Our Collaboration Helps Startups Thrive in CNY

The Tech Garden has an extensive and evolving network of innovation partnerships with many state and federal agencies, universities, and other incubators.

Within the innovation ecosystem, The Tech Garden directs the Central New York Innovation Council. The CNY Innovation Council consists of regional innovation partners that hold bi-monthly meetings to provide the greatest collaborative value to regional entrepreneurs through aligned resources, programs and events. Within the Innovation Council, are the CNY Innovation HotSpot partners that intentionally collaborate with The Tech Garden on business development services and opportunities through tax benefit programming for qualified entrepreneurs.

Supporting, engaging and connecting CNY’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Want to learn more about the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape in Central New York? Attend Innovation Village to meet the partners serving local startups.

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CNY Innovation Council Partners

CNY INNOVATION HOTSPOT
The Tech Garden
 
HOTSPOT AFFILIATED PARTNER INCUBATORS
CNY Biotech Accelerator
Insourcing
Syracuse University Whitman
WISE Women's Business Center
South Side Innovation Center
 
ADDITIONAL INCUBATORS/ACCELERATORS
LeMoyne Keenan Center
SU Blackstone Launchpad
UpStart

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
SBDC
SBA
SCORE
CenterState CEO
Syracuse University Tech and Law Center
Syracuse CASE Center

VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATIONS
Upstate Venture Connect
Launch NY
​GrowNY
StartFAST

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
MedTech
MACNY
Hack Upstate
Syracuse CoE (Thermal Environmental Cooling)
​TDO

OTHER
Syracuse CoWorks
SU Office of Community Engagement