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...