“Buffalo has this national and maybe infamous reputation for our weather,” said Greg Pokriki, a Be in Buffalo public relations specialist. “But what people don’t understand is that it’s not a natural disaster. We move the snow and we keep business going.”

“The reason we target (second-stage companies) is because typically they have proven products; their business model works; they’ve established that they can make sales and that there is value to what they’re doing,” said Olivia Hill, senior business development strategist with Invest Buffalo Niagara who runs the Economic Gardening program.

Invest Buffalo Niagara President and CEO Tom Kucharski said, “We are excited to welcome La Fermière to Western New York. La Fermière joins the region’s booming food and dairy processing cluster, one of the strongest in the nation thanks to its strong workforce, affordability, proximity to major markets, supply chain access, and more. Its decision […]

Major expansion projects by a pair of Buffalo Niagara businesses – Moog Inc. and AML Rightsource – are expected to create more than 860 new jobs in the region, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday afternoon. “We’re confident because everything we thought about Buffalo has turned out to be true,” Ewing said.

Moog Inc. plans to create up to 500 jobs in Western New York in the coming years, coinciding with a $25 million investment in new high-tech manufacturing equipment. Executives from the global aerospace company made the announcement today at Seneca One Tower, flanked by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The state plans to provide up to $15 […]

La Fermiere, a family-owned French yogurt and desserts company, plans to build a 45,000 square foot production facility in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in the Town of Batavia, with plans for future expansion, according to state officials.

Congratulations to all Buffalo Business First Power 250 List honorees, including many of our investors, partners, and our own President & CEO Thomas Kucharski! We’re grateful for the work each of you do on behalf of our great region.

Buffalo, NY makes the top 10 list for fastest growing startup cities in this recent report by York.ie.

“Bitwise can deliver to the world and to the cities a diverse and inclusive technology workforce, where those high-wage, high-skilled jobs now are creating and endeavoring to bolster that local economy,” Soberal told the magazine. Bitwise is the latest high-growth tech company with national cachet to make a meaningful investment in Buffalo.

In the first seven years of Business First closely counting startup deals in Buffalo, locally based companies never raised more than a collective $260 million. Then came 2021. Area startups smashed their previous pace of funding last year, with 35 companies raising more than $530 million. Growth-stage tech companies are becoming one of the dominant forces in […]