Cornell Biotech Startups
A directory of 125 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in biotechnology, therapeutics, and pharmaceuticals, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.
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Boundless BioSeries CPaul Mischel, MD ’91Precision oncology therapeutic
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HeadwaySeries DJake Sussman ’13Mental healthcare
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Gabriel Otte ’11Blood test to detect colorectal cancer
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Robert Langer ’70mRNA vaccines
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Lara Sullivan ’94Oncology medicine portfolio
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Human LongevitySeries BRobert Hariri, MD PhD ’87Early detection for longer life
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Robert Hariri, MD PhD ’87Biotech cellular medicines
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CeribellSeries CXingjuan Chao, PhD ’05Point-of-care EEG for seizure triage and treatment optimization
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Tiny HealthSeries ACheryl Yeoh ’06Microbiome tests for mother/baby's gut health insights
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Ohalo GeneticsSeries BJudson Ward, PhD ’12Plant breeding for food crops
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Howard Berman, MD ’01Therapeutics with regulatory T cells
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Stephanie Wisner ’16Broad-spectrum vaccine
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Rachel McMinn ’95Genetic medicine for neurological diseases
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Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80T cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
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Pendulum TherapeuticsSeries CJohn Eid ’97Microbiome for health
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Niamh O’Hara, PostDoc ’18Infectious disease diagnostics
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Jonathan Javitt, MD ’82Therapeutic for bipolar depression
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Be BiopharmaSeries CKrishnan Viswanadhan, MBA ’10Engineered B cells as medicines
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Kanvas BiosciencesSeries AHao Shi, PhD ’20, Iwijn De Vlaminck, ProfessorGut microbiome for therapeutics
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Numerion LabsSeries DAbraham Heifets ’01, MEng ’02AI drug discovery
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Obsidian TherapeuticsSeries CVic Myer ’89, Jeffrey Trigilio ’06Cell and gene therapies
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Chad Robins ’96Immune-driven medicine
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NusanoSeries CHoward Lewin ’83Supply of radioisotopes for fighting cancer
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D3 BioSeries BJohn Jin, PhD ’97Oncology and immunology medicine
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Tracey Sikora ’09Medicine to treat every disease
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Ashot Papoyan, PhD ’06Biology computational analysis for drug development
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Rezo TherapeuticsSeries AGeorge Scangos ’70Mapping biological networks for drug discovery
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OnCusp TherapeuticsSeries ABing Yuan, MBA ’02, Eric Slosberg ’91Pipeline of oncology therapeutics
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Christopher Moxham ’89Drug-gene atlas for drug discovery
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Liberate BioSeedMichael Mitchell, PhD ’14AI for genetic medicine
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Tim Fischell ’77Hypertension medical device targeting nerves
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PranaxSeries ASteven Greco ’00Develop exosomes for longevity
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Clarametyx BiosciencesSeries ACharles McOsker, PhD ’82Biologic therapies for bacterial infections
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Soufflé TherapeuticsSeries ASusan Langer Denner ’13, Robert Langer ’70Cell-specific therapeutics
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Volastra TherapeuticsSeries ALewis Cantley, PhD ’75, Olivier Elemento, ProfessorCancer therapies targeting chromosomal instability
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Akston BiosciencesSeries HTodd Zion ’97Animal health therapeutic discovery
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Paul Auer, MS ’03Personalized nutrition
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Kiwi BiosciencesSeedDavid Hachuel, MS ’19Food for patients with IBS
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Dina Burkitbayeva ’10Psychedelic therapeutics biotech platform
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Kuehnle AgrosystemsSeries AAdelheid Kuehnle, PhD ’88Algae and botanical product ingredients
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FIRE1Series BHanson Gifford ’82Recover from heart failure
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Nionyx BioSeedLeszek Lisowski, PhD ’08Gene therapy for kidney disease
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XyloCor TherapeuticsSeries BRonald Crystal, ProfessorGene therapy for cardiovascular diseases
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TetraScienceSeries BSiping Wang ’12Data cloud for scientific labs
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Qlaris BioSeries BBarbara Wirostko ’87Therapy for ophthalmic diseases
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Allay TherapeuticsSeries DHanson Gifford ’82Analgesic for post-surgical pain
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Celsius TherapeuticsSeries BJeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80Precision genomics and therapeutics
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Sensorium TherapeuticsSeries ADick Simon ’75Psychoactive medicines for mental health
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Donald Gonzales, MD ’00Treatment for sleep apnea
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Ciba HealthSeries AInnocent Clement, MBA ’20, Roger Chahine, MBA ’20Value-based care delivery model
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Cayuga BiotechSeedDamien Kudela ’08Therapy for hemorrhage bleeding
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Modern SynthesisSeedJen Keane ’11Biology platform for new materials
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Function OncologySeries ASrinath Sampath ’99, MD ’07Precision medicine for oncology
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David Campbell, PhD ’90Immunotherapy to fight tumors
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Ivan Liachko, PhD ’06Genome analysis equipment
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Leontis Teryazos ’65mRNA therapeutic platform
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Lara Sullivan ’94Oncology therapeutics pipeline
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Kursad Araz, PhD ’10Instruments for protein measurement
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Jim Rotolo, PhD ’07Peptide therapeutics for oncology
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Isaac Ciechanover, MD ’00T-cell immunotherapy
