Apply for Luminate Optics and Photonics Startup Accelerator

Donor Name: Luminate

Reference URL:https://luminate.org/apply/

Luminate, a NextCorps program, offers a six-month accelerator for incorporated companies using optics, photonics, imaging, or lasers to address industry challenges and strengthen their investability and capacity to scale.

Luminate is a program of NextCorps, based in Rochester, New York.

The accelerator is for companies applying optics, photonics, imaging, or lasers to industry challenges, with a focus on improving investability and supporting business growth.

Companies receive $100K at program start and may receive $1 million in follow-on funding at the end of the program. Luminate invests $3M each year and awards $1M to its Company of the Year.

The program runs for six months, with weekly instruction on business topics including sales, marketing, intellectual property protection, and finance. Cohort members are expected to participate in person for one week each month in Rochester, New York, and/or at investor pitches.

Applicants must have an incorporated company, have proven their optics-, photonics-, or imaging-enabled technology at least at lab scale, and have a team of at least two members working on the business full-time. C-level team members must be able to travel to Rochester to participate in the hybrid-remote program.

For more information, visit Luminate.

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