OVERVIEW
The Stern Venture Fellows program hosted annually by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship, is summer accelerator to help full time founders take their startups further faster.
This program is an opportunity for startup founders in a specific industry (the 2024 cohort will focus on the Digital & Software space) to set measurable goals, leverage expert guidance, and receive non-dilutive funding, among other resources, from the NYU Stern and broader NYU network.
BLOG POSTS
Founding a startup isn't the only path to entrepreneurship. At a special panel event hosted in partnership with the Deal Utility, the Berkley Center and a panel of experience experts lifted the veil...
Replacing a single executive can cost up to 213% of their salary, and burned-out leaders are 2.6x more likely to be actively seeking another role. In our interview with Thrive by Design founder...
After 10 intense weeks, the 2025 Stern Venture Fellows Summer Accelerator came to a close in an exciting and reflective day. Our cohort of founders were joined by SVF supporter and Calm CEO David Ko...
Stern Venture Fellows heard real-world insights from founders Ayman Mukerji Househam, Busayo Ogunsanya, and Ari Williams, crafted compelling pitches with David Dabscheck, and got unfiltered VC advice...
A day of storytelling and strategy featured investor James Tang, financial expert Lauren Pear (MBA ’15), and PIN Founder & CEO Steph Mui, equipping Stern Venture Fellows with the tools to pitch, plan...
Co-Founder of OOSO Sparkling Tea Oliver Spring (NYU Stern '24) reflects on his time in the Stern Venture Fellows program and covers how to make the most of a startup accelerator in his post for the...
In his blog post, Stern Venture Fellow Danilo T. Pérez-Rivera (CAS PhD '26), Founder of XSync, dives into running a mission driven startup, and his goal of making managing health and medical records...
Week 6 of the Stern Venture Fellows Summer Accelerator featured hands-on workshops with Google Labs on AI tools like Gemini and a deep dive into startup fundraising strategy with Jeremy Kagan of...
Associate SVF Fellows Nisha Maheshwari (CEO, Co-Founder of CaroRhythm, NYU Tandon PhD '25) & Lokesh Sharma (Co-Founder of CaroRhythm, NYU Tandon PhD '28) give insight into their mission of improving...
