Cornell Biotech Startups
A directory of 119 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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Gabriel Otte ’11, ,Blood test to detect colorectal cancer
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Human LongevitySeries BRobert Hariri, MD PhD ’87, ,Early detection for longer life
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Kanvas BiosciencesSeries AHao Shi, PhD ’20, Iwijn De Vlaminck, Professor,Gut microbiome for therapeutics
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CeribellSeries CXingjuan Chao, PhD ’05, ,Point-of-care EEG for seizure triage and treatment optimization
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David Campbell, PhD ’90, ,Immunotherapy to fight tumors
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Stephanie Wisner ’16, ,Broad-spectrum vaccine
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Howard Berman, MD ’01, ,Therapeutics with regulatory T cells
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Tiny HealthSeries ACheryl Yeoh ’06, ,Microbiome tests for mother/baby's gut health insights
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Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80, ,T cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
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Robert Langer ’70, ,mRNA vaccines
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Obsidian TherapeuticsSeries CVic Myer ’89, Jeffrey Trigilio ’06,Cell and gene therapies
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Robert Hariri, MD PhD ’87, ,Biotech cellular medicines
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Niamh O’Hara, PostDoc ’18, ,Infectious disease diagnostics
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Lara Sullivan ’94, ,Oncology medicine portfolio
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Pendulum TherapeuticsSeries CJohn Eid ’97, ,Microbiome for health
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Be BiopharmaSeries CKrishnan Viswanadhan, MBA ’10, ,Engineered B cells as medicines
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Numerion LabsSeries DAbraham Heifets ’01, MEng ’02, ,AI drug discovery
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Liberate BioSeedMichael Mitchell, PhD ’14, ,AI for genetic medicine
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OnCusp TherapeuticsSeries ABing Yuan, MBA ’02, Eric Slosberg ’91,Pipeline of oncology therapeutics
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D3 BioSeries BJohn Jin, PhD ’97, ,Oncology and immunology medicine
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Volastra TherapeuticsSeries ALewis Cantley, PhD ’75, Olivier Elemento, Professor,Cancer therapies targeting chromosomal instability
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Rezo TherapeuticsSeries AGeorge Scangos ’70, ,Mapping biological networks for drug discovery
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PranaxSeries ASteven Greco ’00, ,Develop exosomes for longevity
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Ashot Papoyan, PhD ’06, ,Biology computational analysis for drug development
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NusanoSeries CHoward Lewin ’83, ,Supply of radioisotopes for fighting cancer
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Boundless BioSeries CPaul Mischel, MD ’91, ,Precision oncology therapeutic
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Isaac Ciechanover, MD ’00, ,T-cell immunotherapy
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Ohalo GeneticsSeries BJudson Ward, PhD ’12, ,Plant breeding for food crops
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Christopher Moxham ’89, ,Drug-gene atlas for drug discovery
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Jonathan Javitt, MD ’82, ,Therapeutic for bipolar depression
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Clarametyx BiosciencesSeries ACharles McOsker, PhD ’82, ,Biologic therapies for bacterial infections
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Rachel McMinn ’95, ,Genetic medicine for neurological diseases
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Allay TherapeuticsSeries DHanson Gifford ’82, ,Analgesic for post-surgical pain
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Tim Fischell ’77, ,Hypertension medical device targeting nerves
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XyloCor TherapeuticsSeries BRonald Crystal, Professor, ,Gene therapy for cardiovascular diseases
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FIRE1Series BHanson Gifford ’82, ,Recover from heart failure
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Kiwi BiosciencesSeedDavid Hachuel, MS ’19, ,Food for patients with IBS
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Dina Burkitbayeva ’10, ,Psychedelic therapeutics biotech platform
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Sensorium TherapeuticsSeries ADick Simon ’75, ,Psychoactive medicines for mental health
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Qlaris BioSeries BBarbara Wirostko ’87, ,Therapy for ophthalmic diseases
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Celsius TherapeuticsSeries BJeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80, ,Precision genomics and therapeutics
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Todd Zion ’97, ,Animal health therapeutic discovery
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Ciba HealthSeries AInnocent Clement, MBA ’20, Roger Chahine, MBA ’20,Value-based care delivery model
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Siping Wang ’12, ,Data cloud for scientific labs
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David Chang ’92, ,CAR-T for cancer and autoimmune diseases
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Jen Keane ’11, ,Biology platform for new materials
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Donald Gonzales, MD ’00, ,Treatment for sleep apnea
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Tagworks PharmaceuticalsSeries AZach Taylor ’96, ,Antibody drugs
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Function OncologySeries ASrinath Sampath ’99, MD ’07, ,Precision medicine for oncology
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Kuehnle AgrosystemsSeries AAdelheid Kuehnle, PhD ’88, ,Algae and botanical product ingredients
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Christopher Murphy ’78, DVM ’83, PhD ’84, ,Clinical trial endpoint services provider
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Light Horse TherapeuticsSeries ABenjamin Neel, MD ’83, ,Gene editing for drug discovery
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Lara Sullivan ’94, ,Oncology therapeutics pipeline
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Jim Rotolo, PhD ’07, ,Peptide therapeutics for oncology
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Leontis Teryazos ’65, ,mRNA therapeutic platform
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Ceretype NeuromedicinePre-SeedEmily Stern, MD ’87, ,fMRI for neuropsychiatry
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Ivan Liachko, PhD ’06, ,Genome analysis equipment
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Joseph Carson, PhD ’04, ,Imaging for medical devices
