Funding Deadline: Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, Spring 2022
2022-03-01
The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures 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 fall application deadline is August 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and the spring application deadline is March 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Funding will be made available to around seven ventures each year (three to four ventures each cycle).
Learn more and apply.

Applications Open for the Columbia Startup Lab 2022-2023 Cohort
2022-03-01
Applications for the 2022-2023 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab are now OPEN!
Columbia alumni, graduating by June 1, 2022 and including Teachers College and Barnard, are eligible to apply.
Submit an application here.

Application Deadline: Healthcare Venture Day Pitch Competition
2022-03-01 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Open to all CU graduate and undergraduate students, Healthcare Venture Day showcases the passionate and talented student founders across Columbia University, featuring pitches of their innovative, world-changing companies solving the toughest problems, with an ambition to scale across healthcare industry. Apply by March 1 to be considered for the competition: The winning student/team will receive a $5,000 cash reward!
Columbia Healthcare Venture Day will be held on April 15.

Open Studio Hours
2022-03-01 17:00 - 19:00
During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture.
Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.
No need to RSVP! Learn more and get the address here.

Open Studio Hours
2022-03-02 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-07 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-03-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-09 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-21 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-03-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-23 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-03-28 12:00 - 13:30 and 6 more dates
During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture.
Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.
No need to RSVP! Learn more and get the address here.

Columbia Startup Lab Virtual Open House | Spring 2022
2022-03-03 18:00 - 19:00
The Columbia Startup Lab opens its seats to a new group of Columbia-founded startups this June, and applications go live on March 1! Join us for a virtual Open House on March 3 for a chance to meet the team, see the space, and hear from a few resident ventures.
RSVP

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetups
2022-03-03 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-31 06:30 - 19:30
These meetups, open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia, are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including Athena’s EIR. Guest experts regularly drop in to share wisdom and insights, sticking around for one-on-one conversations with student entrepreneurs. Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs here – join at the Athena Center in the Milstein Building.

Applications Open: Startup Bootcamp
2022-03-04
Join Columbia Engineering’s Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology.
Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all sessions. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant.
Admissions are rolling.

Accelerator Application Deadline: Project 2.8 | Spring 2022
2022-03-11
Project Two.Eight provides female founders access to early-stage startup support. Intended to support new and current founders, it offers a proprietary program that helps entrepreneurs through the earliest stages of creating a company: Idea evaluation, value proposition, and customer identification.
This program includes hands-on workshops, classroom instruction, and mentorship focused on the specific needs of female entrepreneurs.
This year’s accelerator will be accepting 10 startups with founders from the Columbia University ecosystem that are pre-seed and in need of this type of assistance. The program will begin in April 2022 and will last for 6-8 weeks, culminating in a pitch session to investors. If interested, please apply at: https://lnkd.in/gXRFiw5u.

Spring Break - No Events
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-18

Social Enterprise Conference, Capital for Good, Spring 2022
2022-03-24
Hosted by the Tamer Center at Columbia Business School, this event, located in the finance capital of the world, provides a unique opportunity for attendees to tap into the vibrant ecosystem of capital for impact through the lens of philanthropy, impact investing, ESG, and social venture and business examples. Social impact leaders in business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy will speak to how they are changing the way we think about how capital is sourced and used to generate sustainable solutions to global, systemic challenges. Attendees will hear from speakers about where opportunities exist to pursue future careers of impact on both the financing and implementation sides of social impact capital.

Application Deadline: Columbia Startup Lab 2022-2023 Cohort
2022-03-28 00:00 - 23:59

Data Science Day 2022
2022-04-06 08:00 - 17:00
Data Science Day provides a forum for innovators in academia, industry, and government to connect. The April 6, 2022 event will feature lightning talks from leading Columbia University faculty members; a poster session on the latest data science innovation; and keynotes from senior industry and government representatives.
Register here

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetups
2022-04-07 18:30 - 19:30
Hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard, These meetups, open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia, are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including Athena’s Entrepreneur in Residence. Guest experts regularly drop in to share wisdom and insights, sticking around for one-on-one conversations with student entrepreneurs. Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs here – join at the Athena Center in the Milstein Building.
