Director’s Note: Welcome Back!
We held our Entrepreneurship at Cornell Kickoff event yesterday afternoon at our eHub co-working space in Collegetown. Fantastic turnout! Tons of energy and excited students! We are looking forward to the new academic year and lots of student startup activity!
-Zach Shulman ’87, JD’90
Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Grow-NY startups pledge to impact upstate New York
This fall, the world’s top food and agriculture startups will vie for $3 million in prize money in the seventh annual Grow-NY business competition in Canandaigua, NY. The 20 selected finalists represent […]
Mako, a faculty-led startup based at Cornell Tech, raises $8.5 million
Mako, a startup co-founded by Cornell Tech assistant professor Mohamed Abdelfattah, has raised $8.5 million in seed funding to tackle one of artificial intelligence’s most pressing infrastructure challenges: optimizing the computing efficiency of […]
Startup Cornell Episode #47: Jonathan Lowenhar ’96
The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Jonathan Lowenhar ‘96, founder and one of two managing partners of Enjoy The Work, a company that has […]
VCs backed Black founders after BLM – but it didn’t last
Five years ago, in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, Black-founded startups had “a moment” when venture capitalists (VCs) were eager to invest. In the two years after Floyd’s […]
Cornell incubator startups become Activate Fellows
Two members of Cornell’s business incubators have been accepted to Cohort 2025 of the Activate Fellowship, a two-year program that supports scientists and engineers in their entrepreneurial ventures.
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Welcomes Third Cohort
SAIL sets a course for smarter trade compliance with AI
As tariffs shift and trade regulations grow more complex, a team of Cornell Tech students is developing a smarter solution to address modern trade compliance challenges.
Cornell Ignite fellows bring lab discoveries closer to market impact
Three new research projects — a treatment for childhood ear infections, an AI-powered tool to link databases and a novel gene editing method for therapeutics — will receive funding and […]
Rev prototyping program teaches entrepreneurs to ‘get messy’ and pivot
When they were seniors at Ithaca High School last year, Isabelle Cohen, Alex Elia and Jennifer Zhao hated seeing the plastic waste pile up from the 3D printer in their […]
Levelle Nutrition Earns Emerging Company Distinction from NBJ
Rev member Levelle Nutrition, founded by Dr. Linda Alvarez, M.D., and Stephanie Schrauth, has been awarded the 2025 Nutritional Business Journal Leadership & Growth Award in the Emerging Company category. […]
Devin Abraham’s Startup, Liiv, Uses AI to Address the Problem of Paperwork Overload
Administrative work can eat up a lot of time and effort, causing staff to get bogged down and cutting down on time they have to address other important aspects of […]
With $10M, NYS renews Cornell program to drive economic, job growth
Cornell has secured a 10-year, $10 million grant renewal to continue work aimed at spurring economic impact and job growth through applied research, development and commercialization of breakthrough technologies.
Startup Cornell Episode #46: Meredith Oppenheim ’95
The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Meredith Oppenheim ‘95, founder of Vitaliy Society and now a strategic advisor in the senior housing space.
Introducing the 2025 Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Cohort
Emile Maamary’s Steadiwear Glove Reduces Hand Tremors
Hand tremors caused by essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease make everyday tasks such as getting dressed, drinking, and writing anywhere from difficult to impossible. Seeing how the condition impacted their […]
Faculty-led startup is using AI to reimagine software reliability
Cornell Tech Assistant Professor Raaz Dwivedi has co-founded Traversal, a startup emerging from stealth this week with a mission: to transform how modern software systems detect and resolve outages using artificial intelligence.
Cornell AgriTech to showcase up-and-coming food startups at 2025 Summer Fancy Food Show
Cornell AgriTech will be exhibiting in the Debut District in the upcoming 2025 Summer Fancy Food Show, the largest business-to-business specialty food industry event in North America.
Jiang Fellows kick off summer internships
The 2025 Jiang Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience in industries ranging from next-gen electric vehicles to a portable blood testing device.
Startup Cornell Episode #45: Kimberle Lau ’01
The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Kimberle Lau ’01, founder of Bake Me Healthy, a company that offers plant-based, allergen-free and upcycled baking mixes and […]
Cornell emerges as a leader in semiconductor innovation
Gallox Semiconductors, a startup with roots at Cornell University, has had recent success on the international stage, winning the 2025 Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge in the Advanced Computing & Electronics category.
Kanvas Biosciences harnesses the power of the microbiome
Just before the world shut down in 2020 due to COVID-19, Hao Shi, Ph.D. ’20, finished the last experiment for his doctoral research. He had developed an advanced imaging tool […]
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Jumpstart Nanosurf’s Consumer Journey
Bashayer Aldakkan, a member of the Green Technology Innovation Fellows Program (GTIF), has beenevaluating market demand for her startup Nanosurf. This idea conceptualizes a liquid formulation thatcleans oil on land. […]
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