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Ellie Sangree and Jesse Wexler, co-founders of Eutrobac

Eutrobac Acquired by Agriment Services Inc. 

Eutrobac Acquired by Agriment Services Inc.  764 1200 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Eutrobac, a New York-based agricultural technology startup acquired by Agriment Services, Inc. (ASI) in April, started as a research idea inspired by environmental issues on a family farm. 

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Found Industries in-house team of 20+ electrochemists, industrial process engineers, mechanical and controls engineers.

Found Industries Among Five Selected for DOE Critical Minerals Funding  

Found Industries Among Five Selected for DOE Critical Minerals Funding   1308 622 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Found Industries, an I-Corps alum and participant in the first ARPA-E conference course in May 2022, has recently received a major Department of Energy critical minerals award.

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REEgen Secures $200,000 NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant to Advance Rare Earth Recovery 

REEgen Secures $200,000 NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant to Advance Rare Earth Recovery  1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Cornell-based startup REEgen, co-founded by I-Corps alumni Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18 and Sean Medin, Ph.D. ’24, has been awarded a $200,000 Innovation Matching Grant (IMG) from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).

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$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025

$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025 1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Startup ventures emerging from I-Corps teams welcomed a total of 119 new paid employees during the year. Alumni secured $16,617,873 in SBIR and STTR awards and raised $29,713,562 in capital to support research, commercialization progress, and long-term scaling.

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Buffalo Scientist Advances Therapeutic to Rebuild Damaged Lung Cells 

Buffalo Scientist Advances Therapeutic to Rebuild Damaged Lung Cells  2560 1408 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum and University at Buffalo researcher Anna Blumental-Perry is advancing a novel therapeutic designed to rebuild damaged lung cells, a breakthrough that could significantly improve treatment for chronic respiratory…

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Ascribe Closes $12 Million Series A Financing to Advance Next-Gen Natural Crop Protection

Ascribe Closes $12 Million Series A Financing to Advance Next-Gen Natural Crop Protection 1280 720 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Ascribe Bioscience, an Ithaca, NY–based agricultural technology company, has closed a $12 million Series A financing round to support the commercial launch of its flagship biofungicide, Phytalix®.

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RAI helps make West Virginia farms more sustainable, profitable

RAI helps make West Virginia farms more sustainable, profitable 2560 1391 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

The Regenerative Agricultural Innovations, LLC (RAI), led by Dr. Matt Wilson, professor of animal sciences at West Virginia University (WVU), is helping make small farms in West Virginia more sustainable and profitable.

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Brite raises $650k for platform to support at-risk students

Brite raises $650k for platform to support at-risk students 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Brite has developed a student support platform that uses behavioral data and predictive analytics to proactively identify at-risk college students and facilitate timely interventions. The company has raised over $650K in funding and has established partnerships with seven universities across the country.

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OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award 

OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award  670 893 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alumni company OWiC Technologies has been awarded a $2.35 million Fast-Track SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

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Assurtek invents first AI dental drill

Assurtek invents first AI dental drill 1080 840 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum Assurtek Surgical is commercializing the world’s first AI-powered dental drill technology.

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