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2024 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch Off

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

Friday, April 26th @ 5:00 PM

See NYU’s top startups

face off for $225K in seed funding 

Friday, April 26th @ 5:00 PM

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accelerator program alumni
( since ’17)

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2022-23 NYU Entpreneurs Challenge Winners who have gone on to secure additional funding

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NYU Schools represented in NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge application pool.
(2023-24 cycle)

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3-2-1...Ready to Launch!

3-2-1...READY TO LAUNCH!

The Entrepreneurs Challenge, hosted annually by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, is a springboard for promising NYU startups. 

Part-accelerator and part venture competition, this intense program will provide your early-stage team with how-to workshops, hands-on boot camps, 1:1 coaching, and access to prototyping funds—all designed to guide you step-by-step through launching and growing your startup.

Challenge Blog

See what our teams are up to! Stay up to date with the Cohort and events of of the Entrepreneurs Challenge by using our blog!

Challenge Blog

2023-24 Cohort

The 2023-24 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge is underway, and our new cohort is hard at work on their ventures! Get to know the founders & their ventures!

Meet the Teams!

Meet the Winners

From green energy and healthcare innovations to ai tax tools, get to know previous winners of the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge.

Past Challenge Winners

TRACKS

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NEW VENTURE

New Venture Competition

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. 

TECHNOLOGY

Tech Venture Competition

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 & BIOMEDICAL

Healthcare & Biomedical Competition

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

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. 

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. 

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

Rennert Family Prizes

$ 0 K
In Seed Funding

The NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge is made possible by the generous support of the Rennert Family Foundation, Mr. Ira Rennert (MBA ’56), and Mr. Ari Rennert (BS ’01). Teams will compete for the Rennert Family New Venture, Technology Venture, or Healthcare and Biomedical Venture Prizes. Each prize is awarded as seed funding in the form of a KISS agreement. The total prize amount is $225K, with $75K awarded for each track.

ELIGIBILITY

The NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge is the premier platform for launching ventures founded by NYU entrepreneurs. To compete, ventures must meet specific requirements.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications for the 2023-24 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge have closed.

Applications for the next cohort will open in Fall 2024

The online application is open from 9/14 - 10/30 @ 11:59 PM ET. 

When applications close, teams deemed eligible will be granted immediate access to the application forms and materials. Teams receiving a determination of "not eligible" may submit requests for appeal.

The application includes the following components:

  • Venture information
  • Voluntary donation of $100 per team for non-students
  • A written deliverable, called the Concept Summary
  • Eligibility Statement signed by every team member
  • 2-minute max supplementary video

KEY DATES

9/14

2023

9/14

2023

10/30

11:59PM

2023

11/27

2023

1/13

2024

2/22

2024

4/5

2024

4/26

2024

PAST CHALLENGE PARTICIPANTS

The Berkley Center’s premiere springboard for promising NYU startups, many incredible startups have come through the Entrepreneurs Challenge. Here are just a few of them:

Diddo

2022-23 Cohort

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Pepper

2017-18 Cohort

occupation

Muse Tax

2022-23 Cohort

Kinvolved

Acquired by PowerSchool in 2022

2012-13 Cohort

occupation

Vital Audio Systems

2022-23 Cohort

occupation

Revelio Labs

2018-19 Cohort

occupation

Challenge Blog

See what our teams are up to! Stay up to date with the Cohort and events of of the Entrepreneurs Challenge by using our blog!

Challenge Blog

2023-24 Cohort

The 2023-24 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge is underway, and our new cohort is hard at work on their ventures! Get to know the founders & their ventures!

Meet the Teams!

Meet the Winners

From green energy and healthcare innovations to ai tax tools, get to know previous winners of the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge.

Past Challenge Winners

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