Several small businesses from the Western New York area were awarded grants of up to $100,00 Wednesday night through the Ignite Buffalo initiative.
Ignite Buffalo, in partnership with 43 North, utilized the expertise of national and local partners including Facebook, M&T Bank, Quickbooks, Amazon Web Services, WordPress.com and WooCommerce to give a total of $1 million and 12 months of mentorship to 27 local businesses.
The winning businesses and their award amounts are as follows:
$100,000 Grant Awardees
- Oxford Pennant
- Grooperative Inc
- Get Fokus’d Productions – people’s choice award
$50,000 Grant Awardees
$25,000 Grant Awardees
- Abyssinia Ethiopian Cuisine
- Always Something Farm
- Black Monarchy
- BreadHive Worker Cooperative
- Buffalo Distilling Company
- Casa Azul
- Crown BFLO
- Dani-Fit Inc.
- Ellen K Design – The Flower Stand
- Executive Sweeps LLC
- Jeca Energy Bar Company, LLC
- LaMovement Fitness
- Mobile Eco Steam llc
- Om Nohm Gluten Free
- Papercraft Miracles
- Revolution Spinning
- Rooted Locally, LLC
- Spoke & Dagger Co.
- The Law Office of Stephanie Adams, PLLC
- Whole Nine Wellness
