I-Corps Alumni Archives - I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

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May 2, 2024

Soctera wins $1M SBIR Award for Semiconductor Innovation

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The SBIR award supports the commercialization of Soctera’s power amplifier which will help boost signal range and incentivizes broadband coverage in more rural areas through reduced costs.

April 19, 2024

Verde Technologies Receives Liftoff Contest Award to Develop Flexible Solar Energy Modules

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Verde Technologies, a 2021 I-Corps alumni company from the University of Vermont, is developing a lightweight and flexible way to capture solar energy using perovskite.

April 9, 2024

Sostos Hits Milestones for Cancer Treatment AI Technology

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Sostos, an I-Corps alumni startup developing a cutting-edge AI technology for cancer treatment optimization, recently secured two SBIR Phase I grants — a $275K award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a $400K award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Image of Carbon to Stone co-founder Greeshma Gadikota

March 19, 2024

Carbon To Stone Receives $600K+ to Advance Innovative Carbon Management Technology

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I-Corps alumni startup Carbon To Stone is an emerging leader in the carbon capture and utilization industry. A recent influx of funding will help the company advance its mission to transform CO2 and residual materials into valuable resources.

February 12, 2024

I-Corps Alumni Make Humanitarian Impact in Ukraine

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Safe Pro AI, co-founded by Binghamton University alumni Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg, is a Safe Pro Group company leveraging AI and machine learning to detect, label, and map mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO).

Photo: Pitt School of Medicine student Adi Mittal meets Katalin Kariko, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine, at the National Collegiate Inventor's Competition.

December 20, 2023

Astria Biosciences Wins $275K SBIR Award

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Astria Biosciences, which spun out of research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh, is developing the first simple, whole blood-based test to detect the presence and monitor the progression of cerebral aneurysms.

December 14, 2023

Empower Equity Awarded $1.2 Million Contract to Revolutionize Air Force Supply Chain

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I-Corps alumni company Empower Equity (EMPEQ) has been awarded a $1.2 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Air Force’s AFWERX program, which supports technology innovations with air and space applications.

November 30, 2023

Charging Ahead: ExoPower Awarded SBIR Phase I Grant

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ExoPower has received a $251,522 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), marking a significant leap toward revolutionizing the way we power material handling vehicles (MHVs).

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: 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.