Startup Culture

Graph showing CNF startup companies from 1990-2020

CNF is proud of its major economic development and success stories over the last decades. And we are particularly proud of the startup community that makes use of our facilities. Previous successful startups act as mentors for new companies.

Since we became part of the NNCI in 2016, 196 different companies (147 small/startup and 49 large) have used CNF for research and prototyping.

  • Pacific Biosciences, a DNA sequencing company with a market capitalization of $5.12B as of October 2021, is a CNF startup from 2010

Also since 2016, we've had 19 new startups!

Logos of 16 new CNF startups since 2016

CNF is fortunate to have partnerships with two Cornell business incubators. The Center for Life Science Ventures, located in Weill Hall on the Cornell campus, has supported Life Sciences startup companies for over 15 years. And PRAXIS is an incubator, supporting startups in Physical Sciences, co-located with CNF in Duffield Hall.