This past summer, 25 Jiang Fellows completed domestic and international internships to gain experience at startup companies ranging from immunotherapy to artificial intelligence and even regenerative farming. The 2026 Jiang Fellows are now back in Ithaca, NY, to share...
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eLab welcomes 33 student startups to fall cohort
Thirty-three student teams have been selected to participate in the 18th annual cohort of eLab, Cornell’s premier student startup accelerator. This year’s eLab cohort brings together Cornell student founders who are developing ventures across many industries and...
Ursa Space Secures $27.9 Million in New Equity Financing
Ursa Space, an alumni stardom company of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, has secured $27.9 million in new equity financing from two investors, marking another significant funding milestone for the Ithaca-based geospatial intelligence company. Founded in Ithaca in 2014,...
Cornell Welcomes the Fifth Cohort of Life Sciences Innovation Fellows
Forty Cornell MBA students and graduate business students, together with PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows from across Cornell University and its Tri-Institutional partners, have joined the fifth cohort of Cornell’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation...
Empire State Development Announces 2026 Finalists Selected for Eighth Round of $3 Million Grow-NY Global Food and Agriculture Business Competition
Innovative Food and Agriculture Startups from Around the World to Compete to Win a Combined Total of $3 Million in Prize Money at Annual Summit on Nov. 12 and 13 Grow-NY is Funded Through Upstate Revitalization Initiatives – Finger Lakes Forward, CNY Rising, and...
With the power of community, SimpliFed grows in Ithaca
As a new mother, Andrea Ippolito found baby feeding extremely hard. Then, she met a fellow mom at her daughter’s daycare in Ithaca who happened to be an expert in nutrition science and human milk. “This is such an Ithaca story,” Ippolito said. “I learned so much from...
Jiang Fellows gain hands-on startup experience
The 2026 Jiang Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience in industries ranging from immunotherapy to artificial intelligence and even regenerative farming. This year’s fellows had an interest in...
Eutrobac Expands Reach Through ASI Acquisition
What started as a research idea inspired by environmental issues on a family farm has grown into Eutrobac, a New York-based agricultural technology startup acquired by Agriment Services, Inc. (ASI) in April. As a participant in Rev: Ithaca Startup...
REEgen Secures $200,000 NYSTAR Innovation Matching Grant to Advance Rare Earth Recovery
Cornell-based startup REEgen, co-founded by Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18, Sean Medin, Ph.D. ’24, and Brooke Pian ’13, has been awarded a $200,000 Innovation Matching Grant (IMG) from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR). The...
Rev Welcomes 2026 Prototyping Cohort
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is thrilled to welcome the newest cohort of entrepreneurs joining Rev’s summer Prototyping Hardware Accelerator. The 10-week program helps early-stage product teams transform initial “back of the napkin” ideas into fully developed startups...
Contact info:
Andrea Ippolito
aki2@cornell.edu