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Alumni Spotlight

Heliotrope Wins EnergyTech NYC Regional Prize

Co-founder of Heliotrope, Casey Bloomquist, won EnergyTech NYC Regional Prize for their business plan, moving on to the next round in the competition. Bloomquist is a 2023 Entrepreneurs Challenge Semi-Finalist.

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Alumni Spotlight

Jay Schiff Wins $260K Grant from CDC

Jay Schiff, Co-founder & CEO of Addinex Technologies, Inc. has received a $260K grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve upon existing addiction medication dispensing for people with opioid use disorder. He was a 2018 Entrepreneurs Challenge finalist and avid Berkley Center Volunteer.

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Alumni Spotlight

Portable Diagnostic Systems Wins $75K Grant from NJ CSIT

Congratulations to Glennon Simmons, Founder & CEO of Portable Diagnostic Systems (2020 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge TVC Semi-Finalist) for receiving $75,000 grant from the NJ Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology to accelerate the development of technologies, products, and services that support maternal and child wellbeing.

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Alumni Spotlight

GigFinesse Raises Seed Funding

The 2019-20 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge Finalist closed a seed funding round of $3.6m from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and Cosmic Venture Partners.

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Alumni Spotlight

Sprinklr, Founded by Ragy Thomas (MBA ’03) Plans Center in Hyderabad

Sprinklr founded by Ragy Thomas (MBA ’03) has just announced its plans to set up a development center in Hyderbad with approximately 200 IT professionals and are expected to ramp up the head count to 1,000 in the next three to five years. Sprinklr is a platform that develops SaaS customer experience management (CXM). 

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Alumni Spotlight

SteelSky Ventures, Founded by Maria Velissaris (MBA ’09) Raises $72M for Inaugural Fund 

Congratulations to SteelSky Ventures on its latest $72M fundraising round! SteelSky Ventures, founded by Maria Velissaris (MBA ’09) invests across the spectrum of women’s health indicators and care modalities. With this latest round, SteelSky is now the world’s largest venture capital fund focused exclusively on improving access, care, and outcomes in women’s health.

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Alumni Spotlight

NYU Startup, Esusu, Officially Becomes a Unicorn!

Esusu, a fintech platform founded by NYU alumni Abbey Wemimo (MPA ’16) and Samir Goel (BS ’16), is officially a unicorn. The company raised a $130M Series B round, giving them a $1B valuation and making them one of the very few black-owned unicorns in the U.S. and globally. Abbey was a 2016 Entrepreneurs Challenge finalist when he competed with a prior idea. 

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