A total of 20 businesses associated with Buffalo University and Erie Community College through the Start-Up NY initiative have generated 300 jobs and attracted $5m in funding.
Nearly 300 new jobs and almost $5m in private-sector investment have been created with connections to either Buffalo University (UB) or Erie Community College (ECC) through government-backed Empire State Development’s Start-Up NY economic development initiative.
A total of 20 companies worked with UB and ECC to receive New York state’s Start-UP NY incentives. Across the US state, 43 businesses with ties to universities and colleges used Start-Up NY benefits to create more than 640 new jobs and trigger some $15m in developments.
