Syracuse University Archives - I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

January 3, 2024

Syracuse Startup Battling Plastic Pollution Creates 8 Local Jobs, Raises $1.3M

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RETRN Bio, a Syracuse-based startup that upcycles plant waste materials into food packaging plastics, raised $1.3 million in grant funding from sources that included USDA/NIFA, NSF STTR, FuzeHub, V4C Climate Tech, and others.

From Ideas to Industry: Exploring Market Potential with the Battery Show Hybrid Course

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This fall, researchers developing battery technologies explored the market potential of their innovations in a specialized I-Corps regional course led by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub. The course began with two weeks of virtual entrepreneurship training, then moved to an in-person format at the Battery Show conference in Detroit, MI.

NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub

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The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University a $15 million, five-year grant to lead the newest Innovation Corps Hub, I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region.