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Increase in Startup Funding Accessibility
Streamlined funding processes and expert guidance have led to a significant 75% increase in startup funding accessibility in Buffalo Niagara, empowering entrepreneurs to secure the capital they need to fuel growth and innovation.
Expanded Coworking Spaces
With a 50% rise in amenity-rich coworking spaces, startups in Buffalo Niagara now have access to tailored workspace solutions that cater to their evolving needs, fostering creativity, collaboration, and productivity.
Enhanced Collaboration
Thanks to the collaborative ecosystem in Buffalo Niagara, startup success rates have seen a remarkable 60% boost. By fostering a culture of collaboration and providing tailored support services, the region has become a hotspot for entrepreneurial growth and innovation.
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Toolkit
Our resources and services make it easier than ever to start a business here.
Invest Buffalo Niagara serves as a single point of entry for economic development inquiries and offers a comprehensive suite of client-driven project management services to companies and consultants evaluating the market area.
Startup Podcasts
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Demographic Analysis
Explore our Buffalo Niagara demographics dashboard plus our Manufacturing and Technology specific data. We can also provide custom data.
Well-education Workforce
Buffalo Niagara benefits from 19 colleges and universities graduating 20,000+ annually. Discover your sources of talent.
Site Selection
Generate property data reports, and search commercial real estate listings. Our team can run a custom search for you and schedule tours.
Incentives
On top of the already low cost of doing business in Buffalo Niagara, the region offers qualifying businesses growing in WNY a number of incentive opportunities. We help companies through the application process.
Service Providers
Our region boasts a robust transportation infrastructure and benefits from strong utility partners who we are happy to introduce you to.
Startup Funding
You have the next big idea, but do you have the financial resources to make it happen? Our region works hard to connect entrepreneurs with the startup funding needed to bring their concept to fruition. The Buffalo Niagara entrepreneurial ecosystem has found a perfect balance between local funding resources and attracting outside venture capital. Plus, the region’s affordability – both for businesses and employees – helps to lengthen your runway. Here are some local startup funding resources:
Incubators & Accelerators
In Buffalo Niagara, these organizations vary in size and specialties, catering to the needs of diverse startups. Many have affiliations with local colleges and universities, offering access to research partnerships, funding opportunities, and campus resources. Some are even designated as START-UP NY spaces, providing a 100% tax-free incentive for a decade.
Coworking Spaces
Coworking spaces offer diverse amenities tailored to your needs including plug-and-play options for flexible office spaces, reliable WiFi, vibrant atmospheres, and ample coffee. Buffalo Niagara knows the importance of amenity-rich and community building spaces – and we have plenty of options.
Success Breeds Success
ACV Auctions became Buffalo’s first software unicorn, with a valuation over $1 billion, more than 1,000 employees, and a successful IPO on the NASDAQ in 2021. Another local tech company – Tackle.io, closed a $100 million Series C round of venture capital funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.25 billion as Buffalo’s second unicorn. 32 local startups raised private, growth-oriented capital in 2021.
Hear from Sallie Reid & Greg Borowski of ACV Auctions in a brief video. We discuss their growth and success, what advantages Buffalo offers them, and the WNY talent pool.
Resource Guide
Your success is our success, we don’t stop until you win!
From bustling retail hubs to cutting-edge tech centers, experience unprecedented growth unlike anything seen in over 50 years. Our comprehensive guide provides essential insights including transportation access, demographics, workforce trends, real estate comparisons, industry-specific data, and beyond. Dive into the excitement and uncover a world of opportunity in Buffalo Niagara.
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Wins & Success Stories
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Success Story
Viatran
Viatran is a subsidiary of a publicly-traded, out-of state parent company, operating as a separate division in the Buffalo Niagara region. Viatran manufactures pressure sensors and transmitters, servicing a wide variety of industries. Viatran manufactures new products and repairs legacy product in a rapid response environment based on lean manufacturing and advanced electronic commerce capabilities. The company’s lease was coming due and at the same time the division was poised for a significant expansion, making their previous facility inadequate for the growing demand. The local leadership team was tasked with conducting a global search for the most appropriate venue to expand their operations, including other corporate facilities with capacity in Massachusetts, Texas, and Malaysia..
Success Story
TexWeb, Inc.
Petrolift Inc. is based in Cairo, Egypt and is a leading manufacturer of web slings and lifts for industrial applications in the oil & gas industry. Petrolift has been operating in Cairo since 1999, and holds a number of existing customers in the United States and Canada. The Majority of its customers are based in Houston, Texas and Calgary and Alberta, Canada.
After 15 years of successful business in Cairo, Petrolift wanted to expand its manufacturing operation into the U.S. marketplace under a new subsidiary, TexWeb, Inc.
Success Story
Microart
Microart, a company out of Markham, Ontario, manufactures circuit boards used in the aerospace, medical device and electronics industries. The company has a growth mindset, which has allowed the Canadian headquarters to grow to 279 employees and helped drive the need for a U.S. expansion. Acquiring a U.S. company was Microart’s preferred way to start their U.S. operations and they identified a company in Buffalo that was well suited to their operations and needs.
Success Story
One Touch Direct
OneTouch Direct, LLC (OTD) is an outsourced business-to-consumer direct marketing services firm headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The Company provides both inbound and outbound agent-based call center services including customer service, customer acquisition, and customer retention programs to many Fortune 500 companies. Dominant industry sectors include financial and banking, cellular, insurance and healthcare. OTD has three facilities in Tampa and one international location in St. Catherine’s, Ontario.
Success Story
NYPPE
The COVID-19 pandemic held a magnifying glass to many problems that already existed within our society and economy, one of those being the dependence on far away supply chains of personal protective equipment (PPE). This equipment – gowns, masks, face shields, etc. – has helped protect our frontline workers throughout the pandemic. As the globe braces for a potential second wave and attempts to safeguard against future crises, the community and local government has placed its attention on the revitalization of domestic manufacturing and supply of PPE.
Success Story
Lynch Fluid Controls Inc.
Lynch Fluid Controls Inc. is a manufacturing company based in Ontario, Canada producing hydraulic and control products.They supply the aerospace, military, and material handling industries. In Canada, they own a 60,000 sq. ft. building and employ upwards of 90 employees. They started to see potential in the U.S. market in rising sales numbers on this side of the border. They were also bringing nearly half of their raw materials over from the U.S. Rather than purchasing an existing business in the area, Lynch decided on an expansion project.
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