Brekland, a Brooklyn-based startup building a biodegradable foam coating for crop protection, was awarded the $1 million grand prize in the 2025 Grow-NY Food and Agriculture business competition. The company is among seven winners splitting a total of $3 million in prize money.
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Brekland wins $1 million Grow-NY prize at Canandaigua summit
Grow-NY Summit to Award $3 Million to Global Startups Redefining Food, Agriculture and Sustainability
Grow-NY, the largest global food and agriculture business competition, will host its annual Food & Ag Summit on Wednesday, Nov. 12 and Thursday, Nov. 13 in Canandaigua, New York.
eLab accepts record number of student startups to fall cohort
Cornell’s student startup accelerator, eLab, is proud to announce the 33 student teams selected for its Fall 2025 cohort!
Rev Welcomes Largest Protofacturing Accelerator Cohort to Date
Consisting of 28 teams and over 50 individuals, this cohort brings together inventors and entrepreneurs from a wide variety of industries, from pet health to urban hydroponic agriculture.
Introducing the Fourth Cohort of Life Sciences Innovation Fellows
Thirty-eight Cornell MBA students in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, together with PhD candidates from across Cornell University and postdoctoral fellows from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, have joined the fourth cohort of Cornell’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows program.
Jiang Fellows Tell All
The 2025 Jiang Fellows are now back in Ithaca, NY, to share their experiences, tips, and favorite memories from their respective startup internships.
JSSA Culminates with Demo Day Pitch Event
The largest cohort of the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) in program history pitched their startups to members of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management community in New York City on August 8.
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Welcomes Third Cohort
The Green Technology Innovation Fellows program, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and research translation initiative at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, is proud to welcome its third cohort.
Rev prototyping program teaches entrepreneurs to ‘get messy’ and pivot
When they were seniors at Ithaca High School last year, Isabelle Cohen, Alex Elia and Jennifer Zhao hated seeing the plastic waste pile up from the 3D printer in their school’s makerspace, with no way to recycle it.
Introducing the 2025 Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Cohort
Notable for their innovative use of AI and other new technologies, the 29 companies are pursuing forward-thinking solutions in healthcare, hospitality, fashion, and more.
Contact info:
Andrea Ippolito
aki2@cornell.edu