Events Calendar
This feed is a curated compilation of events throughout the sprawling entrepreneurship ecosystem at and around Columbia.
Events
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Start Me Up Bootcamp Summer 2026
The Start Me Up Bootcamp is a virtual program designed to build your startup. The bootcamp introduces participants to customer discovery to assess the commercial potential of their technology through interviews. Teams complete 20 customer interviews, attend online sessions, present findings and determine their next steps. Teams “get out of the building” to learn from potential customers to determine if they are solving a real-world problem with a sizeable market opportunity. Teams […]
August 2026 Recording: Introduction to the Columbia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
An introduction to the Campbell Center, what it offers, and the constellation of entrepreneurship nodes available to Columbia students around campus. Also hear from students from Columbia graduate and undergrad schools discuss what their startup journey looked like on campus. https://youtu.be/Hqpff6DDjuU
Entrepreneurship at Columbia – Welcome
Please join us on ZOOM on Tuesday, August 4, 10:30-11:30am for an orientation and panel that will give an overview of the entrepreneurship ecosystem at Columbia, events and resources that […]
How to Stop Living in Fundraising Mode with Steven Zausner, WhiteLabel
Happy Hour + Building a Capital Strategy That Lets You Focus on Your Company! Raising capital is an important milestone but it shouldn't become your full-time job. Join Columbia alumnus Steven Zausner at the Columbia Startup Lab on August 5 for a special startup happy hour and conversation on how founders can build a thoughtful […]
Columbia Engineering Lecture Series in AI: “From Microservices to Analytics and GenAI, Data Streaming Unlocks Everything”
RSVP Data streaming is rapidly emerging as a mainstream platform for integrating data in real time, with Apache Kafka becoming the de facto standard for this architecture. Many event-driven applications have been built on Kafka to enable businesses to respond to real-time events as they unfold. In this talk, I will explain how data streaming […]
Tamer Fund for Social Ventures
The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures (TFSV) provides seed grants to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage Columbia University-affiliated social and environmental ventures. There are two deadlines for applications for the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures: the spring application deadline is March 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET and the fall application deadline is August 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Funding […]
Climate Week at Columbia Engineering
CLIMATE WEEK AT COLUMBIA ENGINEERING September 22-25, 2026 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 | 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM Columbia Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy (LCSE) Symposium: Sustainable Energy, Resource, and Environmental Solutions A focused half-day convening bringing together leaders from industry, research, and government to examine how the United States rebuilds secure, end-to-end mineral supply chains and […]
CVC-NY Presents: September Fashion-Focused Networking Happy Hour
Calling all individuals interested in the venture space – entrepreneurs, founders, investors, venture capitalists – join the NY Chapter of CVC for in-person networking happy hours each month in 2026! RSVP
Regenerative Materials at Climate Week (9/23)
Join the annual Gotham Foundry Symposium, which will convene thought leaders and showcase the four central pillars of Gotham Foundry, from leading-edge regenerative material innovation and translation, workforce training, industry engagement, to democratizing access to the materials innovation ecosystem. The Gotham Foundry, established in 2025 and headquartered in West Harlem, is a unique partnership between the […]
The Rise of Agentic AI: What It Means for Climate Innovation
Join the LEAP (Learning the Earth through Artificial Intelligence and Physics) NSF Science and Technology Center for “The Rise of Agentic AI: What It Means for Climate Innovation,” a dynamic panel of academic and private leaders exploring how agentic AI systems are increasingly capable of modeling complex Earth systems, improving climate predictions, and enabling adaptive decision-making. The conversation will […]