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 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 | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2022, Companies, Success Stories
Kayla Wooley, MBA ’22, came of age in the senior care industry. She began learning the family business of operating nursing homes from the bottom up—beginning work in the seventh grade as a summer intern and eventually becoming licensed after college to assume a...
by wpengine | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2015, Companies, News, Success Stories
Since originating in eLab in 2014, ProducePay has continued to forge its own path in the produce industry, most recently being named to Fast Company’s list of the 10 most innovative companies in agriculture of 2023. Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies series...
by Bridget Hagen | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog, Class of 2023, Companies, News
An Oct. 20 pitch event in New York City offered a good sampling of the kinds of entrepreneurial ideas brewing among Cornell students —from an agricultural credit business to help Bangladeshi farmers to a glove that would help people with visual impairments learn...
