Mentorship, Training & Funding to Launch Your Scalable Startup

NYU founders built Runway and Wrapbook through our programs and accelerator. Whether you have an idea, prototype, or already raising, there's a next step here. You'll get customer discovery, product-market fit, team-building, and fundraising support from people who've done it. Our programs offer 1:1 coaching with mentors and our Founders in Residence, community and exclusive events in our Leslie Founders cohort, and a Female Founders community. NYU founders have raised over $100 billion — placing NYU in the top 10 universities globally for startups founded by grad students and female founders. (PitchBook, 2025)

Startup Accelerator Series
Other Programs
Affiliated Links & Spaces

Startup Accelerator Program

Startup Accelerator Program

The award-winning three-part accelerator provides essential training, mentorship and funding to help NYU student founders start and scale their ventures and get ready for venture investment.

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Part 1

Grad Students, Undergrads

Startup Bootcamp

Part 2

Grad Students, Undergrads

Startup Sprint

Part 3

Grad Students, Undergrads

Summer Launchpad

Other Programs

Photo of a desk with a computer showing NYU Entrepreneurial Institute coach Keith Mauppa smiling

University-wide initiative dedicated to developing entrepreneurial skills through personalized coaching and venture support.

Faculty, Grad Students, Undergrads, PhD/Postdoc

Startup & Research Commercialization Coaching

Terry Rice leads a workshop at the Leslie eLab.

Blackstone LaunchPad Startup School is a weekly workshop series open to everyone in the NYU community that provides know-how and training to successfully launch and grow a startup.

Faculty, Grad Students, Undergrads, PhD/Postdoc

Startup School

Leslie Founders is a curated community of NYU’s most promising student founders committed to launching and scaling ventures while at NYU.

Faculty, Grad Students, Undergrads, PhD/Postdoc

Leslie Founders

Affiliated Links & Spaces

NYU-affiliated entrepreneurs and startup teams can book appointments with various experts-in-residence and industry advisors.

Grad Students, Undergrads, Alumni

Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship Startup
Advising

The Stern Venture Fellows (SVF) program supports NYU Stern's high potential entrepreneurs in advancing their venture over a customized summer program.

Grad Students, Undergrads, Alumni

Stern Venture Fellows

A thriving hub for the amazing New York City game scene. Offers a wide range of courses in the design, development, and scholarship of games.

Grad Students, Undergrads

NYU Game Center Incubator

Awards teams up to $500 in the first funding round and up to $2,000 in the second round to build hardware or software prototypes, and connects them with the resources, tools, and mentors they need to bring their ideas to life.

Grad Students, Undergrads

NYU Prototyping Fund

A six-month mentoring program of the NYU SPS Tisch Center designed for early-stage startups in the hospitality, travel, or event space, with a cash prize of $20,000 for the winner at the Pitch Day!

Grad Students, Undergrads

Hospitality Innovation Hub Incubator