The NYU Law EVC Business Pitch Competition
The Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital (EVC) Program hosts an annual Business Pitch Competition. Current students and recent NYU Law graduates from the classes of 2015-2025 are welcome to apply.
Apply to the 2026 NYU Law EVC Program Pitch Competition here.
The application deadline is Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
Finalists will be invited to pitch live before our panel of judges on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Applicants may submit either a pitch deck or a 1–2 minute video presenting their business idea.
To help you prepare, we’ve created a pitch deck guide (NYU email required to access): Link to Pitch Deck Guide
Submit your pitch to the 2026 NYU Law EVC Program Pitch Competition
If you have any questions please reach out to us at law.evc@nyu.edu.
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Judges that year were: Alan Gould '90 - Founder and Co-CEO of Mutual Markets and former Venture Partner at Greycroft Partners; Jeremy Lechtzin '99 - General Counsel at Digital GC Consulting, former General Counsel & Executive Vice President of XO Group Inc. (TheKnot.com); Nnenne Okorafor '15 - Legal Fellow at Arnold Ventures; Phantila Phataraprasit '20 - Co-Founder and CEO at Sabai Design
Judges that year were: Lydia Cheuk ’97, general counsel of Away; Andrea Inokon ’03, Co-founder and COO of Cadence Cash; and Ed Stelzer ’93, Entrepreneur-in-residence at Loeb.nyc and Founder of SteadyDrive
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Previous EVC Business Pitch Competition Judges include:
- 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
- Melissa Tidwell '03 - Global General Counsel (Edtech), Prosus Group
- Joy Marcus '86 - Co-Founder, The 98
- Jerome Fogel '04 - Co-Founder, Fogel & Potamianos LLP
Questions? Contact us at law.evc@nyu.edu.