speciality polymers for clean energy, chemical and water applications. The company holds exclusive license and patents to a group of novel polymers developed at Cornell University that possess high mechanical strength, high anionic conductivity and high chemical stability. Our innovative technology represents a significant advance in materials science with multiple industrial uses. Programs: Grants for Growth |
EZ3D
Use EZ3D to quickly photograph the condition of the roof and create 99% accurate measurements from the photos you took. Ditch the ladder and tape measure- there is no better way to safely inspect and document roof damage and quickly create an estimate. Programs: 
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Finger Lakes Bio
Finger Lakes Bio's patent-pending biological production technology enables scalable manufacturing and purification of hard or impossible to express recombinant proteins, including p53. |
Heat Inverse Heat Inverse provides a thin-film photonics material that gets cold with zero-energy input. This technology is game changing for most systems with efficiency losses related to heat generation and exposure to the atmosphere --engines, batteries, electronics, solar panels, etc. For PV manufacturers, we provide a 2.5% efficiency increase. |
Iko Systems Iko is solving food problems through agriculture, technology and design. Its first product is a data driven micro greenhouse for the home. It allows home cooks to grow the exotic and rare herbs they struggle to source or grow whilst inspiring a more creative cuisine and healthy lifestyle. |
Glitter Network
Glitter Network is a leading performance ad network connecting trusted brands with trusted publishers. We have an extensive relationship with advertisers, agencies, and a large publisher base ranging from individual publishers to large content providers. Glitter Network features family-friendly, branded offers with competitive payouts comprehensive account management services for our publishers and advertisers alike. Programs: Hot Spot |
Good People Energy Tech
Good People is a NY benefit corporation with offices in Cooperstown and Utica. Our product, the Phoenix Fan Controller provides 10-30% energy savings with improved quiet and comfort and can be added to existing small fan HVAC systems (PTACs, fan coils, split systems, etc.) to extend their useful lives. It is well suited to institutions like government buildings, schools, colleges, and hospitals, as well as commercial buildings, office parks, hotels, and multi-tenant residential buildings. Programs: Clean Tech |
Hestia Technologies
At Hestia Technologies, we seek to inform homeowners on the next best steps to reduce their heating costs and energy. We do this using a mobile application developed from a yearlong environmental physics research project. Our app delivers individualized reports by analyzing heat gains and losses including insulation and draftiness. It also allows users to see the heating bill savings due to suggested modifications. |
FeedForLess
FeedsForLess.Com is where Farmers and animal feed professionals come to research, compare and purchase feeds with real-time pricing from multiple feed sellers. |
Ichor Therapeutics, Inc.
Ichor Therapeutics, Inc is a pre-clinical biotechnology company. The company has several intramural research programs that broadly focus on therapeutic interventions for age-related disease. Ichor is also involved in several smaller ventures aimed at reducing the barriers to entry for biotechnology entrepreneurs and independent scientists. Kelsey Moody is the founder and CEO of Ichor Therapeutics. |
Menio Global
Get the best of both worlds! Working with Ignite Payments - Menio Global offers you the Credit Card, Check, Gift Card processing power and protection through a Global Leader in the field, First Data, while providing you that Local Team to support your day to day needs! Programs: Hot Spot |
Xallent
Xallent designs, develops, manufactures and markets advanced nanoprobing solutions for imaging, electrical measurement and testing of thin film materials and semiconductor devices. The Company’s products enable on-wafer measurements and failure analysis of integrated circuits. Product design, manufacture and assembly are conducted in Ithaca, New York. |
Ionica Sciences Ionica Sciences is utilizing a new technology platform to meet urgent needs in clinical diagnostics. Our IonLyme Test addresses Lyme disease, the fastest growing vector borne disease in the United States, and a growing problem globally. |
Mentis Technologies, LLC
Mentis is a cyber security company providing protection from computer viruses using it’s patented Web Isolation Technology (WIT). Built around WIT is the ability to plug in traditional and custom antivirus programs. Mentis also provides a dark web scanning tool called InfraDrip which can function stand alone are integrated into the CyQ Defense total malware solution. |
Promptous Promptous is creating a disruptive software solution utilizing blockchain technology to address major issues currently found in the healthcare insurance industry. Our initial focus is on Dental providers and mid sized employers to assist them with providing services and plans optimized through our platform to best meet the needs of their employees/customers and save costs. |
NetManageIT
NetManageIT has been a dedicated IT provider for the last twenty years. We're very grateful to our loyal customers who have given us the opportunities to do our best work over the years. As day to day work becomes increasingly technology dependent, we strive to empower YOU as the customer to make successful decisions. If we haven't worked with you yet, we'd like the opportunity. |
New Age Renewable Energy
A renewable process technology company with focus on waste sugars to commodity chemicals production. Anchor industry targeted is dairy processing. |
Off Duty Blue
