Johan Klarin
Director RIT Venture Creations Incubator
Johan Klarin
Director RIT Venture Creations Incubator
Bio
Johan Klarin comes to Venture Creations from Columbia University, where he served as manager of the NYSERDA-funded Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, assisting clean-tech startups in New York state. Previously, he was managing director of Viaduct Inc., a consulting company focused on Western New York startups, out of Buffalo, N.Y. Johan has an extensive background in creating and advising business startups.
Johan is also co-founder of several companies including AmeriCan Syndicate, a cross-border consulting company that advises Canadian startups that create prototypes and scale-up sales in the United States; Architect Marketing Platform; and online intermediary Arriving Here LLC.
In the News
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June 14, 2023
Start-up companies launched at RIT Venture Creations business incubator graduation
Three start-up companies graduated from RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator with a commitment to continuing to engage local and regional suppliers, expand labor forces locally and nationally, and impact the regional economy.
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February 1, 2023
Business incubator grows companies
The ability to see through body tissue may sound like something from a science fiction movie, but a start-up company in RIT’s Venture Creations business incubator has developed a device that makes this possible.
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December 8, 2022
RIT Venture Creations’ Ignite program identifies value in ‘cheesy’ start-up company
Student Janessa Steenberg’s plant-based Parmesan-style cheese start-up company, Panacheeza, has earned her a spot in Venture Creations’ Ignite initiative, which gives promising entrepreneurs the power they need to become successful business owners.