InBN President & CEO Tom Kucharski was named to this year’s Buffalo Business First list of the 250 most powerful people in Western New York.

FroggaBio was attracted to this US location through Invest Buffalo Niagara, after a five-year long attraction process.

“The tremendous pool of talent in Western New York has helped this office prosper over the years,” said Jeremy Connor, regional vice president, Geico.

An effort to reconnect Buffalo ex-pats to the city they love could spur untold investments in Western New York’ economy.

Silicon Valley in Buffalo? The city in upstate New York might become a startup hub, if accelerator and venture-capital firm Techstars gets its way.

“If our goal is to attract innovative young people to Buffalo, we need to continue to support organizations like 43North, Invest Buffalo Niagara and others who bring capital and talent.”

High-tech companies based in Buffalo raised $207.9 million in venture capital and angel financing in 2018, nearly doubling the previous high.

Buffalo Niagara’s general economic resurgence has been positively impacted by the diversification of industries in our economy, however advanced manufacturing remains our third largest industry sector with 66,000 employees.

I discovered that Buffalo now is a hot spot year-round. The sports-loving city embraces cold with activities such as outdoor ice skating and curling, and it celebrates summer with unique boat-up recreation venues.

The former 43North winner has now raised $9.2 million this year to support the facility – a former Bethlehem Steel warehouse – where recycled cardboard will be turned into high-performance building insulation.