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10th Annual NYU-Yale Summer Accelerator Pitchoff

NYU-Yale Branding

For the 10th year in a row, inspiring innovators who are building promising ventures will come together for a friendly pitch competition before a panel of experts at the NYU-Yale Pitchoff.

Join us on Thursday, July 27 to hear rising stars from six seed-stage startups pitch in front of a live audience. Three teams will represent New York University and three will represent Yale University. See which team can dazzle the audience, excite the expert panel, and take home the grand prize and, of course, bragging rights! The 300+ expected audience will choose the winner. So come, show some school pride, and cheer on the startup teams. Click here to learn more about the NYU Summer Launchpad program. Click here to learn more about the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale's Summer Fellowship.

 

Meet the Yale teams

Carbon Loop

Perry Bakas (SOM '24), Harrison Meyer (YSE '24), Conor Rooney (Chemistry Ph.D. '24)
Carbon Loop creates a circular economy by converting CO2 emissions into liquid fuel and other high-value products.

Spiel

Sylvie Goldner (YC ’25)
Spiel LLC is the first interactive review platform for friends to share recommendations, expand interests, and deepen relationships.

NAOS

Renato Carregha (SOM ’23), Jorge Villalobos Lara, Marcos Cohen
NAOS is building a solution that will enable the 100M+ existing Latin American crypto users to have simple access to investments for products for seeking alpha.

 

Meet the NYU teams

Edgi 

Josh Shapiro (Gallatin '18)

librarian is a personalized AI-powered learning assistant for high school and college students delivered through iMessage and WhatsApp.

Kaizntree 

Marcos Brisson (Shanghai '23), Michaela Vitug, Etienne Ortega (Shanghai '24), Benoit van Keer (Shanghai '23)

is a cloud based software for solo entrepreneurs who make their own products and sell on multiple sales channels to track inventory and manage everything from raw materials to sales in one place.

Peeramid 

Peeramid helps university administrative offices optimize retention of students who fail to receive support for their well-being by providing a social wellness mobile app, because peers get it.

Megan Fricke (Tandon '22), Vivi Wei (CAS '22)

 

Meet the expert panelists

Kyra Durko (NYU Stern '19), Two Sigma Ventures

Beatriz del Rio (NYU Stern '20), Point72

Adam Chekroud, PhD, Spring Health

Mendy YangVista Equity Partners

Matt Hooper, Kaplak Parnters

 

*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.