Launch NY is a Nonprofit Venture Development Organization with a mission to identify, support and invest in high‐growth, high‐impact companies in order to catalyze the entrepreneurial culture of the 27 counties of Upstate New York through regional collaboration with ecosystem partners. Launch NY is capitalizing on and collaborating with existing regional resources to accomplish our mission. We will coordinate and partner with regional entrepreneurship resources to help catalyze the ecosystem and provide access to useful information for growth in Upstate New York. The 27 counties of Upstate NY possess exceptional resources for starting and building business ventures. Inspiring regional collaboration to allow access to these resources is key to our plan and growth in entrepreneurial successes.