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From Burned Out to Living Wholely™: Wholely

By:Heran Getachew (MBA ‘17) Wholely™ is a digital wellness platform that offers whole-person care for preventative health issues, starting with burnout. The platform helps professionals recover from burnout and build

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Kicking Off SVF: Steer

By:Cortlandt Meyerson (BS ’24) and Jackson Baris (BS ’24)   There’s something wrong with the meat industry. It’s not the cows, it’s not the consumption of meat, but it’s how

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Impact: SAFE Driving Sim

By: Jihye Lee, Jonathon Lentine (MBA ‘23) Learning to drive and getting your driver’s license has been an important rite of passage for adolescents across America and much of the

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Getting Back to Basics: Muse Tax

By:Colin Horsford (MBA ‘15) Starting a company is unlike most things in the world. In just about everything else, you have an idea of what to do when something happens

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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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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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ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet the Finalists of the 2026 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

After months of hard work growing their ventures and honing their pitches, the teams of this year's NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge faced the judges for the first time at this year's Semi-Finals! The anticipation in the air was palpable as the teams waited to hear the results of judges' intense deliberation. Silence fell across the room as the Berkley Center team took to the podium to announce the Finalists...

Inside NYU’s 2026 Healthcare Access Hackathon

Students from across NYU came together for the 2026 Healthcare Access Hackathon Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, tackling urgent issues from rural care gaps to aging in place and digital mental health. Through hands-on workshops and a fast-paced pitch showcase, teams turned human-centered ideas into actionable solutions with real potential for impact...

Crafting the Perfect Pitch: Turning Family Need Into a Scalable Business

Meet Pupil, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge venture with a college guidance platform that combines AI with near-peer mentorship to support families navigating education decisions. It matches students with relatable mentors and provides personalized exploration of schools and career paths...

Engineering the Future of Regenerative Medicine with ScriptBio AI

ScriptBio AI develops AI-guided stem cell therapies that enable adults with age-related diseases to restore tissue health by using causal AI to discover disease-driving genes and programming cells to correct them, starting with knee osteoarthritis...

Redefining Bone Healing with NeoBoneSculpt

Meet NeoBoneSculpt, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team developing 3D-printed implant scaffolds designed to support bone defect healing and targeted therapeutic delivery. The platform enables patient-specific implant designs tailored to different anatomical and treatment requirements...

A Better Way to Feed Picky Eaters Starts with WonderKid

Meet WonderKid, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team creating clean-label sauces designed to help children try and adopt new foods through repeated exposure. The product uses organic ingredients and low sugar to better align with modern family nutrition preferences...

You Can’t Do This Alone: Finding Your People on the Entrepreneurial Journey

Entrepreneurs Challenge team Venaera is building modular heat pump systems designed for rapid installation, easier servicing, and improved efficiency through embedded data collection. The product uses sensors and machine learning to detect issues early and reduce operating costs and emissions...

What a Decade of ‘R’ Sound Science Taught Us About the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice in Speech Therapy

Meet See The Sounds, the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge team building a speech visualization technology to support speech-language pathologists and children with speech delays. The product helps clinicians address a difficult speech challenge with performance that exceeds existing tools...
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