CenterState CEO announces finalists in the Syracuse Surge accelerator
Summary
We look forward to showcasing these unique businesses and their leaders who will help foster inclusion in our local entrepreneurship ecosystem.The five selected companies on Aug. 22 will begin their 12-month work at the Tech Garden in Syracuse, where they will have access to extensive programming and resources. Support for the Surge Accelerator is provided by JP Morgan Chase Foundation and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).Our city and region are growing as a high-tech hub, creating exciting opportunities for higher paying careers and for new businesses to take root here, Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said in the news release. The Syracuse Surge Accelerator is the right kind of investment to help breakdown systemic and social barriers that have kept founders of color away from the tech space and out of the workforce. Certainty Analytical Labs of Rochester is a business-to-business life-science laboratory that offers third-party compliance testing services to the environmental, food, pharmaceutical, and cannabis industry. Sign-Speak Inc. of Rochester is a real time Sign Language recognition, avatar, and transcription solution that allows Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) individuals to communicate with businesses in on-demand situations.