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Christopher Murphy ’78, DVM ’83, PhD ’84Clinical trial endpoint services provider
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Tagworks PharmaceuticalsSeries AZach Taylor ’96Antibody drugs
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AllotexSeries BDavid Muller, PhD ’81Allograft inlays and onlays
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Terra OleoSeedShen Ming Lee ’20Biotech for new fats and oils
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Aethon TherapeuticsSeries ABenjamin Neel, MD ’83Cancer treatments
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Ceretype NeuromedicinePre-SeedEmily Stern, MD ’87fMRI for neuropsychiatry
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Light Horse TherapeuticsSeries ABenjamin Neel, MD ’83Gene editing for drug discovery
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Larkspur BiosciencesSeries ALewis Cantley, PhD ’75Precision immunotherapies to outsmart cancer
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CytoHub Inc.Pre-SeedFrank Teoh, MEng ’13Cellular therapies for heart health
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Detlef Sarbok, MMH ’09Pharmacy claims monitoring software
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Brian Wong, MD ’01Immunology therapeutic for inflammation and cancer
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Centerline BiomedicalSeries BVikash Goel ’01, MS ’05Navigation device for interventional surgery
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Joshua Tetrick ’04Eggs made out of plants
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Joseph Carson, PhD ’04Imaging for medical devices
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Upswing HealthSeedJay Kimmel ’81A new way to conveniently deliver orthopedic care
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Douglas Onsi ’90Cancer therapeutics
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Matthew DeLisa, Professor, David Putnam, ProfessorImmunity therapy
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Halo LabsSeries CBernardo Cordovez, PhD ’10, David Erickson, ProfessorProtein therapeutic measurement device
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David Chang ’92CAR-T for cancer and autoimmune diseases
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Garry Nolan ’83Spatial phenotyping for biology
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Harvey Tian, PhD ’17Simplified preparation of DNA for sequencing
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Soham Sankaran, PhD ’22mRNA platform company
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Laura Towart, PhD ’07Personalized cancer therapeutics platform
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QureBioSeries CQu Xiangdong, MS ’90Therapeutics with macromolecular biopharma
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Johan Kers, PhD ’05Recycle plastics with enzymes
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Samuel Lai ’03Treatment of acute respiratory infections
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Acuamark DiagnosticsSeries AFrancis Barany, ProfessorEarly cancer detection
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Bruce German, PhD ’83Milk-inspired therapies for infectious diseases
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Aaron Friedman ’05Therapeutics to treat brain disease
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LIFE AISeedTuan Cao, PhD ’12Human health data ecosystem
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HistowizSeries AKe Cheng, PhD ’08Histology for biotech research
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Hoyoung Huh, MD ’96Rare disease therapeutics
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Rodrigo Bicalho, PhD ’08Pet health metabolism
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Michael Graffeo ’99, MEng ’00Human tissue creation
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Joseph Amprey, PhD ’04Treatments for neglected diseases
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SyntopaPre-SeedGraham Anderson ’05Biology to reverse climate change
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Brian Strem ’01Therapeutics for ophthalmic infectious diseases
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Sasank Vemulapati, PhD ’19, Li Jiang, PhD ’14Plasma collection at home
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Baiyang Wang, PhD ’95Immunotherapy for cancer
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Mxt BiotechSeries AAram Chung, PhD ’11Microfluidic platforms for cell engineering and immunotherapies
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Yiren Du ’18, MS ’19, MBA ’21Functional wellness food products
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Mango MaterialsSeries BMolly Morse ’03Convert methane into eco-friendly plastics
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Oui TherapeuticsSeries ASeth Feuerstein ’94Prescription digital therapeutics
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AtrixSeedVera Kutsenko ’13Medical affairs data AI
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LunaMicroPre-SeedNate Robinson, PhD ’00Clothing fabric for sweat and moisture management
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Nikhil Kulkarni ’27Synthetic blood substitutes
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Rancho Santa Fe BioPre-SeedRandy Berholtz ’84Cardiovascular therapeutics
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Daniel Vlock ’74Therapeutics for microbial diseases
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Jacob Roberts ’14Microbes extract lithium from waste
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REEgenSeedAlexa Schmitz, PhD ’18Mining critical minerals with biology
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Brian Magierski ’93Crowdsource brain health solutions
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Tiffany St. Bernard, PhD ’22Personal health AI
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FunctionRxSeedGabriel Balmus, PhD ’12Biotech for neurodegeneration
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Attest LaboratoriesPre-SeedDavid O’Brien, MS ’93Point-of-care testing of metabolite biomarkers
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Jill Mullan ’86Connect patients with research
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Sourabh Banerjee, MS ’12Rapid disease tests
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ViGeneronSeries ACaroline Xu, MBA ’06Gene therapy for retinal disorders
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Lesley Solomon ’93Clinical trial operations
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Tom Neyarapally, JD ’02, MBA ’02Computational drug discovery
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Iris Alroy, PhD ’94AI drug discovery
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Leonard Schleifer ’73Large pharma company
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Brian Cali ’89Treatments for gastrointestinal diseases
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Scott Koenig ’81Biotech for immunotherapies
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Stephen Turner, PhD ’00Genomic sequencing equipment
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Bruce Hack ’71TIssue for wound recovery