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...
by Leigh Martino | Mar 15, 2019 | Blog, Companies, News, Success Stories, Uncategorized
By Madison Barlow Current eLab team, Incite, was selected to participate in Stage 1 of the VentureWell E-Team Program, which includes a $5,000 grant and the opportunity to participate in a Stage 1 workshop. Incite is working to help cardiologists analyze their...
by Leigh Martino | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog, Class of 2013, Companies, News, Success Stories, Uncategorized
Class of 2013 eLab alumn, Eversound, has announced $5 million in Series A financing. Eversound’s technology is designed to help deliver accessible activities for residents by addressing hearing deficiency in environments where hearing aids fall short, is used in more...
by Leigh Martino | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog, Class of 2015, News, Success Stories, Uncategorized
Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, MBA ’15, came to Cornell to learn the skills he would need to run the farm that has been in his family for four generations. Instead, he started a business of his own. Borquez Schwarzbeck built Produce Pay, an online platform that...
by Leigh Martino | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog, News, Success Stories
The Consumer Electronics Show is held in January to show off the newest technologies of the upcoming year. CES 2019 was held in Las Vegas January 8-11 and eLab alum, Specdrums, was named one of the top new technologies by MacRumors. MacRumors attended “CES...
by Leigh Martino | Jan 16, 2019 | Blog, News, Success Stories, Uncategorized
By Casey Verderosa Kristen McClellan ILR ’12 started working on her touchless sunscreen application device as a Cornell freshman, building shed-like prototypes and picking the brains of engineering students about the technology she wanted to develop in exchange for...
by Leigh Martino | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
Lab alum PureSpinach is making good on its promise of bringing top-quality pesticide-free, local, and sustainable leafy greens to the $8 billion leafy greens market. The company, which completed the eLab program in 2017, has just launched its equity crowdfunding...
