Category: Member Happenings

“This type of disruptive growth lines up directly with the strong desires of the employee, and the immediate transformation this pandemic brought in a workplace that was slowly heading in this direction anyhow.”   The pandemic has made clear that employees want and prefer flexibility. But after these two long years, business leaders who talk to us at Aurelius Coworks…
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By Justin Dawes – Reporter In its first-ever fundraise, Troy software startup Inspect Point said Thursday that it has raised $28 million. The funding comes from Mainsail Partners in the form of growth equity, a form of private capital typically for relatively mature companies that are looking to grow. Mainsail Partners says it invests exclusively in fast-growing, bootstrapped software companies….
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By Justin Dawes  –  Reporter, Albany Business Review Jan 13, 2022, 9:13am EST An industry veteran wants to make electric vehicles in a new factory planned for Green Island. John Gillie said he plans to build a 150,000-square-foot facility on 15 acres of the 50-acre site bordered by Tibbits Avenue and Cannon Street, formerly home to a Ford factory. And…
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It’s been a year of significant milestones for several startups in the Capital Region. As 2021 comes to a close, we are considering which startups we expect to reach milestones in the next year as part of Albany Inno’s first-ever Startups to Watch. The companies in this group have each made strides recently that foreshadow growth in 2022. Some of…
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Glenn Fiedler first flew from Los Angeles to Troy for business in mid-2019. Later that year, he got a one-way ticket, and Troy became the new base for his gaming tech startup, Network Next. He had been visiting to do some work with Velan Studios on its game Knockout City, when Velan founders Guha Bala and Karthik Bala clued him…
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A message from our founder and CEO, Tom Nardacci: “For the second year, I have agreed to serve as a business coach for a startup team for Columbia University’s “The Greater Good Challenge.” The mission is simple – Improve the social, economic, political, technological and environmental conditions of mankind, societies and the planet. The team I helped last year was…
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The most common comment I get from people who come to Troy Innovation Garage for the first time is about the “energy” in our space. Describing what sets apart Troy Innovation Garage from the run-on-the-mill real estate developer tossing some new furniture in private office suites or in our expansive open spaces or conference rooms, and calling it coworking is exactly like trying to describe…
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As seen in the Albany Business Review: The Troy software startup Inspect Point is ready to sell to a new set of customers with the expansion of its platform. Inspect Point’s software allows fire protection companies to manage building inspections, proposals, invoices and service tickets through a cloud-based application. Installing the systems is a one-time deal that companies do on…
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Here at Aurelius Coworks. we are so thrilled to see life returning to normal in the downtown areas of Troy and Albany. Members are back in the spaces, summer is in full swing, and with the vaccine rolling out and restrictions being lifted across the state, we’re hoping more individuals will consider the option of coworking as a way to…
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We’re proud to announce an exciting new initiative that makes your Troy Innovation Garage membership even more valuable! Aurelius Coworks has partnered with Hone Coworks to make our flexible office space even more flexible. What does that mean? Effective immediately, full-time members of Troy Innovation Garage and Bull Moose Club are now able to utilize the Hone Coworks open coworking space up to five times per month. Hone’s…
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