Sawyer Simmons, Author at I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Alison Gregory speaking about AreaHub on-stage

February 27, 2025

AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence

AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Alison-at-Element-46-e1740674793759.jpeg 1280 890 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Alison-at-Element-46-e1740674793759.jpeg February 27, 2025 February 27, 2025

I-Corps alumni startup AreaHub has taken a major step in their mission to inform businesses and individuals with environmental risk intelligence.

January 19, 2024

Clairways Raises $1.5 Million, Creates 3 Jobs in New Hampshire

Clairways Raises $1.5 Million, Creates 3 Jobs in New Hampshire https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Clairways-Render-11232021_148.jpeg 848 432 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Clairways-Render-11232021_148.jpeg January 19, 2024 February 6, 2025

Clairways leverages AI to provide a comprehensive, long-term picture of respiratory health for clinical trials and eventually for pulmonary care.

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January 12, 2024

Vermont MedTech Startup Raises $33M in Funding, Employs 36 in Vermont

Vermont MedTech Startup Raises $33M in Funding, Employs 36 in Vermont https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UVM_Core-Map-scaled.jpeg 2560 1706 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/UVM_Core-Map-scaled.jpeg January 12, 2024 February 6, 2025

Core Map Inc., an I-Corps alumni company out of the University of Vermont, is revolutionizing the visualization and mapping of Atrial fibrillation (AF) and enabling new treatment options that will improve patient outcomes.

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January 11, 2024

Buffalo AI Startup Secures $1 Million STTR Phase II Grant

Buffalo AI Startup Secures $1 Million STTR Phase II Grant https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Buffalo_QASAI-scaled.jpeg 2560 2097 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Buffalo_QASAI-scaled.jpeg January 11, 2024 February 6, 2025

QAS.AI, an I-Corps alumni startup from Buffalo, is at the forefront of developing AI-powered software designed to detect complications during brain surgery—such as impaired blood flow—and predict the success of chosen treatments in real time.

January 9, 2024

Lygenesis Raises $37 Million, Creates 6 Local Jobs

Lygenesis Raises $37 Million, Creates 6 Local Jobs https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_251995667-scaled.jpeg 2560 1709 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_251995667-scaled.jpeg January 9, 2024 February 6, 2025

Lygenesis, a biotech startup based in Pittsburgh, has raised over $37M to create cell therapies
for life-threatening diseases.

January 7, 2024

Burlington Solar Startup Raises Over $17M

Burlington Solar Startup Raises Over $17M https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Verde-Tech_UVM_4-1-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Verde-Tech_UVM_4-1-scaled.jpg January 7, 2024 February 6, 2025

Verde Technologies, an I-Corps alumni startup from the University of Vermont, was recently selected by the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), to partner on an $11.25 million cost-shared award for developing tandem solar modules at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

January 6, 2024

ECM Therapeutics Raises $26 Million, Employs 7

ECM Therapeutics Raises $26 Million, Employs 7 https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_1233148824-scaled.jpeg 2560 1752 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AdobeStock_1233148824-scaled.jpeg January 6, 2024 February 6, 2025

ECM Therapeutics, developers of tissue repair gel Hydrogel and biotherapeutic agent Matrix- bound Nanovesicles, has raised $26M and hired a team of 7 at its Pittsburgh headquarters.

January 6, 2024

Cornell Clean Tech Startup Creates Local Jobs, Opens Manufacturing Facility

Cornell Clean Tech Startup Creates Local Jobs, Opens Manufacturing Facility https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cornell_Heat-Inverse.jpg 1500 1125 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cornell_Heat-Inverse.jpg January 6, 2024 February 6, 2025

Heat Inverse’s passive cooling films have the potential to reduce emissions from the electric grid, refrigeration industry, data centers, dairy operations, and more. The I-Corps alumni startup has secured $1,275,000 in Small Business Innovation Research grants from the NSF, along with support from the Launch NY Seed Fund.

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January 5, 2024

Rochester Photonics Startup Raises $450,000, Wins SBIR Awards

Rochester Photonics Startup Raises $450,000, Wins SBIR Awards https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rochester_Photonect.jpg 1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rochester_Photonect.jpg January 5, 2024 February 6, 2025

Photonect Interconnect Solutions, a photonics company that is revolutionizing optical connections with innovative laser-based technology, won an NSF SBIR Phase 1, NASA STTR Phase 1, DoD SBIR Phase 1 and is part of the Activate Fellowship Program.

January 5, 2024

Rochester Battery Tech Startup Raises $9.5M, Creates 42 Local Jobs

Rochester Battery Tech Startup Raises $9.5M, Creates 42 Local Jobs https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RIT_Cellec-scaled.jpeg 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RIT_Cellec-scaled.jpeg January 5, 2024 February 6, 2025

Located in Rochester, NY, Cellec Technologies creates customized energy storage solutions for aerospace customers that suffer from critical battery failures when operating in extreme environments.