Better.com Raises $500 Million
Better.com, an online mortgage startup, founded by Vishal Garg (BS ’98) has just raised $500 million in their latest fundraising round with an investment from Softbank. The company is now valued at $6 billion.
NYU faculty and entrepreneurs are making news as thought-leaders and market disruptors.
Better.com, an online mortgage startup, founded by Vishal Garg (BS ’98) has just raised $500 million in their latest fundraising round with an investment from Softbank. The company is now valued at $6 billion.
Joe Landolina (Tandon MS ’14) and Isaac Miller (Stern BS ’12) co-founded Cresilon, creators of a plant-based gel that promotes hemostatis, just raised $38.5 million in a Series A-3 financings. The team won the 2011 Entrepreneurs Challenge Tech Venture Competition.
Shabnam Rezaei, co-founder and president, Big Bad Boo Studios and past winner of the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge was just awarded the GLAAD award for The Bravest Knight, a Hulu Original.
Congratulations to Ioanna Stanegloudi, co-founder of Finclude, winners of the 2019 New Venture Competition and a Stern Venture Fellows team. Ioanna won the prestigious Greek International Women Award for Business
Jasmine Marie (Stern BS ’13), CEO & founder of black girls breathing, an entity focused on the mental and emotional health of Black women, has been named one of the
Austin Clements, co-founder & partner, Slauson & Co gave insight into the Black VC experience, what aspiring entrepreneurs need to know and how an investment from PayPal is helping to
Daniela Blanco (Tandon PhD ’20, MS ’18) co-founder of Sunthetics and 2018 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge Tech Venture Competition winner was featured in Disney+’s documentary, “Own The Room”. “Own The Room”
Our very own Berkley Center director and NYU Stern adjunct professor Cynthia Franklin was featured in Business of Fashion for an interview on “Why So Many Fashion Brands Are Launching
Overview: In “Information Frictions and Entrepreneurship,” NYU Stern Professor Deepak Hegde and co-author Justin Tumlinson (Loughborough University) research the link between success in entrepreneurship and early-career judgement by employers. Why study this