Off Duty Blue is a veteran owned and operated security logistics company that was established in 2014 with officers as our first priority. Our service streamlines the entire process of secondary employment scheduling and management. Stay tuned for the latest news and developments and give us your feedback so we can make Off Duty Blue work for you. Programs: Hot Spot |
Iterate Labs
Iterate Labs prevents repetitive motion injuries and improves ergonomic design in the workplace with their revolutoinary smart wearables and software. Programs: Grants for Growth |
Pelitex
Pelitex is a product development and technology licensing firm with disruptive IP in the area of magnetic nano-particles. Pelitex’s Nanogradient™ material has several key competitive attributes that cannot be achieved in products that currently utilize ferric oxide as a magnetic material. Programs: TC Growth Fund | Clean Tech | Grants for Growth |
Plan It! (Plancation)
Vacation planning app that allows a group of people plan together and save together. Helps to make vacation happen and know who?s on board. |
Prista Technologies LLC
Prista Technologies LLC offers full stack software development to businesses and institutions. They work with modern programming languages and frameworks to provide the entire range of solutions from problem definition to user experience, and from data modeling through scalable middleware to front end development. Wife and husband team Lynna Cekova and Alex Pantaleev, Ph.D. are co-founders of Prista Technologies. Programs: Hot Spot |
RepHike
RepHike connects agencies and brands to student ambassadors for product promotion, staffing experiential & sampling events, producing viral content, and grassroots advocacy. Beyond recruitment, RepHike's proprietary community management software provides managers the system to keep ambassadors productive and engaged while delivering meaningful performance data. |
Rosie
The industry leading online grocery shopping platform for mobile and web, Rosie has partnered with major retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers across the US to acquire and retain new customers via digital commerce. Rosie’s unique ability to provide online shopping tools, complete delivery logistics packages, and proprietary data analytics was recognized in 2014 when the company was named the top startup in North America by IBM. Since that time, Rosie has launched with dozens of retailers and offers a comprehensive list of references for any retailer interested in learning more. Programs: Hot Spot | Grants for Growth |
Scherzi Systems
Founded in 2011, Scherzi Systems specializes in helping businesses use technology more efficiently. We offer full stack development, custom programming for Windows, Mac, and mobile platforms, and Project Management consulting and training. Dana Scherzi is CEO and James Scherzi is President of Scherzi Systems. |
Infinitescope
Product transforms any phone or tablet into a powerful digital microscope, democratizing science by replacing traditional expensive tools. |
SoraLinks
SoraLinks is an airspace intelligence company working on a weather sensing device for unmanned aerial vehicles. This novel device will capture real-time hyperlocal weather data that can improve pilots’ situational awareness and operational safety. This unique data will also be used to produce more accurate hi-resolution weather forecasts. Programs: Grants for Growth |
SparkCharge
SparkCharge is a clean tech, clean energy start-up on a mission to end range anxiety. Programs: Clean Tech |
Spark.Orange
Spark.Orange is a Syracuse, NY based consultancy, providing Salesforce.com implementation, customization, automation and Force.com development services. A Salesforce.com Strategic Implementation Partner, the team at Spark.Orange is passionate about solving complex business problems through the use of both technology and sound management strategies, and specializes in accelerating lead generation and revenues while improving operational efficiency and reducing overhead. |
The Print Hub We are a merchandise and fulfillment company that creates and hosts online webstores. |
Rabi Energy Rabi Energy grows renewable energy projects with a focus on wind development and battery storage. We are dedicated to proliferating a clean future by moving our methods of energy production away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable, clean energy. |
The Standard Hydrogen Corporation (SHC)
SHC are building a network of Tri-Revenue™ onsite hydrogen generation stations to serve needs of the power and fuels markets. For power, SHC Stations provide grid-based electrical energy storage to utilities, renewable power producers, and commercial customers. For fuels, SHC Stations provide grid-balanced EV charging points and renewable hydrogen refueling for fuel cell vehicles, such as cars, forklifts, and airport logistic equipment. SHC is based in Ithaca, NY. Programs: Clean Tech |
Tech Geekery Inc.
Tech Geekery Inc. is a local Central New York consulting firm that provides a range of services from On-Site home support to detailed server/network Infrastructure consulting and implementation. We’re committed to doing the right thing. We respect our commitments; we respect our clients. Ultimately, we believe in the idea that, through our actions, we can make a dent in the universe. Programs: Hot Spot |
Tuzag
Tuzag is a content architecture firm that provides consulting, technology and support services to help companies optimize customer engagement. We’ve married behavioral science, one-to-one marketing technology and interactive storytelling to ensure you get the most out of every customer relationship. We’re here to help you connect with customers the way you connect with people, rethink your approach to customer lifecycle optimization and transform your data and content to build better relationships and accelerate the customer behaviors that grow your business. |
Whir Software
Whir Software provides expert software development consulting services, and is building an infrastructure framework to help other software development businesses in Central NY. To that end Alex Pantaleev was awarded an Ignition Grant by TTG in order to register the company and help bootstrap it. |
