The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital program (formerly the Venture Fund) is excited to announce our 2025 Business Pitch Competition. Any current student or recent NYU Law graduate (Classes of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) with an interest in entrepreneurship is invited to participate—regardless of their experience level.
We are no longer accepting submissions to the 2025 NYU Law EVC Business Pitch Competition. We hope to see you at our final pitch event on February 12th! Register to attend here: https://cvent.me/g5YQZ9
The following criteria will be used to judge pitches:
- Submission (clarity of pitch; coherent and organized)
- Concept (relevant concept; creative and unique idea)
- Scalability (practicality; growth potential)
$1,500 in cash will be awarded to the winner.
Judges this year include:
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Alan Gould '90 - Founder and Co-CEO of Mutual Markets and former Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners
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Jeremy Lechtzin '99 - General Counsel at Digital GC Consulting, former General Counsel & Executive Vice President of XO Group Inc. (TheKnot.com)
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Nnenne Okorafor '15 - Legal Fellow at Arnold Ventures
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Phantila Phataraprasit '20 - Co-Founder and CEO at Sabai Design
Previous EVC Business Pitch Competition Judges include:
- 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
- Jono Rosen '97 - Managing Partner at Moss Valley Capital
- Nick Goss '13 - Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Parallel Markets
- Monica Ramirez de Arellano '15 - Head of Strategy of Digital Assets at BNY Mellon
Questions? Contact us at law.evc@nyu.edu.