UPNY Ventures backs incubated technology startups with Pre-Seed Capital + GTM Engine
to drive early validation and a fundable path to growth.

Mission

UPNY Ventures mission: building a path for New York's breakthrough technologies to move from lab to enterprise.
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Incubated University-Developed Technology
UPNY Ventures The UPNY Venture Commercialization Engine™
Phase 1 — 100-Day Challenge GTM Commercialization Engine
Phase 2 — Pre-Seed Investment I $75K · Top Performers
Phase 3 — Pre-Seed Investment II $100K+ · Scaling Companies
Scale Revenue Growth & Market Expansion
Seed-Ready Institutional Seed Round

The Gap

UPNY Ventures visual showing the validation gap between New York deep-tech innovation and institutional seed capital.

The Engine

$5M Fund Target = 100+ Activated Startups & 30+ Investments

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Investment in UPNY Ventures Fund I is available to accredited investors only, as defined under SEC Rule 501(a). This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

From innovation to impact: university labs, incubators, and accelerators feed into UPNY's GTM engine, validation and velocity, top performers backed by UPNY, through to seed.

About

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UPNY Ventures
Albany, NY

UPNY Ventures is building a new path from New York innovation to enterprise.

We combine a structured GTM Commercialization Engine with venture investment to help university-incubated technologies build commercial evidence, reduce market risk, and become stronger, more investable companies.

Structured
GTM Engine
Venture
Investment
Stronger, More
Investable Companies
The Engine builds validation.
The Fund invests in growth.
Allan Von Schenkel
Allan Von Schenkel
Founding Partner

Allan is a five-time founder and startup operator with 20 years of experience helping early-stage companies move from formation through venture-backed growth. His background spans commercialization, GTM strategy, operations, talent, and company building across Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A+.

We founded UPNY Ventures around a conviction:

New York breathes innovation, but it needs a stronger path from technical potential to commercial evidence and growth.

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