Phood is a developer of a payment API platform that facilitates the use of college meal plan dollars for food orders through third-party delivery applications. By integrating with existing delivery services such as Uber, Instacart, DoorDash, and Postmates, Phood enables college students to utilize their student cards as a payment method, regardless of their location. This innovation not only enhances convenience for students but also promotes financial transparency in their dining options. Through its technology, Phood effectively bridges the gap between campus dining and public food services.
Mod Tech Labs
Grant in 2022
Mod Tech Labs is an AI-driven platform specializing in 3D content processing that simplifies and automates complex workflows in digital content creation. The platform boasts over 200 advanced tools that integrate into production pipelines, optimizing every phase from asset management to playback across various devices. By employing machine learning algorithms, Mod Tech Labs enhances the quality and efficiency of content for industries such as film, television, gaming, and immersive media. Its automated workflow capabilities streamline the creation process, enabling clients to minimize infrastructure costs and reduce labor hours while focusing on creative excellence. Ultimately, Mod Tech Labs empowers professionals to manage and accelerate their workflows with precision, ensuring seamless orchestration between rendering and optimization.
Otrafy is a Quality Management Software company that specializes in optimizing vendor relationships for quality assurance departments, particularly within the food production sector. The company offers a blockchain-powered platform that enhances compliance and reduces operational risks in the supply chain. By addressing critical challenges such as certification, compliance management, production efficiency, food safety, disease prevention, and authenticity, Otrafy enables farmers to effectively communicate the history of their products from the farm to the store. This innovative approach helps food production facilities meet regulatory requirements more swiftly by automating mundane tasks and minimizing low-value activities.
AGAPÉ is a relationship wellness platform designed to spark meaningful conversations and help couples feel and show love. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, the platform prompts daily questions to initiate dialogue and offers personalized guidance to improve relationships. By providing a simple, regular cadence of prompts, AGAPÉ supports couples in building stronger communication and emotional connection.
Flox.ai, founded in 2018 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in artificial intelligence technology aimed at enhancing the welfare of broiler chickens and optimizing poultry farming efficiency. The company offers a comprehensive monitoring platform that incorporates various tools, including Flox-cam, which streams images from multiple cameras to monitors and smartphones; FLOX-box, an AI processor; and FLOX-alert, a tracking system for smothering and bird activities. By analyzing data from cameras, sensors, and activity monitors, Flox provides real-time insights into individual bird health, behavior, and environmental conditions. This technology empowers poultry farmers to identify and address issues promptly, ultimately improving bird welfare and increasing productivity on farms.
Rally Bus Corp., established in 2010 and headquartered in New York, operates a social mobility network specializing in group travel services to sporting events, concerts, and other large-scale venues. The company offers motor coach transportation with professional drivers, trip sharing options, and ride booking through its platform. With millions of rides completed, Rally aims to disrupt traditional bus travel by utilizing AI for route optimization and crowdfunding for surge demand management, thereby converting private car users to shared bus riders and providing digital tools for traditional charter customers.
PocketSuite offers a mobile platform for independent professionals to manage their businesses efficiently. It facilitates appointment scheduling, client communication via text message, payment acceptance, and more, all integrated into a single app.
GroupRaise is a platform that enables restaurants to host fundraising events by attracting large groups, typically 20 to 200 people, during underutilized dining times. It functions as a marketplace and booking engine that connects diners with local restaurants and ensures a portion of the sales supports a charitable cause. The service also operates as a social campaign fundraising platform, offering a new way to organize fundraisers at neighborhood venues by bringing together organizations, businesses, and individuals who want to contribute to causes within their communities. Through these events, participants can support charitable initiatives while dining at local restaurants.
Strayos Inc., founded in 2016 and based in St. Louis, Missouri, specializes in developing aerial data analytics software for various industries including mining, drilling, blasting, quarrying, and oil and gas exploration. The company's platform utilizes image processing and artificial intelligence to provide highly accurate survey data analytics, transforming job site insights through 3D visual AI. Key offerings include smart drill data analysis using measurement-while-drilling techniques, 3D Blast Profile for optimizing blast patterns, and Muckpile and Rock Size Analysis through advanced machine learning. These solutions aim to reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance safety by delivering actionable insights that maximize operational excellence.
Circuit Clinical
Grant in 2019
Circuit Clinical is an integrated research organization that has emerged from the experience of a physician engaged in clinical research within a private practice. Established in 2015, the company aims to enhance the way clinical research is conducted by emphasizing physician and participant engagement. Circuit Clinical leverages a network of over 1 million patients, utilizing direct HIPAA/FDA-compliant Electronic Medical Record reviews to identify motivated participants. The organization provides research services that facilitate access to clinical research, guiding both experienced and novice community physicians and their patients through each step of the clinical research process. Through its technology products and focus on participant and physician experience, Circuit Clinical seeks to improve research site quality and patient safety, creating a more efficient pathway for clinical research.
Whose Your Landlord
Grant in 2019
Whose Your Landlord is a multipurpose platform that empowers and informs the rental community. We use the information provided by our renters to extend feedback to landlords, improve the tenants' experience, and reduce turnover. On WYL renters post landlord reviews, receive community-centered insights, and are given access to quality listings.
