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Excell Partners

Location

Rochester, NY

 

Build to Scale Program

Capital Challenge

 

Project Name

Upstate NY Capital Gap Angel Fund

 

Award Amount

Federal Share

Local Match

 

$750,000

$868,096

This EDA investment will support Excell Partners’ (Excell) efforts to organize its 70 angel co-investors into a $10 million - $15 million regional fund called “Upstate NY Capital Gap Angel Fund,” which is designed to meet the unmet demand for equity investments between $250,000 and $1 million. This fund will support ventures in high-growth, high-tech sectors, such as optics/photonics, energy and life sciences, with an additional focus on firms in rural communities that provide employment opportunities. Excell also manages a successful fund dedicated to investing in Minority/Women-owned Business Enterprises and seeks to adapt that model to facilitate capital access in rural areas and low-to-moderate income communities.