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Joshua Tetrick ’04, ,Eggs made out of plants
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Cayuga BiotechSeedDamien Kudela ’08, ,Therapy for hemorrhage bleeding
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Kursad Araz, PhD ’10, ,Instruments for protein measurement
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Centerline BiomedicalSeries BVikash Goel ’01, MS ’05, ,Navigation device for interventional surgery
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Larkspur BiosciencesSeries ALewis Cantley, PhD ’75, ,Precision immunotherapies to outsmart cancer
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Tracey Sikora ’09, ,Medicine to treat every disease
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Halo LabsSeries CBernardo Cordovez, PhD ’10, David Erickson, Professor,Protein therapeutic measurement device
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Brian Wong, MD ’01, ,Immunology therapeutic for inflammation and cancer
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CytoHub Inc.Pre-SeedFrank Teoh, MEng ’13, ,Cellular therapies for heart health
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Aethon TherapeuticsSeries ABenjamin Neel, MD ’83, ,Cancer treatments
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Chad Robins ’96, ,Immune-driven medicine
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Johan Kers, PhD ’05, ,Recycle plastics with enzymes
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Harvey Tian, PhD ’17, ,Simplified preparation of DNA for sequencing
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Terra OleoSeedShen Ming Lee ’20, ,Biotech for new fats and oils
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Detlef Sarbok, MMH ’09, ,Pharmacy claims monitoring software
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Garry Nolan ’83, ,Spatial phenotyping for biology
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AllotexSeries BDavid Muller, PhD ’81, ,Allograft inlays and onlays
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Bruce German, PhD ’83, ,Milk-inspired therapies for infectious diseases
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Douglas Onsi ’90, ,Cancer therapeutics
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Laura Towart, PhD ’07, ,Personalized cancer therapeutics platform
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Samuel Lai ’03, ,Treatment of acute respiratory infections
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Upswing HealthSeedJay Kimmel ’81, ,A new way to conveniently deliver orthopedic care
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Matthew DeLisa, Professor, David Putnam, Professor,Immunity therapy
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Soham Sankaran, PhD ’22, ,mRNA platform company
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Hoyoung Huh, MD ’96, ,Rare disease therapeutics
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Michael Graffeo ’99, MEng ’00, ,Human tissue creation
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Joseph Amprey, PhD ’04, ,Treatments for neglected diseases
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HistowizSeries AKe Cheng, PhD ’08, ,Histology for biotech research
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LIFE AISeedTuan Cao, PhD ’12, ,Human health data ecosystem
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Aaron Friedman ’05, ,Therapeutics to treat brain disease
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SyntopaPre-SeedGraham Anderson ’05, ,Biology to reverse climate change
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Acuamark DiagnosticsSeries AFrancis Barany, Professor, ,Early cancer detection
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Baiyang Wang, PhD ’95, ,Immunotherapy for cancer
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Mxt BiotechSeries AAram Chung, PhD ’11, ,Microfluidic platforms for cell engineering and immunotherapies
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Brian Strem ’01, ,Therapeutics for ophthalmic infectious diseases
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Rodrigo Bicalho, PhD ’08, ,Pet health metabolism
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Sasank Vemulapati, PhD ’19, Li Jiang, PhD ’14,Plasma collection at home
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Mango MaterialsSeries BMolly Morse ’03, ,Convert methane into eco-friendly plastics
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Yiren Du ’18, MS ’19, MBA ’21, ,Functional wellness food products
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Oui TherapeuticsSeries ASeth Feuerstein ’94, ,Prescription digital therapeutics
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AtrixSeedVera Kutsenko ’13, ,Medical affairs data AI
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LunaMicroPre-SeedNate Robinson, PhD ’00, ,Clothing fabric for sweat and moisture management
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Jacob Roberts ’14, ,Microbes extract lithium from waste
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Nikhil Kulkarni ’27, ,Synthetic blood substitutes
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Rancho Santa Fe BioPre-SeedRandy Berholtz ’84, ,Cardiovascular therapeutics
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FunctionRxSeedGabriel Balmus, PhD ’12, ,Biotech for neurodegeneration
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Jill Mullan ’86, ,Connect patients with research
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Tiffany St. Bernard, PhD ’22, ,Personal health AI
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Sourabh Banerjee, MS ’12, ,Rapid disease tests
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ViGeneronSeries ACaroline Xu, MBA ’06, ,Gene therapy for retinal disorders
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Brian Magierski ’93, ,Crowdsource brain health solutions
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Daniel Vlock ’74, ,Therapeutics for microbial diseases
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Lesley Solomon ’93, ,Clinical trial operations
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Attest LaboratoriesPre-SeedDavid O’Brien, MS ’93, ,Point-of-care testing of metabolite biomarkers
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Tom Neyarapally, JD ’02, MBA ’02, ,Computational drug discovery
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Iris Alroy, PhD ’94, ,AI drug discovery
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Stephen Turner, PhD ’00, ,Genomic sequencing equipment
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Brian Cali ’89, ,Treatments for gastrointestinal diseases
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Bruce Hack ’71, ,TIssue for wound recovery
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Scott Koenig ’81, ,Biotech for immunotherapies
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Leonard Schleifer ’73, ,Large pharma company
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A directory of 119 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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