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Equity

Innovate NY Fund

Status

Closed for now

Empire State Development directs interested companies to the New York State Innovation Venture Capital Fund as the successor vehicle.

Closed
Amount
Not published

A $45.9 million seed fund ($35.6m from the US Department of the Treasury under SSBCI 1.0 plus $10.3m from Goldman Sachs), deployed through selected fund managers into 81 New York companies.

Funder

Empire State Development

public · regional

Deadline: Closed — The funds have been fully deployed and are no longer actively investing.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Historic programme; retained for reference. New York seed-stage companies should apply to New York Ventures instead.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://esd.ny.gov/innovate-ny-fund

"The funds have been fully deployed and are no longer actively investing."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: esd.ny.gov

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