by Sara Baier | May 12, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2017, Companies, News, Success Stories
Expensive refrigeration was cutting into Vipul Saran’s profits. As an undergrad in India, and the third generation in his family to work in agriculture, Saran had started a new venture: exporting potatoes from western Uttar Pradesh to the Middle East. But the high...
by wpengine | Mar 18, 2021 | Class of 2017
Iterate Labs, a startup with Cornell beginnings that uses wearable sensors and computer vision to drive factory production and worker safety, has obtained $1 million in seed funding to support the company’s growth. The funding award was led by Monozukuri Ventures, a...
by Bridget Bright | Mar 3, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2021, Companies, News, Success Stories
Travelers passing through the Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) from February 25 to March 6 are able to experience an all-inclusive luxury lounge while waiting for their next flight. Located in Concourse A, the pop-up is the brainchild of Gabe Trumbo and...
by Bridget Bright | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2014, News, Success Stories
Rosie, a Cornellian-founded startup that offers e-commerce solutions for independent grocers and wholesalers, raised $10 million in Series A financing led by Avenue Growth Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm, earlier this month. Fueled by rising demand...
by Sara Baier | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2020, Companies, News, Success Stories
Jehron Petty ’20 is on a mission to move the needle for diversity and inclusivity in the tech industry. Shortly after graduating Cornell University with a degree in computer science—literally, the day after commencement—Petty launched ColorStack, a nonprofit on a...
by Leigh Martino | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke to a tough path ahead for the upstate New York economy at Cornell’s annual town-gown regional meeting on January 26. Hochul also acknowledged a brighter future with hopeful days coming for economic recovery and development. The...
by Sara Baier | Jan 4, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2018, Companies, News, Success Stories
Antithesis Foods, the eLab alumni (Class of 2018) responsible for Grabanzos, everyone’s favorite crunchy chocolate-covered chickpea-based snack, has launched a podcast to explore the food science behind popular snack brands and their “better for you” competitors. In...
by Sara Baier | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2015, News, Success Stories
With the 2020 harvest season behind us, ProducePay announced its year-end financing totals, including $60 million in financing to produce farmers in Mexico, who grew over $750 million worth of fresh produce exported to the United States. ProducePay, an eLab alumni...
by Sara Baier | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2020, Companies, News, Success Stories
Hopscotch, a 2020 eLab alumni startup, was recently named one of the “most disruptive MBA startups” by Poets & Quants. The integrated HIPPA compliant digital health platform is on a mission to change the future of pediatric healthcare. The company...
by Sara Baier | Oct 28, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2021, Companies, News
Student startup accelerator eLab has selected 21 teams of student-entrepreneurs, from a pool of more than 200 applicants, for its 2020-21 cohort. Over the course of the academic year, the rigorous for-credit program assists startups with evolving their business models...
