Cambridge Enterprise Opens First New York Leap
The international landing hub, built with Janus Property Company, welcomes five Cambridge portfolio companies to New York.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Startups
Cambridge Enterprise has launched its first international Leap in New York in collaboration with the Janus Property Company. Five Cambridge Enterprise portfolio companies joined the inaugural New York cohort.
Why it matters
The New York Leap extends the Cambridge Enterprise Leaps initiative beyond its earlier London launch, offering ventures a temporary base in a major research and capital hub. It gives Cambridge-linked companies soft-landing support as they seek to scale internationally.
Five Cambridge Enterprise portfolio companies make up the inaugural New York Leap cohort, which follows the initiative's earlier London launch. The stub does not report funding, valuations, or hiring targets for the cohort.
The players
Cambridge Enterprise
The commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, which supports spinouts and startups and runs the Leaps initiative.
Janus Property Company
The real estate partner that collaborated with Cambridge Enterprise to launch the New York Leap.
The details
The New York Leap is a temporary landing hub within Innovation Triangle-West Harlem for portfolio companies, founders and technology ventures. Participants include Verinnogen, which works on tumour measurement precision; Streamtrix, developing AI treatment-planning software for glioblastoma; Aila Biotech, a gene therapy spinout; Senesys.Bio, focused on delivering therapeutic agents to senescent cells; and Wave Photonics, which develops photonic integrated technology.
Timeline
Article announcing the New York Leap launch published on November 5, 2026.
Startup Trajectory
The New York Leap follows the Cambridge Enterprise Leaps initiative's earlier inaugural London launch, extending the same soft-landing model to a second international hub. It positions Cambridge-linked spinouts to access New York's research institutions and capital markets.
For founders and investors tracking university spinouts, the New York Leap offers a short-term base with access to research partners and capital networks. Ventures outside the program can watch how the Cambridge model performs as it expands internationally.
The takeaway
Temporary international landing hubs can give university spinouts access to new capital and research partners without a permanent move. Founders weighing overseas expansion may find such short-term soft landings a lower-risk way to test a new market.
Further reading
For more on how university spinouts scale, explore Startups.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Cambridge Enterprise.
