🐻🚀 Big Red Startups: last month, 5 startups raised VC funding, 3 startups were acquired…

🐻🚀 Big Red Startups: last month, 5 startups raised VC funding, 3 startups were acquired, and 1 startup went public on the NASDAQ!! 🚀 2026-08-04, Series B: Convex - Sujay Jayakar ’12 - Server backend for software applications 🚀 2026-08-03, IPO: Obsidian Therapeutics - Vic Myer ’89, Jeffrey Trigilio ’06 - Cell and gene therapies 🚀 2026-07-30, Acquired: Simon AI - Jason Davis ’03 - Customer data platform for marketing campaigns 🚀 2026-07-22, Series A: Transcripta Bio - Christopher Moxham ’89 - Drug-gene atlas for drug discovery 🚀 2026-07-22, Seed: Petra Labs - Rishi Penmetcha ’21 - Marketing platform for AI search 🚀 2026-07-10, Acquired: Aidora - Anant Agarwal, MEng ’17 - HR leave management software 🚀 2026-07-09, Series C: Gauntlet - Tarun Chitra ’11, John Morrow ’10 - Web3 defi solutions 🚀 2026-07-08, Series B: Kuehnle Agrosystems - Adelheid Kuehnle, PhD ’88 - Algae and botanical product ingredients 🚀 2026-07-07, Acquired: Arc Technologies - Don Muir ’15 - Cash management and growth capital and 5 startups are in the YC S26 batch!! 🚀 Cova - Jordan Ibe ’24 - Home care agency 🚀 Pennant AI - Ryan Nowicki Stewart ’16, Tomas Taylor ’16 - AI proxy voting for public markets 🚀 Stoa - Berat Celik, MEng ’26 - Marketplace for AI hardware 🚀 Wondering - Angelica Kosasih, MS ’22, Cheng-Wei Hu, MS ’22 - Software for learning 🚀 Zomma - Cashel Fitzgerald, MEng ’26, Jihyun Kim, MEng ’26 - AI agents for financial services connect with Cornellian startups!! (links below): - Find a Co-Founder: signup for co-founder matching!! - Become an Early Adopter: give feedback to Cornellian startups!! - Work for a Startup: the most exciting places to work!! #startups #founders