I-Corps Alumni

Ellie Sangree and Jesse Wexler, co-founders of Eutrobac

Eutrobac Acquired by Agriment Services Inc. 
Eutrobac Acquired by Agriment Services Inc.  764 1200 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Eutrobac, a New York-based agricultural technology startup acquired by Agriment Services, Inc. (ASI) in April, started as a research idea inspired by environmental issues on a family farm. 

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Found Industries in-house team of 20+ electrochemists, industrial process engineers, mechanical and controls engineers.

Found Industries Among Five Selected for DOE Critical Minerals Funding  
Found Industries Among Five Selected for DOE Critical Minerals Funding   1308 622 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Found Industries, an I-Corps alum and participant in the first ARPA-E conference course in May 2022, has recently received a major Department of Energy critical minerals award.

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Two scientists working at lab computer

REEgen Secures $200,000 NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant to Advance Rare Earth Recovery 
REEgen Secures $200,000 NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant to Advance Rare Earth Recovery  1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Cornell-based startup REEgen, co-founded by I-Corps alumni Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18 and Sean Medin, Ph.D. ’24, has been awarded a $200,000 Innovation Matching Grant (IMG) from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).

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Person building a technology innovation

$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025
$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025 1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Startup ventures emerging from I-Corps teams welcomed a total of 119 new paid employees during the year. Alumni secured $16,617,873 in SBIR and STTR awards and raised $29,713,562 in capital to support research, commercialization progress, and long-term scaling.

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microsensors on table

OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award 
OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award  670 893 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alumni company OWiC Technologies has been awarded a $2.35 million Fast-Track SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

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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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I-Corps Participant SensVita Awarded $305,000 STTR Grant 
I-Corps Participant SensVita Awarded $305,000 STTR Grant  1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

This February, Cornell health technology startup SensVita, which has developed a touch-free way of monitoring of heart and lung functions, was awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Alison Gregory speaking about AreaHub on-stage

AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence
AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence 1280 890 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

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

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A detailed arteriogram of the brain, showing the major arteries and their branches with contrast dye flowing through, highlighting possible aneurysms.

Neuralenz Secures $500k NINDS STTR Award
Neuralenz Secures $500k NINDS STTR Award 1280 731 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

In September, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Neuralenz a $500k Phase I STTR grant for developing a new, non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow that could enable doctors to rapidly detect neurological damage and treat it more accurately.

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I-Corps Alum EchoICs Wins $275K NSF STTR Phase I Award 
I-Corps Alum EchoICs Wins $275K NSF STTR Phase I Award  1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

EchoICs, an I-Corps regional course alum and 2022 National I-Corps Team participant, received a $275,000 STTR Phase I Award from the National Science Foundation in August. Founded by Dr. Alyssa Apsel, Director of Computer Engineering at Cornell University, and postdoctoral student Thomas Tapen, EchoICs developed a new flexible spectrum radio for more efficient military communications and commercial cellular usage.

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