What is Startup Tech Valley?

Meetup for first-time entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, employees of startups, service providers to startups, and anyone else who wants to be involved or is curious.

What to Expect:

Connect + Engage. Start with networking and then get introduced to startups through informal pitch sessions.


Join us for our next Startup Tech Valley Event on December 18!


We’ve partnered with Toys for Tots for our final event of the year! Help make this holiday season magical for children in need! Bring a new, unwrapped toy to the event, and together, we’ll fill our toy box with gifts for kids who could use a little extra joy this season.

Meet the Presenters:

Last Letter First is a fun and educational word game suitable for all ages. The game offers endless variations and can be played solo or with friends. It’s available on app stores and the web in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, and Hindi, with Russian and Ukrainian support coming soon.

RoadMap Technologies, a management consulting and data science company, has launched a forecasting software suite that simplifies business planning. Using AI, deep learning, and machine learning, it offers over 45 advanced models from top tech leaders, enabling users to forecast from Excel data, save results, quantify uncertainty, visualize insights, and generate AI-driven analysis.

Faction Networks offers a private, secure alternative to traditional internet connectivity, addressing the risks of a hyperconnected world dominated by AI, IoT, and cyber threats. Much like Zoom revolutionized videoconferencing, Faction Networks aims to transform the VPN and SDN markets.

Logatot streamlines child care compliance and communication with voice-command technology, reducing administrative burdens. Providers can focus on children while automating paperwork and family updates, making child care careers more sustainable and rewarding.

Aurox uses drones and advanced analytics to help local and international dairy farms optimize operations. They provide precision feed inventory tracking, shrink analysis, and forecasting through drone imagery and their FeedSense Dashboard, enabling data-driven decisions to boost profitability and safety. 

 

Check out the pitches from our October 2024 event:

irl Media, presented by Chris Thompson:
irl Media is a content creation media venture focused on developing niche brands that tell stories by leveraging the mediums of newsletters, podcasts, long-form YouTube videos, Shorts/Reels/TikToks, and social media.

re:Charge, presented by Julien Bouget
re:Charge is powering the global shift towards a sustainable future. Through our innovative charging-as-a-service business model and universal charging solutions for electric micromobility, we are bringing safe and equitable mobility to communities around the world.

Foothills Farm, presented by Max Poritzky
Foothills Farm is a vertical hydroponic container farm based in Greenfield Center NY, growing and delivering hyper-local produce including specialty lettuces, leafy greens, and culinary herbs year round, and with zero pesticides. Founded by Nikki and Max Poritzky who have spent decades in the natural health products and integrative/functional medicine industry, Foothills Farm was conceived as a means to leverage our business experience and passion for health and sustainability for the betterment of our community. We are dedicated to contributing to the wellbeing of our community’s economy, ecology, and wellness. We are always seeking partnerships with local businesses, governments, and educational institutions to further these goals.

Rushdown Studios, presented by Kirk Becker
Rushdown is a game studio that offers co-development support to some of the largest game studios in the world. We’re experts when it comes to multiplayer video games with an experienced team who’s contributed to games like PUBG, Among Us, League of Legends, Last Epoch, and many more.

P1ston, presented by PJ Bellomo
P1ston is a B2B SaaS that digitally enables supply chains for manufacturers and distributors.

 

Check out the pitches from our September 2024 event:

Eternal ME

Eternal Me helps advisors, planners, and lawyers protect their clients, save time administering estates, and generate new business with our next-generation digital estate and legacy management software and services. 

Ten Talents

Ten Talents is on a mission to eliminate spam and enable businesses to find clients at scale. They provide advanced, personalized data services to ensure sales outreach is relevant and authentic. Valuing respect and integrity, Ten Talents helps businesses make impactful connections with high-value prospects through innovative and scalable solutions. 

Ethermed

Ethermed is solving the $80B+ prior authorization problem in healthcare.? Our solution is Invisibly Uplifting™, seamlessly integrating with customers’ existing tools, and operating in the background to automatically pre-fill and submit prior authorizations with no human involvement.? We are live, at scale and performant with our first customer, in late-stage contract redlines with our second, and we have a large pipeline of active payor and provider opportunities. 

 

 

Check out the pitches from our April 2024 event:

FurnitureBnB

FurnitureBnB is a one-stop shop web platform to outfit themed Short Term Rentals [properties] with thoughtfully curated collections of high-impact furniture known to increase rental revenue. Sourcing and selecting photogenic pieces so you don’t have to. Which, in turn, makes beautiful design quick and easily accessible to the investor/owner. 

Thin Air

Thin Air eliminates the concept of “tabs” on your computer. It introduces a new computer interface enabling you to have more screen space with no additional monitors. Organize, work, and collaborate like never before on Thin Air.

Helios

As a research and data science organization, our mission is to further the frontiers of speech analytics. We strive to redefine tone of voice by detecting subtle cues in executive communication invisible to the human ear. Our data services deliver an informational edge to help clients anticipate stock moves, spot incongruities between words and tone, and navigate volatility with confidence.

WolfJaw            

Wolfjaw Studios is a development studio based in Troy, New York, developing online game services with a keen focus on player experience.


 

 

 

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