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February 6, 2023

Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps

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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.

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.

January 27, 2023

I-Corps Alumni Give Consumers More Control Over Energy Use

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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.

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

November 4, 2022

GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship

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

October 14, 2022

I-Corps Alum Engineers Bacteria to Make Green Energy Tech Cleaner

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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.

October 1, 2022

How to Make the Most of a Trade Show

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The rise of the trade show in recent years offers new opportunities for entrepreneurs to interface with prospective customers in an advantageous environment.

Four individuals sitting at desks and wearing virtual reality headsets.

September 29, 2022

VR Job Training Startup Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding

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

Two people meet and discuss customer discovery

September 8, 2022

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

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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.