Luminate Accelerator

Luminate is the world’s largest business accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, imaging, and laser-enabled technologies. Need help advancing your investment readiness and product commercialization? Want to compete for $1M+ in funding? Luminate brings founders from around the world into the OPI+L capital and pairs them with a $100,000 immediate investment, industry pioneers, renowned facilities, and qualified investors to speed innovation and time to market. Most come for the money. All leave with a sound business. FUNDING $100K at program acceptance and the ability to compete for part of $2M in follow-on funding MATCHMAKING with the global OPI+L network of experts, suppliers, and manufacturers WORKSHOPS with an OPI+L focus to help scale your business INTRODUCTIONS TO INVESTORS including over 30 pitch opportunities MENTORSHIP that’s matched to both business and deep tech integration needs LAB FACILITIES and space to collaborate in Rochester, NY, the optics capital of the world