The numbers are trickling in for 2024, another successful year for the founders, employees, and investors of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works 32 member startups. Success looked different for our Rev members as some accepted new partnerships, some closed rounds of seed funding, and others continued to innovate. Regardless, Rev’s community continued to grow and scale their businesses while positively impacting the Ithaca region and beyond.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
December 6, 2022
Since 2014, Rev: Ithaca Startup Works has been a vital resource and gathering place for startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in Ithaca, NY. The business incubator, created by Cornell University in collaboration with Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College, was founded to support new and expanding businesses—including student-founded startups—with plans to scale and create jobs in the region. Through mentorship, accelerator programs, resources, co-working space, events, and networking, companies in any field are provided with the tools and resources needed to succeed.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works News
Continued Growth for Rev’s Startup Community in 2024
Cornell Entrepreneurs Excel in Local Pitch Competitions
The Fuzehub 2024 Commercialization Competition during the New York State Innovation Summit had seven prize winners, five of which are Cornell-supported entrepreneurs. Of the five, four have participated in multiple hardware accelerators at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works and the grand prize winner is a current Center for Life Science Ventures member, a former Life Science Technology Fellow and Ignite Fellow.
Celebrating 10 years at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
In response to the 2014 opening of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, CNN Business ran the headline: “Can this Small Town Compete with Silicon Valley?” While Ithaca has made headlines for its oversized number of startups per capita and having the highest R&D expenditures in New York state, 10 years later, it’s clear Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is not interested in competing with Silicon Valley, but in imagining an entrepreneurial ecosystem entirely its own. Over the past 10 years, Rev’s member startups have created over 1,000 jobs and generated over 100 million dollars in revenue.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works puts new entrepreneurs through their paces
Inventing a new product that you can hold in your hands and bring successfully to an eagerly awaiting market is sometimes likened to childbirth: If we knew from the outset how hard it was going to be, fewer of us would do it.
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