And The Winner of the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff Is…

On Thursday, the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale’s Summer Fellowship hosted the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff. Three teams from each school took the stage to pitch the startups they’ve been developing this summer in front of a packed audience. 

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On Thursday, the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale’s Summer Fellowship hosted the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff. Three teams from each school took the stage to pitch the startups they’ve been developing this summer in front of a packed audience of over 300 people. 

Meet the NYU teams that pitched: 

Edgi helps autodidactic AP students ace their exams and pursue their own intellectual curiosities.

Josh Shapiro (Gallatin '18)

Kaizntree 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.

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

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 Tsai CITY teams that pitched: 

NAOS pitching
NAOS pitching at the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff

Carbon Loop creates a circular economy by converting CO2 emissions into liquid fuel and other high-value products.

Perry Bakas (SOM '24), Harrison Meyer (YSE '24), Conor Rooney (Chemistry Ph.D. '24) 

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.

Renato Carregha (SOM ’23), Jorge Villalobos Lara, Marcos Cohen 

Spiel is the first interactive review platform for friends to share recommendations, expand interests, and deepen relationships.

Sylvie Goldner (YC '25)

spiel pitching
Spiel pitching at the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff

Meet the expert judges: 

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

Beatriz del Rio (NYU Stern '20), Corporate Development, Point72 Private Investments

Matt Hooper (NYU CAS '10), former Tsai CITY Innovation Fellow, Managing Director, Kaplak Partners

Adam Chekroud, PhD (GSAS '18), Co-founder, Spring Health

Mendy Yang (YC ‘15), B2B SaaS Investor

The expert judges asked each team questions and provided feedback on their ventures. For the first time ever, there were three awards, one audience choice and two judge’s choice awards, one for best pitch and one for most investable. At the end of the night, the winners were announced and awarded prizes for their hard work. 

Prize Winners: 

carbon loop pitching
Carboon Loop pitching at the 10th Annual NYU-Yale Pitchoff

Audience Choice Award: Kaizntree

Judges’ Choice Award: Best Pitch: Edgi

Judges’ Choice Award: Most Investable: Carbon Loop

It was such an inspiring event and a great reminder of the potential of the next generation of entrepreneurs. 

Congratulations to all the teams who pitched! We can't wait for next year! 

Interested in applying to the Summer Fellowship? Click here.