For the ninth year in a row, inspiring innovators who are building promising ventures will come together for a friendly pitchoff competition before a panel of experts at the NYU-Yale Pitchoff.

Join us via Zoom on Thurs, July 28th to hear from these rising stars from 6 seed-stage startups. Three teams represent New York University and three will represent Yale University. 

THE ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO ALL REGISTRANTS BY 12 PM ON JULY 28TH. RSVPS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER 12 PM. Zoom webinar link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/95002199627

See which team can dazzle the audience, excite the expert panel, and take home the grand prize & of course, bragging rights! 

The 500+ expected audience will choose the winner! So come, show some school pride and cheer on the startup teams!

Meet the 3 NYU teams pitching:

Alluder is a video annotation platform that enables film students to add notes, research, and feedback to personal and commercially available films and tv.

Team: Aaron Peterson (Tandon '24), Adam Peterson (CAS '15)

Baton is a blockchain-enabled web platform and collaboration protocol that ensures artists are accurately credited and equitably compensated for their work.

Team: Gabe Warshaw (Tisch '23), Armon Naeini (Tisch '23)

Jones is a judgement-free journey to a vape-less life, through a personalized nicotine replacement subscription, behavioral support and digital community.

Team: Caroline Huber (Stern '23), Hilary Dubin

Meet the 3 Yale teams pitching:

Catalace is an oncology software platform that combines conventional AI algorithms with novel precision medicine data analytics to improve cancer detection.

Team: Dana Joseph (SPH '22), Newlyn Joseph, Adrian Joseph

Dalmatian is making Gen Z skincare fun and easy with innovative skincare patches that are both fashionable and functional.

Team: Alex Holm (SOM '22)

NüHer is a dynamic and culturally competent mental health solution and wellness community for women in the workplace.

Team: Jae Zhong (SPH '23)

Meet the Expert Panelists: 

Preeti Adhikary (SOM '21), Venture Consultant, Blue Ivy Ventures

John Elton (Stern '00), Partner at Greycroft

René Paula (Stern '99), Venture Partner at Closed Loop Partners

Charlene Ramos (Yale '13), Research Assistant at Federal Reserve Board

About the NYU Summer Launchpad

NYU Summer Launchpad is a nine-week accelerator for teams of NYU student entrepreneurs that provides $10,000 in grant funding (non-dilutive, zero equity), startup skills bootcamps, 1:1 coaching from NYC entrepreneurs and early stage investors, collaborative workspace for the summer, pro-bono legal incorporation counsel, web hosting credits and other perks to help get the ventures launched. The program is run by the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute.

About the Tsai CITY Summer Fellowship

The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale's Summer Fellowship is a multi-week, full-time accelerator to incubate new companies, nonprofits, and initiatives. The fellowship includes $15,000 in grant funding for each team, along with a rigorous sequence of workshops, sprints, mentorship, coaching, and pitch opportunities. This year, 15 student teams were selected to join the cohort.

The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email  entrepeneur@nyu.edu for assistance.