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A Commercialization Catalyst
for Clean Energy Researchers

NEXUS-NY PROVIDES CONNECTIONS, RESOURCES, AND EXPERTISE

300

Technologies Screened

39

Participants

21

Companies Launched

36.7

Million Dollars of Follow on Funding

Your Innovation,

Our participants come from research universities and the general community after having completed basic research on new technologies with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Plus Our Support,

NEXUS-NY works with scientists to actively explore the commercial potential of their research-derived, energy innovations. We improve the likelihood of commercial success through our financial & business support and by providing a structured commercialization process.

Creates Game-Changing Companies.

To date, NEXUS-NY has helped launch 21 startup companies. Fifteen graduates have gone on to raise more than $34.1M. Six have generated initial customer revenue.

What is NEXUS-NY?

NEXUS-NY is a clean energy seed accelerator. Each year we provide financial, business and educational support to 10 entrepreneurial teams which are selected through a competitive application process. Program participants are eligible to receive up to $75,000 of equity-free financial support plus additional services from NEXUS-NY mentors and partner organizations.

Am I Eligible?

NEXUS-NY is open to researchers from throughout New York State who have completed basic research within the field of clean energy and who have yet to commercialize the resulting technology. The program is open to any technology that will generate clean energy or assist the end consumer to reduce carbon emissions.
Active Energy Systems
Active Energy Systems

Thermal energy storage system which makes efficient and productive use of low-grade waste heat.

American Fuel Cell
American Fuel Cell

American Fuel Cell is the premier supplier of individually tailored Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEA) for multiple Fuel Cell Applications.

Biological Energy
Biological Energy

Drop-in equipment for waste water treatment, allowing increased capacity, reducing  energy consumption, and helping to exceed regulatory standards.

ChromaNanoTech
ChromaNanoTech

Thermally stable organic dyes which can be fabricated into passive solar window films for improved energy efficiency in buildings.

Conamix
Conamix

Advanced materials for next generation lithium-ion batteries.

Dimensional Energy
Dimensional Energy

Making solar fuels viable through its novel photoreactor and functionalized catalysts.

Ducted Turbines International
Ducted Turbines International

Ducted turbines which produce more than 2x the energy of a traditional turbine.

Ecolectro
Ecolectro

Specialty polymers for clean energy, chemical, and water applications.

Lionano
Lionano

Materials for lithium-ion batteries.

Micatu
Micatu

Optical sensor platform for precise monitoring of power distribution systems, power transformers and power generation equipment.

Molecular Glasses
Molecular Glasses

Materials for OLED displays and lighting applications

NanoHydroChem
NanoHydroChem

Hydrogen generating nanomaterials.

SelfArray
SelfArray

Enabling the direct view LED display market through its novel directed self-assembly technology.

Xallent
Xallent

Instruments to support nanoscale characterization of semiconductor devices and thin film materials.

"Learning and implementing the lean startup process was extremely valuable, even more so than the financial support."

Mike Jagielski

"It’s really cool to be invested in this community."

Joe Caron

"We were excited by the puzzle of how to make this into a product people actually want."

Joe Caron

"The exciting part for me is the process of talking with potential customers and hearing ‘Wow, that solves my problem.’"

Mike Oshetski

"The most exciting thing is that we’ve been able to prove out the technology."

Pat Govang

"It’s a fire hose approach to vetting a technology."

Pat Govang

"We are excited by the possibility of obtaining verifiable data from the prototypes we created through the NEXUS-NY program."

Jason Vollen

"NEXUS-NY helped us identify pathways to commercialize the energy storage technologies developed in our lab."

Tobias Hanrath

"Understanding whether customers really care about the invention is the big key."

Tom Bourne

"We greatly benefited from other teams in the NEXUS-NY program."

Nenand Nenadic

"NEXUS-NY offered us the opportunity to add some rigor to a process we already had in mind."

Dan O’Connell

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NEXUS-NY is a program of NextCorps (NextCorps) and is supported by New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

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