Cornell University – I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

September 29, 2023

Shooting for the Stars: Exostellar Raises $15 Million Series A Round

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I-Corps alumni company Exostellar, a cloud resource optimization and management platform, is on the trajectory to be a star in the tech startup world. Founded by Cornell University computer science professor Hakim Weatherspoon, the company recently announced a successful $15 million Series A round — bringing Exostellar’s valuation to $40 million.

Photo: GEM Fellows I-Corps Course 2023 cohort.

September 20, 2023

GEM Fellows Course Aims to Broaden Impact of STEM Innovation

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IN I-Corps hosted a regional course specifically for GEM Fellows as a part of the Inclusion in Innovation Initiative, which aims to increase participation in I-Corps and commercialization activity among STEM researchers across diverse backgrounds.

Photo: Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18, (right) co-founder and CEO of REEgen, talks with Brooke Pian, lab director at REEgen, at the Center for Life Science Ventures in Weill Hall.

September 14, 2023

REEgen Awarded $275K SBIR Grant for Rare-Earth Tech

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This August, I-Corps alumni company REEgen won a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the NSF to further refine its technology to more sustainably extract rare-earth elements. Rare-earth…

Cornell computer science professor Hakim Weatherspoon helping students.

September 5, 2023

Through I-Corps, Cornell Research Impacts Beyond the Lab

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For Cornell researchers developing innovative, problem-solving technologies, the work doesn’t end in the lab. Discoveries that reach the market can improve society and stimulate economic growth, and Cornell’s robust entrepreneurial…

Photo: teams in the 2023 BIO Regional Course

August 17, 2023

BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO

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This June, a group of researchers developing biotechnology innovations conducted customer discovery interviews at the 2023 BIO International Convention (BIO) in Boston through a tailored I-Corps regional course hosted by…

June 20, 2023

AvantGuard Closes $2.85 Million Seed Funding Round

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I-Corps alumni company AvantGuard (formerly Halomine) recently closed a $2.85 million seed funding round with investments from Blue Ledge Capital, SOSV, LaunchNY, and Red Bear Angels. The startup, which develops…

May 23, 2023

Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit

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The Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led a specialized regional course for energy researchers in March 2023 that involved tailored virtual entrepreneurship training, followed by sponsored travel to Washington, D.C. for the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.

February 10, 2023

Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding

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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.

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.