News – I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Shooting for the Stars: Exostellar Raises $15 Million Series A Round https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/exostellar-blog-photo.jpeg 1912 1236 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/exostellar-blog-photo.jpeg September 29, 2023 September 29, 2023

Grace Collins
September 29, 2023
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Shooting for the Stars: Exostellar Raises $15 Million Series A Round

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.

GEM Fellows Course Aims to Broaden Impact of STEM Innovation https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GEM-edited-scaled.jpg 2560 1553 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GEM-edited-scaled.jpg September 20, 2023 September 27, 2023

Bridget Hagen
September 20, 2023
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GEM Fellows Course Aims to Broaden Impact of STEM Innovation

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.

REEgen Awarded $275K SBIR Grant for Rare-Earth Tech https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Alexa-Schmitz-2023.jpeg 1140 641 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Alexa-Schmitz-2023.jpeg September 14, 2023 September 14, 2023

Bridget Hagen
September 14, 2023
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REEgen Awarded $275K SBIR Grant for Rare-Earth Tech

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 elements are essential components in many electronics and renewable energy technologies, but currently most of them are extracted overseas in a costly and environmentally damaging…

Cornell computer science professor Hakim Weatherspoon helping students.

Through I-Corps, Cornell Research Impacts Beyond the Lab https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2019_1337_012.png 1920 1280 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2019_1337_012.png September 5, 2023 September 5, 2023

Bridget Hagen
September 5, 2023
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Through I-Corps, Cornell Research Impacts Beyond the Lab

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 ecosystem is there to support innovators who want to make an impact with their research. Cornell spinouts AvantGuard and Exostellar started their paths to commercialization…

Photo: teams in the 2023 BIO Regional Course

BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2875-scaled.jpg 2560 1722 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_2875-scaled.jpg August 17, 2023 September 27, 2023

Bridget Hagen
August 17, 2023
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BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO

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 the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps). Hosted by IN I-Corps Hub partners Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Pittsburgh, the course began…

Photonect Interconnect Solutions Wins $274K SBIR Award https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20181105_144648.jpg 996 560 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20181105_144648.jpg July 19, 2023 August 17, 2023

Amy Milner
July 19, 2023
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Photonect Interconnect Solutions Wins $274K SBIR Award

Photonect Interconnect Solutions, an I-Corps alumni company, recently secured a $274,996 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its photonic technology. Pioneering the development of laser adhesion techniques for attaching optical fibers to photonic chips, Photonect is poised to revolutionize data center operations. “My master’s thesis was…

AvantGuard Closes $2.85 Million Seed Funding Round https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AvantGuard-story-stock-image.jpg 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AvantGuard-story-stock-image.jpg June 20, 2023 August 17, 2023

Bridget Hagen
June 20, 2023
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AvantGuard Closes $2.85 Million Seed Funding Round

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 anti-microbial technologies to make disinfectants more effective, will put the new funding toward accelerating research and development, hiring additional scientists, and expanding its product offerings. …

Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_8132-scaled.jpg 2560 1920 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_8132-scaled.jpg May 23, 2023 September 27, 2023

Bridget Hagen
May 23, 2023
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Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit

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.

Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Weatherspoon_Exotanium_Booth.jpg 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Weatherspoon_Exotanium_Booth.jpg February 10, 2023 August 17, 2023

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February 10, 2023
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Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding

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.

A smokestack billows smoke against a blue sky.

With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Smokestack_CO2.jpg 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Smokestack_CO2.jpg February 7, 2023 August 17, 2023

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February 7, 2023
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With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform

Iconic Air recently raised $5 million in seed funding and launched its carbon accounting platform, which offers a suite of tools to help companies manage their carbon footprint and achieve net zero emissions.

Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Ag-Corps_2023.jpg 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Ag-Corps_2023.jpg February 6, 2023 September 27, 2023

Grace Collins
February 6, 2023
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Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps

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.

I-Corps Alumni Give Consumers More Control Over Energy Use https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NYSEG_Cornell.png 1000 650 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/NYSEG_Cornell.png January 27, 2023 August 17, 2023

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January 27, 2023
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I-Corps Alumni Give Consumers More Control Over Energy Use

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.

GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GEM-Group-Shot-1-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GEM-Group-Shot-1-scaled.jpg November 4, 2022 September 27, 2023

Grace Collins
November 4, 2022
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GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship

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

I-Corps Alum Engineers Bacteria to Make Green Energy Tech Cleaner https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alexa-Schmitz-photo.jpeg 1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Alexa-Schmitz-photo.jpeg October 14, 2022 August 17, 2023

Bridget Hagen
October 14, 2022
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I-Corps Alum Engineers Bacteria to Make Green Energy Tech Cleaner

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.

Four individuals sitting at desks and wearing virtual reality headsets.

VR Job Training Startup Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/VR_Headsets-scaled.jpeg 2560 1709 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/VR_Headsets-scaled.jpeg September 29, 2022 August 17, 2023

Bridget Hagen
September 29, 2022
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VR Job Training Startup Raises $35 Million in Series B Funding

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

NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GEM-Day-2-scaled.jpg 2560 1707 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GEM-Day-2-scaled.jpg September 8, 2022 August 17, 2023

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September 8, 2022
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NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub

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.