Overview

What they do
eLab is an accelerator program dedicated to supporting top Cornell University student startups. It works with students to help them develop their concepts into real businesses. The program is associated with Cornell and focuses on structured entrepreneurial support and programming for student founders.
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What they look for
eLab is not for theory; it is for launching real businesses. The program narrows the cohort in the spring to teams that have effectively identified a viable pathway to a scalable business.
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Stage
Ideation, Pre-seed
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Sectors
AI, Healthcare, Food and agriculture, SaaS, Fintech, Edtech
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Based
Ithaca, US
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Sources

2026-09-02elabstartup.comeLab is an accelerator program for student startups
2026-09-02elabstartup.comThe student startups progressing to the spring semester have undergone intensive…
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Portfolio, cheque size and the rest

The 7 companies they have backed that we can see, the cheque they write, and whether they are deploying right now.

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