New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Startup Investor Profile

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is a government organization that provides hunting, trapping, and fishing services.

Location: Albany

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Investment Stages: late-stage, pre-seed, seed, series-a

Website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/

AI Reasoning: Search of NYSDEC press releases and grant pages shows recent grant announcements in 2024 and 2025 where DEC awarded grants (for example, Environmental Protection Fund and Smart Growth grants). However these represent government grants and project funding rather than venture investments in startups. There is no evidence DEC made any venture-style investments in startups; the most recent DEC funding activities located were grants announced in 2025 to projects (recipients include local municipalities and conservation groups). The last DEC funding activity found was within the past 12 months but not identified as an ‘investment’ into a startup. Given the task seeks investor ‘investments’ and no startup investment was found, use ‘not-active’. The startup specifically mentioned in searched materials was ReGeneration Campus project (recipient). The time since any identified investment-like activity to startups cannot be established; therefore classified as not-active.

Not Active – No known investments in the last 12 months.

Low Activity – Only known investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Active – Known investments between the last 6 and 3 months.

Very Active – Known investments in the last 3 months.