Rochester, United States
Luminate is the New York State funded startup accelerator program for optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI) enabled companies. Luminate seeks visionary entrepreneurs solving challenging problems including but not limited to: machine vision, inspection, biophotonics, security, surveillance, augmented & virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles. Subscribe to get updates on Luminate news, companies, events, and opportunities at luminate.org/#subscribe. Luminate is a program of NextCorps.
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Total Investments
27
Portfolio Companies
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Exits
2
Industries
General Information
Industries
Community, Financial Services
Funding Stage
Accelerator
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About Luminate
Recent Investments (32)
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| Seed | •••••• | Aug 2026 | |
| Seed Round | •••••• | Mar 2024 | |
| Seed Round | •••••• | Mar 2024 | |
| Seed Round | •••••• | Mar 2024 | |
| Seed Round | •••••• | Mar 2024 | |
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Series B | •••••• | Apr 2023 |
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Series B | •••••• | Jan 2023 |
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Series A | •••••• | Dec 2022 |
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Pre Seed Round | •••••• | Oct 2022 |
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Grant | •••••• | Oct 2022 |
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