It’s been an incredible journey as part of Luminate Accelerator Cohort 8!
As the 2025 program came to an end, we at VanaM Inc. 반암(주) are deeply grateful to the entire Luminate team, Donald Golini, Sujatha Ramanujan, Veronica LoCurcio, Holly Barrett, Damon Diehl, Anjali Boriya, Kate Leonard, Morgan Adams, and everyone in Luminate and NextCorps, for their unwavering support and mentorship, and for helping us build such a powerful network within Rochester & New York State’s optics and photonics ecosystem.
Through this program, we’ve made priceless connections and discovered new opportunities to grow and collaborate, bridging innovation and production through our precision thin-film technology.
A big congratulations to our Cohort 8 winners, Pensievision, amPICQ Inc., Oblate Optics, SNOChip Inc., Pixel Photonics and LirOptic, and to all the amazing startups we shared this journey with, Ciconia Medical, Dottir Labs, IRIDESENSE, Metahelios ltd and Wyse Light. It’s been a privilege growing alongside you all!
Here’s to continued innovation and partnership across the global photonics community. ✨
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