On Thursday, the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute hosted an invite only Friends and Family Startup Demo Day at the Two Sigma Ventures office downtown. Some of the top NYU founders pitched their startups to an audience of VCs from firms such as Greycroft, Two Sigma Ventures, Collaborative Fund, GV, NY Venture Partners, Radian Capital, 2048 VC, Rosecliff, and more!

The night started with some food, drinks, and networking. Frank Rimalovski, Executive Director of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, spoke about the pitching startups and the NYU accelerators they participated in. After that, Andy Kangpan, of Two Sigma Ventures, spoke about the amazing partnership Two Sigma has had with the Institute.

After that, attendees heard from 9 NYU startups:

Riley Jones (Law '20), of Bloc

Mir Hwang (CAS '19), of GigFinesse

Antonio DiMeglio (Stern '20), of SeaStraws

Sara Liu (Stern '22), of Miranda

Brenden Strauss (SPS '20), of Curtain

Jonas Günther (Tandon '18), of We Are The New Farmers

Sebastian Bienen (CAS '18), of Rilla

Jesal Trivedi (Tisch '18), of Aduri

Lia Winograd (Stern '19), of Pepper

All in all, it was a very successful evening. The Entrepreneurial Institute would like to thank our partners and sponsors for making this night (and all our events and programs) possible. A special Thank You to Two Sigma Ventures for hosting us!