Luminate Finals 2024

Startups in cohort 7 of the Luminate accelerator are venturing into uncharted territories, leveraging the power of light-based technologies to unlock new solutions, solve pressing problems, and disrupt entire industries. By pushing the limits, they're creating new possibilities.

Join us in the heart of Downtown Rochester at Innovation Square for Luminate's annual showcase and awards ceremony to:

• See which startups are awarded up to $2 million in follow-on funding, with a grand prize of $1 million for Company of the Year!
• Vote live for your favorite team to help them bring home this year's Audience Choice Award and $10,000.
• Hear a panel discussion around the ethical use of data in AI and AI-enabled applications.
• Network among entrepreneurs, startup supporters, and members of Rochester's vibrant innovation ecosystem.

Click through to tickets to select in-person or virtual attendance.

(In-person) 3:30-4:00 PM: Check in, network, grab your seat

4:00-4:10: Welcome and introductions

4:10-4:30: Startup pitches (first 5)

4:30-4:50: Panel discussion

4:50-5:05: Startup pitches (second 5)

5:05-5:20: Audience Choice Award voting, award announcements

5:20-5:30: Program concludes

5:30-6:00: Network

Handheld imaging technology that integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide a new standard of care for disease screening, starting with preventing vision loss

Automatic, rapid 3D wound measurement, analysis, and reporting for hospitals, nursing homes, and ambulatory and home care

Advanced nanomaterials for future X-ray imaging devices, anti-counterfeiting, and self-cleaning coatings

Non-invasive tracking, screening, and stratification for drug discovery using a cloud-based library of optical fingerprints, powered by photonics and AI

Fabless chip company developing electronics and photonics integrated circuits for future optical solutions in data centers, AI, instrumentation, and quantum computing

New manufacturing method enabling complex 3D geometries to be produced at mass-production speeds, while retaining sub-micron feature sizes

Fault-tolerant quantum devices for advanced computation, communication, and sensing

Traffic safety devices that target unsafe driving behavior and collect data to help communities reduce speeding, distracted driving, car crashes, and lack of seat belt usage

Advanced eye tracking technology featuring a robust sensing solution for use in health care, augmented and virtual reality, and industry applications

Groundbreaking Single-Photon Active Event Sensor that enables power-efficient and intuitive interaction for spatial interfaces and mobile extended reality (XR)

I can't make it in person. Can I still vote to help my favorite startup take home $10,000?

Yes! Audience Choice voting takes place live and is open to all registrants, whether you are able to join us in-person or virtually. Finals attendees will be prompted to use a web-based voting platform during a brief window of time. Votes are tallied live, and the winner is revealed at the end of the event, along with the winners of $2 million in follow-on funding. Votes cannot be cast before or after the show.

Thank you to Optica for sponsoring Luminate Finals for a fourth consecutive year!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Theater At Innovation Square, 131 Chestnut Street, Rochester, United States