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STARTUP STORIES

David Steinberger (MBA ‘07) is CEO of comiXology, a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics. He founded the company while at Stern where he won the Entrepreneurs Challenge. When comiXology rocketed to be a top grosser on the App Store, it caught Amazon’s attention and was acquired in 2014.
Janelle Benjamin (BS ‘01) is a serial entrepreneur and investor. She is one of the few Black female entrepreneurs to raise over $1 million in funding and successfully exit. She co-founded SuperData Research which was acquired by Nielsen in 2018.
While at Stern, Vikram Bhaskaran (MBA ‘09) co-founded Tote, a digital catalog app, and placed second in the 2009 Entrepreneurs Challenge. Among other features, Tote allowed users to save or pin items they liked. The team spun-off this popular tool and ultimately became Pinterest.
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Vishal Garg (BS' 98) is the founder of Better.com, an online mortgage startup that makes homeownership, simpler, faster and more accessible. Better.com recently raised $200 million in Series D financing and is now valued at roughly $4 billion.
David Steinberger (MBA ‘07) is CEO of comiXology, a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics. He founded the company while at Stern where he won the Entrepreneurs Challenge. comiXology caught Amazon’s attention and was acquired in 2014.
Janelle Benjamin (BS ‘01) is a serial entrepreneur and investor. She is one of the few Black female entrepreneurs to raise over $1 million in funding and successfully exit. She co-founded SuperData Research which was acquired by Nielsen in 2018.
While at Stern, Vikram Bhaskaran (MBA ‘09) co-founded Tote, a digital catalog app, and placed second in the 2009 Entrepreneurs Challenge. Among other features, Tote allowed users to save or pin items they liked. The team spun-off this popular tool and ultimately became Pinterest.

STERN'S RANKING AMONG TOP
B-SCHOOLS

8 TH
Stern is among the top 5 business schools for total equity raised by alumni entrepreneurs.

TOTAL FUNDING RAISED BY STERN STARTUPS

$ 4.36 BILLION
Stern entrepreneurs closed more than $1B in equity financing in 58 rounds.

AVERAGE ROUND SIZE RAISED BY NYU FOUNDERS

$ 45.85 MILLION
NYU startups closed a
total of 177 rounds.

TOTAL FUNDING RAISED BY NYU STARTUPS

$ 10.86 BILLION
NYU entrepreneurs raised more than $4B in combined funding.

*reflects 2021 fundraising activity. Sources: Pitchbook & Crunchbase

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Annual NYU Venture Showcase is back in person for first time since 2020!

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Upfront and Maryland Family Network Announce Partnership!

Stern Ranked #11 Overall by The Princeton Review!

The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship’s 22nd Annual Venture Showcase is happening in-person on 2/23!

Featuring semi-finalists from the 2023 Entrepreneurs Challenge, the Showcase is an opportunity to mix and mingle with some of NYU’s most promising founders and engage with like minded peers from NYC’s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem!

Founded by Dana Levin-Robinson, alumni of both the Entrepreneurs Challenge and the Stern Venture Fellows Program, Upfront has just announced an exciting partnership!

Upfront is a software company that validates and provides access to childcare data, and will be launching a new statewide family search portal and real-time child care map to make data more transparent, coming early 2023!

The Princeton Review has released results of its Top Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship 2023 ranking. This year, NYU Stern received the #3 spot on the Northeast graduate list and was ranked #11 overall.

Stern was ranked #4 in the Northeast and #21 overall just last year!

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