by Katharine Downey | Apr 15, 2025 | Class of 2024, Events, News
Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator; the Runway Startup Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech; and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine pitched their innovative business ideas at the annual Cornell Silicon Valley: Student...
by Augustine Daudu | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog, Class of 2019, Companies, News, Success Stories
Response, an eLab alumni (Class of 2019) founded by Keivan Shahida ’20 and Kais Baillargeon ’20, has secured $4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Y Combinator and Twenty-Two Ventures, with participation from strategic angel investors from Flexport,...
by Katharine Downey | Mar 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch. GradeWiz uses AI and computer vision to grade homework and...
by Augustine Daudu | Feb 28, 2025 | Class of 2024, News
24 startups were accepted for the eLab student startup accelerator Fall cohort, and 13 will advance to the spring cohort. These startups have shown remarkable progress in validating their ideas and refining their business models. The eLab program has been an...
by Katharine Downey | Oct 16, 2024 | Blog, Events, News
Twenty-four student teams have been selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator. Now welcoming its 16th credit-bearing cohort, eLab accepts student founders from any field of study across Cornell and trains them to launch...
by Katharine Downey | Apr 19, 2024 | Class of 2024, Events, News
Student teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, and Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute Runway Startup Program at Cornell Tech pitched their innovative ideas at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery on March 28. The event brought...
by Katharine Downey | Mar 12, 2024 | Class of 2020, Companies, News
Tazzy, a healthier candy brand aimed to help consumers satisfy their sweet tooth, a 2020 eLab alum, was just named a winner of the 2024 Stacy’s Rise Project, which includes a $25k grant! Stacy’s Pita Chips is a woman-founded brand with a legacy supporting...
by Katharine Downey | Feb 13, 2024 | Class of 2015, Companies, News, Success Stories
ProducePay, an eLab alumni (Class of 2015), just closed a $38 million Series D funding round led by Syngenta Group Ventures, with participation from Commonfund and Highgate Private Equity, G2 Venture Partners, Anterra Capital, Astanor Ventures, Endeavor8, Avenue...
by wpengine | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog, Class of 2024, News
Of the 28 teams that completed eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, this fall, 17 startups are continuing their progress by participating in the Spring cohort after having proven their business ideas. As Cornell’s entrepreneurial ecosystem continues to...
by wpengine | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2024, News
Twenty-eight student teams have been selected to participate in the fall cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator. This marked the accelerator’s most competitive application cycle to date, with 75 student founders vying for a place in the program....
