Feb. 23: Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Program – Spring 2024 Business Pitch Competition

The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital program (formerly the Venture Fund) is excited to announce our Spring 2024 Business Pitch Competition. Any current student or recent NYU Law graduate (Classes of 2021, 2022, and 2023) with an interest in entrepreneurship is invited to participate—regardless of their experience level.

We are looking for participants to submit a one to two minute video presentation explaining their business idea. Business ideas should aim to develop innovative solutions.

Submission Form: https://forms.gle/X4iaJEtkJ7iZrYyK8

The deadline to submit is Friday, February 23 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Participants must either be a current NYU Law student or NYU Law alumnus/a in the Class of 2021, 2022, or 2023. You do not need to be working on a startup to enter the competition.. Both individual and team submissions are allowed.

Finalists will be invited to pitch at an in person event to a panel of judges on March 12th, and the winner will be awarded a $1,500 cash prize.

Your video submission should explain the problem you are solving, what your solution is and how that solution works. The following criteria will be used to judge the video submissions and live pitches:
– Submission (clarity of pitch; coherent and organized deck)
– Concept (relevant concept; creative and unique idea)
– Scalability (practical usability; growth potential)
– Complexity (complexity of the idea; market reach)

$1,500 in cash will be awarded to the Grand Prize Winner.

Judges:
Lydia Cheuk ’97 – General Counsel of Away
Andrea Inokon ’03 – CoFounder and COO of Cadence Cash
Ed Stelzer ’93 – EIR at loeb.nyc and Co-Founder of SteadyDrive

For more information visit this page: https://www.law.nyu.edu/alumni/evc/business-competition 
Questions? Contact us at law.evc@nyu.edu.