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