OVERVIEW

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.

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When Intelligence Is Cheap, Outcomes Become the Product

Meet Serif, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team providing navigation infrastructure for health experiences by helping platforms guide users through personalized next steps and pathways. The product...

Rethinking How Clinicians Interpret Patient Data with Systema Med

Meet Systema Med, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team developing a clinical platform that interprets continuous streams of patient vital data rather than isolated measurements. The system aims to...

Rethinking Music Production Collaboration with ColDAW

Meet ColDAW, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture creating a collaborative music production environment that enables creators to work in parallel across tools while maintaining synchronized version...

Building Predictive Hormone Health Tools with SymptoLab

Meet SymptoLab, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture with a digital health platform that helps women with hormone-related conditions track and predict symptom fluctuations over time. It converts...

Standardizing clinical trial setup with Concordare Trials

Meet Concordare Trials, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge startup that's developing a universal digital protocol that standardizes clinical trial setup across software systems. Its platform converts...

Managing AI agents with Nyantrace.ai

Meet Nyantrace, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge startup that helps you manage multi-agent AI—tracking every agent in real-time so your Mona Lisa doesn't get stolen in 7 minutes because Agent A...

The Origin Story of Spendcodes by Michael Curry

Meet Spendcodes, the startup that lets Retail Merchants accept Stablecoins (USDC) and sends them Dollars (USD) to their bank. Customers pay in 2 seconds from their mobile, while Businesses reduce...

Introducing the Winners of the 2025 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

NYU’s top startups took the stage at the 2025 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch-Off, the University’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. With over 300 guests in attendance, ventures competed...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet the Finalists of the 2025 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

After months of hard work growing their ventures and honing their pitches, the teams of the 25 teams of this year's NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge faced the judges for the first time at this year's...

MetroMesh Media | Crafting the Perfect Pitch

Meet MetroMesh Media, the startup transforming delivery riders into dynamic, moving digital billboards, leveraging AI and real-time data for hyper-local, targeted advertising...

Taking Control of Your Digital Footprint with Haven

Meet the team behind Haven, the venture building a personal data management platform that provides tailored insights and recommendations, empowering users to take control of their digital footprint...

Reshaping Research for Cancer Treatment with VITROMNI

Meet the team behind VITROMNI, the team revolutionizing cancer treatment research with its CAR-T chip technology that replicates patient-specific bone marrow environments for high-throughput...
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See NYU's top startups face off
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NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

FINAL PITCH OFF

FRIDAY, MAY 1ST
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

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2025-26 APPLICATION

Deadline:
Sunday, November 30th 11:59 PM EST

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KICK-OFF &
INFO SESSION

Thursday, October 9th
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST

Kick off the semester with the Berkley Center
& learn how we can help
take your NYU startup further, faster.

BERKLEY CENTER
INFO SESSION

THURSDAY, September 11TH
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Virtual

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NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

FINAL PITCH OFF

FRIDAY, MAY 2nd
1:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST

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APPLICATION CLOSING

DEADLINE: SUNDAY DECEMBER 1 @ 11:59 PM EST

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Final Pitch Off & Awards

Friday, April 26th