NY I-Corps Hub Stories

Anyone who’s ever said “Youth is wasted on the young” never met Fares Al-lahabi. The undergraduate co-founder of CarbonCLAIR, which is developing energy-efficient, mobile air purification, and chemical scrubbing system to promote sustainable air quality at construction sites and other hard-to-access settings, sees numerous advantages to being a young founder.   Al-lahabi found that despite the rules preventing undergraduates from participating in some entrepreneurship program

Senior Programs Manager, New York University (NYU) Entrepreneurial Institute How did you come to join NYU, and what’s your role there? I joined the NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute as senior programs manager about four and a half years ago. Most recently, I had been COO of Flat World Partners , an impact investment advisory & asset management firm, where I led our clients' investments into more than nine dozen startups including Lyft, Sweetgreen, CueHealth, and Andela.co

It’s a conventional wisdom that the right team can make or break a startup. But finding that team and recognizing the right pairing of complementary strengths and skills can present a challenge. For San Francisco-based Omios, it was a combination of strategy, luck, and timing that brought their team together. Omios is developing oncolytic virus (OV) immunotherapies designed to selectively destroy cancer cells while directing the body's natural defenses against cancer. An onco

Maeva Coste, PhD. Adélaïde Chantilly © 2025 Coming from a family of social workers and scientists, it was only natural that Maeva Coste, co-founder of BioWraptor, was inspired to innovate in a way that would also benefit others.   “Both my parents worked in social services, and my grandfather and aunt were research scientists,” said Coste. “My parents’ work is what makes me want to make a positive impact in the world, and I decided to use research and innovation to do so.”  

The National Innovation Network (NIN) continues to advance its mission, with every US state now represented by an Innovation Corps...

Inaugural, Competitive Initiatives Boast 70% of Students from CUNY Programs Supports Base of Ready Talent for NY Companies The inaugural NYC Venture Capital Internship Program (VCIP), co-created by the City University of New York Industrial & Applied Research Division (CUNY IAR), and a startup internship program led by NYC venture capital firm Company Ventures and the Zahn Innovation Center at City College of NY, concluded in August with engaging presentations from select int

NEW YORK, NY— The inaugural NYC Venture Capital Internship Program (VCIP), co-created by the City University of New York (CUNY)...

Where did you grow up, and what sparked your interest in entrepreneurship and the work you do now? I’m originally from Queens, New York,...

For Nyamitse-Calvin Mahinda, a college job as a patient representative for a health care company started him on his entrepreneurial road...

For Damiano Zanotto, an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, the inspiration for the...