Your gift to the Campbell Center is a gift to all Columbia founders of businesses and social enterprises. Because it takes more than grit and brilliance to launch a new venture, we offer financial help through the annual Startup Columbia venture competition, space and mentoring at the Columbia Startup Lab in SoHo, and support for current students exploring entrepreneurship at the Columbia Startup Lab Uptown. Please support the Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship on Columbia Giving Day!
Winners of the Open Track with Dave Lerner, Managing Director at the Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia | Brooke Slezak Photography
The 2026 Startup Columbia competition was a collaboration between the tracks of the Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia, Columbia Engineering, SIPA, and Columbia Journalism, with prizes sponsored by the Data Science Institute and the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation.
Helen Gurley Brown Foundation Prize Winners Sumana Palles and Kavin Aravindhan with Christina Adams, Executive Director at the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, Yvette Miller, Managing Director at the Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia, and Sarah Holloway, SIPA Faculty | Brooke Slezak Photography
Student founders presenting in front of a crowd at Columbia Startup Lab Uptown
