2025 Finalists

New Venture

The New Venture Competition provides a forum for startups tackling significant and growing market opportunities through creative models and approaches. The NVC is industry agnostic and encompasses both commercial and for-profit social impact ventures.

Tech Venture

The Tech Venture Competition welcomes teams working on concepts with a unique technology at its core. These tech-centric ventures are not simply delivering value by deploying existing technology but are creating new technologies to address emerging needs.

Healthcare Venture

The Healthcare and Biomedical Venture Competition seeks to provide a path to commercialization for scientists and researchers developing solutions to critical health-related challenges.

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2025 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch Off

See NYU’s top startups face off for $225K in seed funding 

Friday, May 2nd @ 5:00 PM

Meet the Finalists

Meet the teams that have made it to the final round of NYU’s premier venture competition, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge! Made up of top startups from around the University, these teams will compete for a combined $225K in funding!

New Venture Competition

Honua Resources LLC

Energy/Utilities

Cleantech/Renewables/Sustainability

B2B

Honua Resources strives to lead global geothermal exploration and production, operating across all continents and leveraging proprietary data products to unlock and optimize the world’s best geothermal opportunities.

Xebec Systems

Aerospace

Hardware/Electronic Devices

B2B

A “Swiss Army knife in the sky,” offering a persistent airborne platform for defense, surveillance, and communication – with constant power up and data transfer down – it is a versatile, scalable solution for operational needs.

Haven

IT/Software

Internet/Web/Mobile

B2C/DTC

Haven is a cross-domain data management platform for individual users that empowers users with personalized insights and recommendations to help them achieve their goals to improve digital experience and security. Haven provides users with transparency and control over their digital footprint by revealing how they spend their time online, who collects and tracks their data, and how that data influences online experiences.

LOOPiNi

Food/Beverage

B2C/DTC

Loopini is reinventing pizza with a healthy frozen pizza line, made in Italy with the ancient superfood lupini beans. We enhance taste, improve ingredient quality, and revolutionize the nutrition profile making it better for you, so you can enjoy it every day and feel good about it.

Happenings

IT/Software

Hospitality/Leisure

B2B

Happenings is a text-to-event curation platform – combines venue/vendor sourcing, centralizing communications, simplifying partnerships/sponsors, and ROI metrics.

DIGITAL Tech Venture Competition

Athlitix

Sports & Fitness

IT/Software

B2B2C

Athlitix augments athlete video footage with advanced performance analytics, empowering coaches to make confident, data-driven decisions while discovering hidden talent and ensuring equal recruitment opportunities for athletes globally.

IndieApp.ai (fka Aictopus)

IT/Software

Internet/Web/Mobile

B2B

IndieApp is a canvas-based AI no-code platform designed for non-technical founders and creatives who want to build their first app visua ly using AI coding tools. Its infinite canvas and interactive, node-based PRD provide a holistic project view, highlight upcoming steps, and facilitate prompt refinement—ensuring you stay in control, just like a professional developer.

Subconscious.ai

IT/Software

Advertising/Marketing

B2B

Subconscious.ai transforms market research using AI-powered synthetic humans, delivering rapid, cost-effective insights for enterprises.

Healthcare Venture Competition

Vitalis Regenerative Materials

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

Healthcare/Wellness

B2B

Vitalis develops Bioblend, a platform for creating personalized bio-integrated surgical tools that enhance healing, reduce complications, and improve outcomes in sports medical surgeries, tackling high failure rates in tendon and tissue repairs.

Definitive Diagnostics

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

B2B2C

Definitive Diagnostics seeks to improve patient outcomes in cancer testing by democratizing access to affordable, accurate diagnostic tests to accelerate treatment for those with disease & eliminate unnecessary additional tests & procedures for those without.

éo-vision AI

IT/Software

Biotechnology/Life Sciences

B2B

AI-powered image analysis platform for medical researchers and healthcare professionals. It enables 15x faster visual data interpretation while maintaining expert control. Unlike traditional tools, it seamlessly integrates while ensuring compliance.

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FINAL PITCH OFF

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NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

APPLICATION CLOSING

DEADLINE: SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 @ 11:59 PM EST

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NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

Final Pitch Off & Awards

Friday, April 26th