Oct 15, 9:00 PM – Oct 16, 12:30 AM (UTC)
Sibley Buiding, 260 East Main Street, Rochester, 14607
Join the Startup Grind Rochester team for a special event in partnership with Grow-NY! Celebrate this year's finalists, meet and mingle with teams, mentors, and Startup Insiders across our broad community.
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Join the Startup Grind Rochester team for a special event in partnership with Grow-NY! Celebrate this year's finalists, meet and mingle with teams, mentors, and Startup Insiders across our broad community.
This event is a casual evening of networking to connect our incredible startup ecosystems across Upstate NY and beyond - as we welcome Grow-NY Finalist teams from all around the world!
NextCorps is Rochester's startup and tech hub, housing an incubator as well as several startup programs and accelerators across AI, low-code, climateTech and optics.
NextCorps is offering a tour before the meetup starting at 4:30pm.
Schedule a meeting with one of the experts in the Food, Bev, Ag industries that will be available the day our meetup.
Sarah Meyer | Grow-NY Program Manager | Book Time - learn about joining the Grow-NY program
Anthony Colangelo | Innovation & AI Lead Farm Credit East | Book Time
Matt Rice | Thirsty Insights Founder, previously Head of Constellation Brands Ventures & Strategy | Book Time
Michael Thaney | Constellation Brands Innovation Partnerships, Startup Grind Director, Startfast Ventures Venture Partner, Tres.win Angel Investor | Book Time
Be sure to RSVP and share with your friends on LinkedIn, and we can't wait to see you there!
This is a Free event, but is organized by a dedicated volunteer team. Ticket purchases help support organizing and event planning efforts. We appreciate any ticket purchases as it helps us to support this community!
October 15 – 16, 2025
9:00 PM – 12:30 AM (UTC)
Startup Grind
Director
CivicPulse
Community Outreach Lead
MillerKnoll
Software Portfolio Manager
CoPivot
Founder Relations
SchoolQuizz
Community Manager
InfoPreserve Inc.
Founder @ InfoPreserve
Advisor
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