Daniel Penberthy

Rand Capital Corp, a traded business development company invests in lower middle market companies located in the United States with EBITDA of up to USD 5 million and minimum revenues of USD 2 million. It targets companies operating on a broad range of sectors. It provides subordinated debt with warrants or preferred equity financing for early stage, later stage and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 0.75 - 5 million. It makes co-investments and acquires minority interest.

Synacor, Inc. engages in the provision of email and collaboration software, cloud-based identity management platforms, managed web and mobile portals, and advertising solutions. The company was founded by George G. Chamoun and Douglas S. Fish in January 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Buffalo Angels LLC invests in companies located in the US, with the focus on Buffalo/Upstate New York and Southern Ontario. The fund focuses on companies operating across a wide range of sectors. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging between $0.10 million and $0.25 million. It makes follow-on investments ranging from $0.10 million to $0.25 million and also makes co-investments.

SciAps, Inc. manufactures and services portable material analysis instruments. It operates as an instrumentation company which specializes in portable, durable, field- tested instruments. The company was founded by Gary A. Lortie and Donald W. Sackett in 2012 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo is a non-profit organization that provides grantmaking services. The private company is based in Buffalo, NY. The CEO of the company is Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker.

Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Inc. operates as a economic development organization. It helps in growing private investment, jobs and business development areas. The company was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

GENICON, Inc. designs, produces and distributes surgical instrumentation for laparoscopic surgery. Its products include trocars and port systems, laparoscopic instrumentation, specimen retrieval, lavage, veress needle-GeniFirst and ligation. The company was founded by Gary Haberlandz in 1998 and is headquartered in Winter Park, FL.

Western New York Venture Association provides business opportunity and investment forum to the Niagara region. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.