Robodub Inc., founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, specializes in the development of advanced drone technology. The company focuses on creating multirotor drones capable of reconfiguring themselves in-flight, allowing them to carry various payloads that can dynamically shift during operation. This innovative approach enables Robodub's drones to perform effectively in challenging weather conditions, making them suitable for a range of commercial applications, including counter-drone operations, package delivery, and military uses. Additionally, Robodub aims to integrate robotics and gaming, bringing futuristic gaming experiences to consumers.
Peanut Butter
Grant in 2019
Peanut Butter is a provider of employee benefits technology that enables employers to offer student loan assistance programs to attract, retain, and engage college-educated talent. The company develops and operates a platform that helps organizations create, manage, and track the impact of student loan repayment plans and offers benefits administration tools to enroll employees, verify loans, coordinate payments, and generate reporting and plan support. By simplifying administration and decision support, Peanut Butter aims to help employers shorten hiring timelines, improve employee retention, and enhance diversity through financial well-being initiatives.
LegWorks designs and manufactures prosthetic knee joints, aiming to provide complete prosthetic leg solutions for lower-limb amputees worldwide. It operates as a for-profit social enterprise, employing tiered pricing strategies to maximize product distribution, regardless of location or financial status.
Bounce Imaging
Grant in 2017
Bounce Imaging, Inc. is a manufacturer of tactical throwable cameras equipped with multiple lenses and sensors, designed primarily for police and fire responders. The company specializes in developing omnidirectional cameras and sensor technology that allows first responders to safely monitor hazardous environments from a distance, enhancing their operational safety. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Buffalo, New York, Bounce Imaging provides a variety of supportive accessories such as pole attachments, tethers, car chargers, headsets, wrist straps, and magnetic mounts. In addition to its hardware offerings, the company also delivers cloud services, including technical consulting, design and implementation support, and troubleshooting assistance for imaging and processing hardware. Bounce Imaging's innovative solutions enable users to capture real-time videos and sensor data consistently, even in challenging conditions, making it a valuable asset in the defense and first response sectors.
Rachel's Remedy
Grant in 2016
Rachel's Remedy, LLC is a company based in Buffalo, New York, that specializes in producing breastfeeding relief packs designed to provide comfort and alleviate discomfort for nursing mothers. The company offers products that employ moist heat therapy, which is FDA-cleared, to help increase milk supply and relieve various breastfeeding-related issues. These breastfeeding relief packs can be purchased online and are also supplied to wholesale and medical professionals, ensuring that mothers have access to effective therapeutic treatments for their breastfeeding conditions.
Infonaut Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in health innovation and informatics solutions aimed at enhancing clinical situational awareness within hospital settings. Founded in 2003, Infonaut develops a range of products, including Hospital Watch Live, which features real-time syndromic surveillance tools such as Infection Watch Live for public health monitoring and Region Watch Live for provincial and regional disease surveillance. The company focuses on infection prevention and control, providing real-time analytics and behavior improvement services to help combat hospital-acquired infections. Infonaut also offers various health informatics data products and services, including postal code roll-up files, to support health organizations in making informed decisions.
ACV Auctions, Inc. is a wholesale automotive auction company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, founded in 2014. It operates a mobile platform that facilitates online auctions for used-car dealers, allowing them to view, bid on, and purchase car inventory directly from other dealers. The platform provides a digital marketplace that streamlines the buying and selling process, offering real-time alerts for available vehicles and enabling live auction participation. Additionally, ACV Auctions offers a pricing application tailored for franchise dealers, enhancing the auction experience and providing transparent and accurate vehicle information to users.
CoachMePlus is a web-based software application designed to assist coaches in designing, managing, tracking, and reporting the training efforts of athletes. The platform stands out due to its ability to interface with a wide range of devices, including treadmills, GPS-based devices, heart rate monitors, and other training tools, allowing for comprehensive data collection and reporting. This capability enables coaches to pull live game data and cross-reference various performance metrics into consolidated reports. Additionally, CoachMePlus offers customization options that facilitate communication between coaches and athletes, allowing for announcements, private messaging, and the sharing of videos and notifications. This comprehensive approach supports effective athlete performance management and enhances training outcomes.
Plum.io, Inc. is a Canadian software company that has developed a recruitment platform leveraging data-driven assessments to match job candidates with organizational needs. Established in 2012 and formerly known as Cream.HR, the company aims to enhance talent acquisition and management processes through its software as a service (SaaS) offerings. Plum's platform provides tools for workforce re-organization, planning, succession, and employee development, enabling organizations to quantify job fit and improve hiring quality. By focusing on objective data, Plum facilitates personalized career insights and helps create high-performing teams. The company has received recognition in the HR industry, including awards for its innovative technology.
Founded in 2012, Voiceitt develops mobile applications that use automatic speech recognition technology to enable individuals with speech impairments or motor disabilities to communicate effectively. Its AI-driven engine translates distorted pronunciation into intelligible speech, enhancing independence and quality of life for users.