I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

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Hakim Weatherspoon, CEO and co-founder of Exotanium, stands at a conference booth with the Exotanium logo.

Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding  
Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding   1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Exotanium, an I-Corps alumni startup offering a cloud resource optimization and management platform, announced that it secured $12 million in a Series A funding round.

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A smokestack billows smoke against a blue sky.

With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform
With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Iconic Air recently raised $5 million in seed funding and launched its carbon accounting platform, which offers a suite of tools to help companies manage their carbon footprint and achieve net zero emissions.

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2023 Ag-Corps participants.

Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps
Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Ag-Corps teams connected with potential customers at the 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention to explore the product-market fit of their ag tech innovations.

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Doctoral student Shikhar Prakash, right, and Madhur Srivastava, assistant research professor in chemistry and chemical biology, work at a white board in the Physical Sciences Building.

I-Corps Alumni Give Consumers More Control Over Energy Use
I-Corps Alumni Give Consumers More Control Over Energy Use 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

What if consumers had more control over their energy consumption and utility costs? A new app and subscription-based payment plan piloted by I-Corps alumni is designed to provide electricity users with information about – and incentives to reduce – their usage.

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The GEM Fellows cohort poses in front of a large picture window.

GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship
GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

The National GEM Consortium teamed up with I-Corps to provide an exclusive entrepreneurial course for deep-tech innovators from underrepresented groups.

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Alexa Schmitz, co-founder of REEgen.

I-Corps Alum Engineers Bacteria to Make Green Energy Tech Cleaner
I-Corps Alum Engineers Bacteria to Make Green Energy Tech Cleaner 1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Alexa Schmitz and Sean Medin, co-founders of I-Corps alumni startup REEgen, are using biological engineering to make the extraction and purification of rare earth elements more environmentally friendly.

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Four individuals sitting at desks and wearing virtual reality headsets.

VR Job Training Startup Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding
VR Job Training Startup Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding 2560 1709 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Transfr, an I-Corps alumni focused on virtual reality job training, raised $35 million in a Series B funding round.

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NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub 
NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub  2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University a $15 million, five-year grant to lead the newest Innovation Corps Hub, I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region.

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