Four NYS companies recognized at Smart Start

Companies receiving special recognition at this year's event -- the 10th anniversary of the Smart Start Venture Forum -- include:

• Best Presentation – Brand-Yourself.com, a Syracuse company that specializes in on-line reputation management.
• Most Promising Technology – ADispell Inc., a Rochester biotech development company that develops new treatments for Alzheimer's
• UNYTECH Most Innovative Technology – Propulsive Wing, a company in Syracuse that is developing unique unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform.
• Most Likely to be Funded – Hibernaid, a Troy life-science company developing innovative drug therapies for heart attack and stroke 

The SmartStart UNYTECH Venture Forum is presented by the Center for Economic Growth and is made possible through the generous contributions and support of a number of public and private contributors. Many upstate research universities also played an active role in recommending high-potential spin-out companies and contributing promising spin-out technologies to this year's program.