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AGR® is 100% founder owned, U.S. federally backed and looking for investment partners to grow.
Funding&support
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Accelerator and Grant:
Design for Manufacturing Process and Partnerships
VentureWell E-Team: Accelerator and Grants (All Stages)
OPENminds Showcase: Prize for Exemplary Entrepreneurial Values
Qualcomm Award: Prize and Mentoring for IP Portfolio Growth
Swarm Starter, U of R's Premier Business Competition: 1st Place
Forbes Technical Entrepreneurship Competition: 1st Place
Mark Ain Business Model Competition: 1st Place
NextCorps Office and Membership: UR Student Incubator
Advisoryboard
Duncan Moore, PhD
Clinton White House OSTP - Associate Director of Technology
NASA James Webb Space Telescope - Chair of Product Integrity Team
Gradient Lens Corporation - Founder
University of Rochester - Kingslake Professor of Optics & Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
Richard Handler
Jefferies Financial Group - CEO
University of Rochester - Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Julian Goldstein
Navitar - Frm. CEO (Exit)
Stealth Optics Startup - Founder
Maureen Ballatori
Agency 29 - Founder & CEO
Port 100 & Metro Collective - Co-Founder
David D'Angelo
Previ - Growth
VentureWell E-Team Accelerator - Frm. Director & Mentor
Jenifer Bunis
Westlake Photonics - Founder & Business Consultant
Synrad - Frm. Executive Vice President
Craig McGowan
Rochester Institute of Technology - Adjunct Professor & NSF I-Corps Accelerator Coach
Kodak - Frm. Global PM
Greg Schmidt, PhD
University of Rochester - Assistant Professor of Optics
Kathleen Driscoll
Ain Center for Entrepreneurship - Associate Director
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