Newport-based business accelerator UpTech has selected eight startup companies in which to invest as much as $100,000 each. "These eight companies will complement the foundation of a growing informatics cluster in our region, an important business sector in a 21st-century economy," said Bill Scheyer, an UpTech co-founder and president of Vision 2015. The companies will also receive office space, professional support services and applied research assistance from Northern Kentucky University.