by wpengine | Feb 19, 2020 | Blog, Class of 2015, News, Success Stories
ProducePay, the leading industry resource for produce trading, recently obtained $205 million in debt facility from CoVenture and TCM Capital to expand its platform, which provides produce growers, shippers, and distributors with the resources and financing to grow...
by wpengine | Feb 3, 2020 | Class of 2014, News, Success Stories
Yve-Car Momperousse, MPS ’14 and Stéphane Jean-Baptiste recently appeared on the popular television show, Shark Tank, to pitch their beauty product startup, Kreyòl Essence. Kreyòl Essence, a proud member of eLab’s Class of 2014, produces luxury beauty products for...
by wpengine | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Class of 2018, News, Success Stories
Combplex, a 2018 eLab alumni, took home $250K in prize money at the inaugural Grow-NY business competition, an innovation and technology startup challenge focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture hub in the Grow-NY region, which is comprised...
by wpengine | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog, Class of 2013, News, Success Stories
Nick Nickitas, CEO and founder of Rosie, received a 2019 GenNext Award form Progressive Grocer. The organization selected 25 individuals from 175 nominees for the award in recognition of the energy and innovation these entrepreneurs bring to push food retail into the...
by wpengine | Nov 25, 2019 | Blog, Class of 2019, News
With the New York City skyline in the background and an audience of business leaders, mentors and Cornell alumni seated before them, the newest members of eLab, Cornell’s student business accelerator, pitched their entrepreneurial ideas at the annual eLab NYC Pitch...
by wpengine | Oct 25, 2019 | Class of 2018, News, Success Stories
Could a healthy snack that tastes like junk food disrupt the processed foods space? The people behind Antithesis, a Cornell startup, are hoping so. Antithesis was recently awarded a $225,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award from the National Science...
by wpengine | Oct 14, 2019 | Class of 2019, News
Cornell’s accelerator for student startups, eLab, recently accepted its 2019-20 cohort of 24 businesses, the most in its history. The for-credit program, which received a record number of applications, puts startups through a rigorous nine-month process of...
by Leigh Martino | Jun 4, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
By Jordan Herson Bright Citizen is a social enterprise focused on creating a sustainable future. The company donates 50% of its profits to the Digital Citizen Fund, a non-profit that provides access to technology and business education to teenage girls in...
by Leigh Martino | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
By Casey Verderosa, Comake is out to change the way knowledge workers manage their digital workflow. Things are off to a strong start for the smart desktop startup. The company recently hired its first full-time employee, made possible by a $225,000 National...
by Leigh Martino | Mar 21, 2019 | Blog, News, Success Stories
By Madison Barlow 2019 eLab team, Suna Breakfast, placed second at SXSW2019’s Student Startup Madness (SSM) on March 11. Suna Breakfast is a startup focusing on providing college students with a quick and easy way to eat breakfast. The team works with campus...
