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The Upstate Venture Association of New York, Inc.(UVANY) is pleased to host its annual Holiday Event at Transfinder Corporations’s beautifal new headquarters building in downtown Schenectady, NY.  The event will be preceded by an Open House at NYBizLab, a vibrant incubator and accelerator right down the street in downtown Schenectady.  

The keynote speaker will be Anthony Collins, Clarkson University's 16^th president, and a regional and national advocate for higher education – industrial partnerships that couple research discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise for commercialization and economic development with a focus on advancing sustainable energy solutions and environmental technology innovation.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Dr. Collins in July 2011 to serve as co-chair for the North Country Regional Economic Development Council.  He is the also the president of the Seaway Private Equity Corporation that invests in new technology companies based in St. Lawrence County, NY, and and is a member of NYSERDA’s Technology & Market Development Advisory Committee.

Please also sign up for the Open House at NYBizLab from 3:30-5:00pm on the event registration page, and hear David Helgerson from Hamilton Lane discuss its new $200 million NYS Small Business Investment Company Fund.