The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute is excited to launch Tech Venture Teamup (TVT), a new pilot program designed to accelerate the commercialization journey for NYU researcher teams by pairing them with experienced NYU Stern MBA students.

A Powerful Partnership Model

TVT builds on a successful model of NYU researcher-MBA collaborations that helped launch ventures like Oraliva, Heliotrope, and Vital Audio. The program aims to strengthen research teams' capacity in key business areas by matching them with MBA students who bring complementary expertise, while offering students hands-on experience with developing commercial pathways for early-stage healthcare and life science startups.

Program Structure

Phase 1 - Apply | Oct 15-Nov 7: 8-10 research teams/projects, and 16-20 Stern MBA/EMBA students will be selected.

Phase 2 - Kickoff | Nov 18: Kickoff event will feature pitches from research teams, introductions from MBAs and structured networking over food & drinks. Researchers & MBAs will be matched after based on mutual interest.

Phase 3 - Incubation | Nov 18-Feb 25: Three months of collaborative business model development, with: access to $1,000 in reimbursable expenses (for customer discovery), venture coaching, office hours with investors, healthcare entrepreneurs, and final pitch prep.

Phase 4 - Healthcare Innovation Pitch Fest | Feb 25: Final presentations to a panel of healthcare investor judges, and and audience of mentors and peers. Two winning teams will receive an additional $2,500 in reimbursable expenses.

Why Participate?

For Researchers:

• Gain business-focused teammates to complement your technical expertise
• Expand your customer development capacity and market insights
• Build momentum toward other funding opportunities like NSF I-Corps, NYU's Tech Venture Accelerator, and SBIR/STTR grants

Ideal candidates are faculty, PhDs and researchers who have participated in the Tech Venture Workshop and are open to potentially co-founding a company based on their research with a Stern MBA/EMBA student.

For MBA Students Benefits:

• Gain hands-on experience with early-stage healthcare startups and bringing an emerging healthcare/life science technology to market
• Develop valuable skills in regulated markets and healthcare business models
• Potential to co-found a healthcare startup based on cutting-edge NYU research

Ideal candidates have a background and/or significant coursework in healthcare or life sciences and can help ventures navigate commercialization challenges

How to Apply

• For Researchers: Complete the application form [here] by Nov 3. Selected projects and teams will be invited to the kickoff by Nov 7.
• For MBA Students: Submit your application [here] by Nov 6. Selected students teams will be invited to the kickoff by Nov 11.

Join us in this exciting opportunity to extend the impact of NYU research while building valuable cross-campus collaborations!

For questions, contact Rebecca Silver (rgs4@nyu.edu) and Azade Hosseini (ah2375@nyu.edu).

Note: IP Considerations

Intellectual property ownership remains with the University and Principal Investigators until teams choose to form a legal company together. At that point, the technology would be licensed from NYU to the company with equity granted accordingly.