The Lesson: Big markets mean big startup costs
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Good Problem to Have Department comes ClipFix, the Commack tech startup looking to conquer the world one busted modular plug at a time. Since…
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LI Index maps where the apartments are … and not
The Rauch Foundation’s Long Island Index project has released an interactive map detailing the state of the region’s multifamily housing sector, a key factor in the continuing loss of young…
George Kramer: A new leash on veterinary surgery
By GREGORY ZELLER // After years in pre-op, a Bohemia startup is preparing to redefine veterinary surgery. Veteran vet George Kramer launched Ultravet Medical Devices in 2009 primarily as a…
LISTnet’s Digital Ballpark making its pitch
LISTnet has begun marketing its Plainview co-working facility, which includes offices, desk space and – grab it now – one executive suite with wet bar and private bathroom. Dubbed the…
Wheels up for Stony Brook’s FlightPartner
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now boarding: FlightPartner. Just 13 months since incorporating, FlightPartner Technologies Inc., is ready to launch its namesake B2B subscription service, designed to connect travel brokers to…
Broadband is something we’re pretty good at
The bad news: Most of the funds from a $500 million state program to improve broadband Internet access across New York won’t come to Long Island. The good news: Long…
Name the Air Force’s next long range bomber!
The Air Force has released an artist’s rendition of its new long range bomber, to be built by Northrop Grumman at $564 million a pop. Breaking with recent tradition – the…
The Debrief: Dan Polner, go-to incubator guy
As incubator advocate – yes, that’s the actual title – in Stony Brook University’s vast business-development ecosystem, Dan Polner is a busy man. A 20-year finance professional (Berenson & Co….
It’s crunch time for Decision Nutrition
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a chip off the old fitness-nutrition multimedia empire. Great Neck-based Decision Nutrition, which husband-and-wife power duo Keren and Jonathan Gilbert have nurtured into a national…
A&Z plans $4.9M Hauppauge expansion
A&Z Pharmaceutical, a maker of dietary supplements for the Chinese market, plans a $4.9 million expansion at its two buildings in the Hauppauge Industrial Park. The firm plans to construct…
An app for the unforgiving world of co-parenting
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Moiety App is an out-of-the-blocks sensation, with 45,000 Facebook “likes,” a burgeoning following on BlogPress and a just-announced partnership with Brighter Children, a charity supporting…
Telemedicine startup Call9 dials into LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Call9, a Silicon Valley startup and Y Combinator star, has relocated its doctors-on-demand service for nursing homes to Long Island, with a planned push into dozens…
Big growth in the ag-tech sector
Funding in the ag-tech sector nearly doubled in 2015, with more than $4.5 billion invested in everything from food e-commerce platforms to farm-2-consumer services, cannabis technology and drones used in…
Kordeleski, back at the cutting edge
By GREGORY ZELLER // Kirk Kordeleski is back. The former CEO of Bethpage Federal Credit Union might argue that he’s been back for quite some time: He launched Syosset-based community-banking…
Verint buys Virginia ‘customer care’ firm
Verint Systems Inc. has acquired a Virginia-based cloud- and mobile-solutions firm, moving the Melville software company a step closer to global actionable-intelligence supremacy. The undisclosed deal for Contact Solutions, a…