FirstIgnite
AI-Powered Business Development for Scientific Organizations
What they do
Scientific organizations struggle to identify, prioritize, and engage the right business development opportunities using fragmented or manual market intelligence.
FirstIgnite provides AI-powered business intelligence tools that automate discovery and analysis of potential partners, customers, and market opportunities.
Scientific organizations such as research institutions, universities, and R&D-driven enterprises use it for business development and partnership outreach.
Founders
Former VC investor in university research (Illinois Ventures) and corporate innovation (TechNexus). Very focused on building tools to help scientific companies grow faster.
Cody is the Co-Founder and CTO of FirstIgnite: the #1 tool for university-industry collaboration. While attending UIUC, he cofounded his first startup, Convey, and pursued the venture full-time. The social listening platform predicted major elections such as Brexit and netted partnerships from political campaigns to drive outreach. He's now focused on using AI to help research institutions partner with industry—getting more breakthroughs to market.
Company timeline
- Founded2019
- YC batchSummer 2021
- StatusAcquired
- Team size9 people
- LocationRemote
