Our 2014 Finale Event took place on April 9, 2014 at AppNexus
We heard pitches from the Final 6 teams and a keynote from Jon Steinberg, President and COO of Buzzfeed.
2014 Judges Included:
- Mike Brown, General Partner at Bowery Capital
- Maria Gotsch, CEO of Partnership Fund for New York City
- Scott Levine, Managing Director at Time Warner Investments
- Jerry Neumann, Venture Capitalist at Neu Venture Capital
- Veronika Sonsev, CEO and Founder of inSparq
Past judges include:
- Fred Wilson, Co-Founder of Union Square Ventures
- Roger Ehrenberg, Founder of IA Ventures
- Maria Gotsch, CEO of Partnership Fund for New York City
- Jon Axelrod, Founder of Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
- Brian Cohen, Chair of the New York Angels
Leading up to the final judging round, teams go through two rounds of online judges. These judges include members of the Columbia and NYC entrepreneurship community.
Past Competition Rounds
The competition consisted of three rounds in 2013-2014:
- Round I: Executive Summary - Entries closed November 11 2013 by 11:59pm EST
- Round II: Investor Deck and Pitch Video- entries closed January 12 2014
- Round III: In-Person Presentations - Live event week of April 7-11, 2014
