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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 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.

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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 and enhance online security.

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Living Brands AI | Lessons Learned as a Founder

Meet Living Brands AI, the startup aiming to help the 83.3% of marketing professionals that have experienced burnout in their careers through trustworthy, sophisticated AI tools that make national brand marketers’ lives easier.

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Barrow Green, LLC | Founding a Deep Tech Startup

Meet Barrow Green, the startup pioneering a compact, lightweight, and energy-efficient cooling and heating technology that eliminates hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Designed for both large and small-scale applications, its first product—a cooling vest—aims to protect workers from extreme heat while minimizing environmental impact.

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Improving Surgical Outcomes with Ready Set Recover

Meet the team behind Ready Set Recover, who is building a digital wellness platform for improving surgical outcomes with science-backed tools that enhance patient engagement, reduce stress, and increase compliance—benefiting patients, providers and payers.

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Definitive Diagnostics | Advanced Cancer Detection, Eliminates Doubt & Wasteful Testing

Meet Definitive Diagnostics, the startup. building an affordable, highly accurate, and reliable blood tests that can detect newly discovered cancer-specific biomarker patterns in multiple cancers, initially focused on the millions of breast cancer patients each year, who, following a (false) positive mammogram, undergo additional, costly, painful, potentially wasteful testing, and delays in treatment.

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Emma Grede Goes Behind the Brands at NYU Stern

The Good American co-founder joined more than 350 guests for a candid conversation on building brands, embracing challenges, and defining success on your own terms...

NYU Founders Take the Stage & Build Teams at Pitch Power Hour

A full house of NYU entrepreneurs came together for Pitch Power Hour & Founder Matchup, sharing startup ideas, exchanging feedback, and making valuable connections. Discover how founders can keep the momentum going through the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge and Startup Advising...

Exploring Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and the Path to Business Ownership

Explore highlights from ETA@NYU's two-day Executive Intensive on entrepreneurship through acquisition, business ownership, financing, and growth...

2026 NYU Entrepreneurs Festival Celebrates 15 Years of Innovation and Community

The 15th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival brought together founders, students, and alumni for inspiring conversations, startup pitches, and a celebration of NYU's entrepreneurial community...

NYU Ranks Among Top Universities for Entrepreneurs in 2026 PitchBook Rankings

NYU earned top marks in PitchBook’s 2026 University Rankings, ranking #19 for Undergraduate, #10 for Graduate, and #11 for MBA founders, along with top 10 rankings for female founders...

Challenge Alumni CaroRhythm Selected for VentureWell E-Team Program

Former Healthcare Venture Competition winners continue their momentum with acceptance into a nationally recognized venture development program...

Inside NYU’s Conversation on Deploying AI at Scale

From founder pitch coaching to a discussion on enterprise AI deployment, the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and NYU's AI Innovation Accelerator convened founders, investors, and industry leaders for a day of learning and innovation...

Remembering Bill Berkley

The NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship joins the Stern and NYU communities in mourning the passing of William R. Berkley (BS ’66, NYU Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus), whose vision, generosity, and deep personal commitment to students helped shape the Center that bears his name...
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