by wpengine | 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 wpengine | 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 wpengine | 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 wpengine | 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 wpengine | 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 wpengine | 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...
by Leigh Martino | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog, Events, News
As a startup founder, navigating customer relationships can be scary. With so many tools on the market, how do you know which ones are the right fit for your company? Attend this webinar, “Startup Tools for Managing Customer Relationships,” hosted...
by wpengine | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2018, Companies, News, Success Stories
The latest achievement by a Cornellian-led startup and eLab alumni dedicated to protecting honeybees – a $500,000 runner-up prize at the fifth annual 76West Clean Energy Competition – is creating quite the buzz in New York’s Southern Tier. Combplex, founded...
by wpengine | Oct 21, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2020, Class of 2021, Companies, News, Success Stories
Quarantine Buddy, founded by eLab alumni Jordyn Goldzweig ‘21 and Sam Brickman ‘21, recently made Washington Post headlines for its platform which helps forge online friendships by matching strangers impacted by the global pandemic. Quarantine...
