Startup Tech Valley is returning to spotlight Capital Region tech entrepreneurs after a four-year hiatus triggered by the pandemic. The relaunch of the Startup Tech Valley series comes amid a burst of entrepreneurial activity in the region, with several local startups receiving their first federal research grants, or contracts or
Employment among the Capital Region’s startup manufacturers rebounded in 2022 after entrepreneurial activity in the sector hit a decades-low during the pandemic, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) and Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) surveys. In 2021, the eight-county Capital Region
The Capital Region’s ranks of Asian- and veteran- and equally male/female-owned businesses grew rapidly in the year after the pandemic started, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Annual Business Survey (ABS) data. In 2021, the five-county Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had 15,029
The first year of the pandemic took its toll on the ranks of freelancer, independent contractors and other nonemployer establishments in regions across New York, but the Capital Region was the only one where their total sales, value of shipments, or revenues increased. While Capital Region nonemployer establishment losses were
The number of Capital Region startups and new businesses receiving funding from the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) and 504 programs has doubled since before the pandemic, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of SBA data. Loan Volumes In fiscal year 2022, 63 SBA 7(a) and
The Capital Region leads New York for growing its ranks of microbusinesses with websites since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the largest domain registrar GoDaddy. Between 2020 and 2022, the number of active GoDaddy-registered microbusinesses in the eight-county Capital Region increased by 6.2 percent to
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Capital Region small businesses received nearly $16 million in federal seed funding for R&D in fiscal 2021. Those recipients included three startups that got their first awards under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis
Startup formation throughout upstate New York has been second strongest in the Capital Region, according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of data from U.S. Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishment Births Between 2015 and 2019, the eight-county Capital Region averaged 2,067 annual employer establishment births, or 8.4 percent
Fifteen Capital Region small businesses received $15.5 million in federal seed funding grants for research and development in fiscal 2020. That included a record annual sum from the National Science Foundation (NSF), according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of SBIR.gov data. SBIR/STTR The SBIR program helps stimulate small
