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Biobe presenting at ARC summit

Biobe raises $700k for mental wellness tools for children
Biobe raises $700k for mental wellness tools for children 1280 854 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alum Biobe, a startup founded at the University of Vermont, is leading the conversation around emotional wellness for children and families.

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Dr. Yuguang Chris Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

PlasmaChem Solutions secures $305k to advance plasma reactor
PlasmaChem Solutions secures $305k to advance plasma reactor 800 533 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Dr. Yuguang Chris Li, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University at Buffalo, founded PlasmaChem Solutions to commercialize a novel plasma-based method to more efficiently convert atmospheric nitrogen and water into ammonia.

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Dr. Andrew Talal in office building

Empath Medical’s Telemed Approach for Hepatitis C Treatment Shown >90% Effective, Secures $10M
Empath Medical’s Telemed Approach for Hepatitis C Treatment Shown >90% Effective, Secures $10M 2188 1454 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Dr. Andrew Talal, a University at Buffalo Professor of Medicine and leading liver disease expert, first participated in I-Corps in 2020 to evaluate the market fit of a facilitated telemedicine approach for hepatitis C (HCV) treatment in opioid treatment programs.

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Bluminate helps to prevent hospital-acquired infections
Bluminate helps to prevent hospital-acquired infections 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Bluminate (formerly VAPGuard) is transforming infection prevention in critical care with a novel, patent-pending medical device that reduces the risk of the most costly and deadly hospital-acquired infections, such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.

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Cellec Technologies develops advanced lithium-ion cells
Cellec Technologies develops advanced lithium-ion cells 2076 1010 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Cellec Technologies incorporated in 2016 after completing the NSF I-Corps national program and successfully identifying a product-market fit through customer discovery.

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Surface Design Solutions uses physics-informed machine learning to reduce costs for manufacturers
Surface Design Solutions uses physics-informed machine learning to reduce costs for manufacturers 2560 1440 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Pittsburgh-based Surface Design Solutions has raised $925,000 and hired four employees to help manufacturers achieve dramatic cost reductions by optimizing surfaces.

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Doctor in lab with digital projection screen showing scan of lungs

Aneurisk uses AI to improve care for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Aneurisk uses AI to improve care for abdominal aortic aneurysms 768 433 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Aneurisk, a Pittsburgh-based medical software startup, has hired eight employees and raised over $1 million to develop AI-enabled tools to improve the diagnosis and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

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REMIX team with winning check

REMIX secures $50,000 prize for drone-mounted camera system
REMIX secures $50,000 prize for drone-mounted camera system 1280 1028 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Binghamton University’s team of Assistant Professor Jayson Boubin and Ph.D. student Melika Dastranj developed REMIX, a drone-mounted hyperspectral camera system capable of processing massive amounts of data in real time to detect early signs of crop disease.

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Standard Potential speaking with microphone at ChargeUp

Standard Potential and Con Edison pilot home battery network to make NYC grid more reliable, affordable
Standard Potential and Con Edison pilot home battery network to make NYC grid more reliable, affordable 1920 1280 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Sodium-ion battery solution company Standard Potential conducted in-person customer discovery interviews at The Battery Show through a 2023 I-Corps course.

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Photonect fiber connection

Photonect Secures $1.25M SBIR Phase II Award from NSF
Photonect Secures $1.25M SBIR Phase II Award from NSF 1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

A $1.25 million grant will help I-Corps alumni startup Photonect Interconnect Solutions advance the commercialization of its photonics innovation. Photonics technology can make data centers and telecommunications networks, which require a lot of power to handle internet traffic and cloud storage, more cost- and energy-efficient. 

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