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$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025 https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/UP_2017_0157_034_select-Large_photo.jpeg 1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/UP_2017_0157_034_select-Large_photo.jpeg March 17, 2026 March 17, 2026

Reese Abrahamson
March 17, 2026
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$45M Raised, 114 New Jobs Created: I-Corps Startups Accelerate Deep Tech Growth in 2025

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.

Ascribe Closes $12 Million Series A Financing to Advance Next-Gen Natural Crop Protection https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ourtechnology.jpeg 1280 720 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ourtechnology.jpeg January 27, 2026 February 3, 2026

Reese Abrahamson
January 27, 2026
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Ascribe Closes $12 Million Series A Financing to Advance Next-Gen Natural Crop Protection

Ascribe Bioscience, an Ithaca, NY–based agricultural technology company, has closed a $12 million Series A financing round to support the commercial launch of its flagship biofungicide, Phytalix®.

OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/0413_microsensor-1.jpg 670 893 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast https://www.in-icorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/0413_microsensor-1.jpg December 22, 2025 February 3, 2026

Reese Abrahamson
December 22, 2025
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OWiC Technologies Wins $2.3M NIH Fast-Track SBIR Award

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).