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State & National Entrepreneurial Programs
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News in State & National Entrepreneurship Programs
Photonect Interconnect Solutions Wins $274K SBIR Award
Photonect Interconnect Solutions, an I-Corps alumni company, recently secured a $274,996 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its photonic technology.
Get to Know the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition Finalists
By Ananya Gambhiraopet With the business development phase of the Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition underway, the Dairy Innovation Program is proud to spotlight the 10 finalists selected for the inaugural competition. The Northeast has a rich history...
Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition Finalist Gershon ’24 Reimagines Butter
By Ananya Gambhiraopet Jonah Gershon ‘24, a hotel administration major in the Nolan School of Hotel Administration at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the founder of Spekld, is the lone student finalist among the 10 selected for the inaugural...
Dairy Innovation Initiative Announces 10 Finalists for the Inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition
By Leigh Toerper Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) and the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center (NDFRC) have announced the 10 finalists for the first-ever Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition, an initiative that...
New Dominion Enterprises Awarded $2.2 Million in SBIR Funding
New Dominion Enterprises, Inc. (NDE), a member of the Southern Tier Clean Energy Incubator at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator, has been awarded two Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards from the Air Force’s AFWERX program for its battery additive technology. The San Antonio-based startup’s innovation improves the performance of lithium batteries.
Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition Launches
The inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition is now accepting applications, providing an opportunity for producers of value-added dairy products to bring their innovations to market.
Exotanium Secures $12 Million in Series A Funding
Exotanium, an I-Corps alumni startup offering a cloud resource optimization and management platform, announced in November that it secured $12 million in a Series A funding round led by Cambium Capital and Celesta Capital.
With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform
Iconic Air, founded by West Virginia University alumni Kyle Gillis and James Carnes, closed on a $5 million seed funding round.
ProAgni awarded $1M Grow-NY top prize
ProAgni, a startup hailing from Lavington, Australia that creates supplements and feeds for livestock to lower methane emissions, has been named the $1 million grand prize winner of the fourth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture competition.